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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 182.151. Definition

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

In this subchapter, “health information exchange” means an organization that:

(1) assists in the transmission or receipt of health-related information among organizations transmitting or receiving the information according to nationally recognized standards and under an express written agreement with the organizations;

(2) as a primary business function, compiles or organizes health-related information designed to be securely transmitted by the organization among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within a region, state, community, or hospital system;  or

(3) assists in the transmission or receipt of electronic health-related information among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within:

(A) a hospital system;

(B) a physician organization;

(C) a health care collaborative, as defined by Section 848.001, Insurance Code;

(D) an accountable care organization participating in the Pioneer Model under the initiative by the Innovation Center of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;  or

(E) an accountable care organization participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1395jjj.

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