Covered Entity
Stanford Affiliated Covered Entity
HIPAA allows covered entities under common ownership or control to join together to form a “single affiliated covered entity” for purposes of compliance with HIPAA. As a health care provider, Stanford has formed what we call the Stanford Affiliated Covered Entity or SACE. The SACE includes Stanford Health Care; Stanford Medicine Partners; Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford; Packard Children’s Health Alliance; Stanford Health Care - Tri-Valley and Stanford University HIPAA Components.
- Stanford University HIPAA Components (SUHC)
- Stanford Health Care (SHC)
- Stanford Medicine Partners (SMP)
- Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (LPCH)
- Packard Children's Health Alliance (PCHA)
- Stanford Health Care - Tri-Valley
Stanford University HIPAA Components
HIPAA applies to organizations that meet the definition of a covered entity. Stanford University is considered a hybrid entity, as some components of Stanford University meet the definition of a covered entity under HIPAA and many others do not. The areas of the University designated as covered by HIPAA are referred to as Stanford University HIPAA Components (SUHC), and are listed below:
COMPONENT |
DESIGNATION |
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Office of Development |
Development Operations & Services Development Information Services Stanford Medical Center Development Senior Associate Vice President for Development |
Environmental Health & Safety |
Occupational Health Center IT support for the Occupational Health Center |
Office of General Counsel |
All |
University IT |
All |
Office of the Chief Risk Officer |
All |
School of Medicine |
All, except for the Program in Population-Based Cardiovascular Mobile Health and MyProstate: UCLA/Stanford Mobile Prostate Health Study, Pandemic Monitoring Program, CovApp and PoxApp Program and Pause A Moment Program. |
Office of the Vice Provost & Dean of Research |
Vice Provost & Dean of Research Associate Vice Provost for Research All members & staff for the Administrative Panels on Human Subjects Medical Research ("IRBs") All other individuals responsible for and involved with investigation of scientific misconduct allegations or the IRBs |
Vaden Health |
All |
Covered Benefits Plans
HIPAA also applies to benefits plans. As an employer Stanford University has many benefits plans. Each of the following plans is considered to be a separate covered entity under HIPAA:
- Educated Choices
- Post-Retirement, Post-Employment
- Post-Doctoral