Definition: a national data bankthat collects and reports disclosures of actions taken against healthcare practitioners,providers, and vendors for noncompliance and fraudulent activities.

 Definition: the provider must make a reasonable effort tolimit the disclosure of patient information to only the minimum amount that isnecessary to accomplish the purpose of the request.

Definition: a number assigned to an employer forpurposes of identification.

 Definition: permission to use information based on the reasonfor knowing, or use of, the information.

Definition: a private or public healthcare entity that facilitates the processingof nonstandard electronic transactions into HIPAA transactions (e.g., a billingservice).

 Definition: a procedure in which a donor’s sperm is used.

Definition:  time before birth during which the fetus is developing; usuallynine months.

Definition: sterilization undertaken to save the mother’s life orprotect her health.

Definition: any individually identifiable informationthat relates to the physical or mental condition or the provision of healthcare toan individual.

Definition:  a test for the presence of genetic defects in which a needle is usedto withdraw a small amount of amniotic fluid that surrounds the fetus in the uterus.