[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR162.930]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 162--ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart I--General Provisions for Transactions
 
Sec. 162.930  Additional rules for health care clearinghouses.

    When acting as a business associate for another covered entity, a 
health care clearinghouse may perform the following functions:
    (a) Receive a standard transaction on behalf of the covered entity 
and translate it into a nonstandard transaction (for example, 
nonstandard format and/or nonstandard data content) for transmission to 
the covered entity.
    (b) Receive a nonstandard transaction (for example, nonstandard 
format and/or nonstandard data content) from the covered entity and 
translate it into a standard transaction for transmission on behalf of 
the covered entity.