is ambulance services considered a covered entity
Covered entities include: health care clearing houses; health plans; and health care providers who transmit any health information electronically in connection with certain transactions. Although this definition can be somewhat difficult to apply, generally speaking, ambulance services are covered entities. However, most dispatchers, such as 911 dispatchers, are not because they do not engage in covered electronic transactions, such as directly billing insurers for services or transmitting healthcare enrollment information.