Examples of Business Associates: 

• A third-party administrator that assists a health plan with claims processing.  
• A CPA firm whose accounting services to a healthcare provider involves access to protected health information.  
• An attorney whose legal services to a health plan involve access to protected health information.  
• A consultant that performs utilization reviews for a hospital.  
• A healthcare clearinghouse that translates a claim from a non-standard format into a standard transaction on behalf of a health care provider and forwards the processed transaction to a payer.  
• An independent medical transcriptionist that provides transcription services to a physician.  
• A pharmacy benefits manager that manages a health plan’s pharmacist network.