Glossary of Compliance

Compliance Glossary

Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.

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Hybrid Entity

A Hybrid Entity in HIPAA is a covered entity that performs some of its functions as a covered entity (relating to healthcare) and others as a non-covered entity. These entities can avail some regulatory relief as their non-covered function doesn’t need to comply with the full scope of HIPAA privacy rules.

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