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A public or private entity-including billing services, repricing companies, community health-management information systems or community health information systems, and value-added networks and switches-that does either of the following functions
(1) Processes or facilitates the processing of health information received from another entity in a nonstandard format or containing nonstandard data content into standard data elements or a standard transaction
(2) Receives a standard transaction from another entity and processes or facilitates the processing of health information into nonstandard format or nonstandard data content for the receiving entity.
(1) Processes or facilitates the processing of health information received from another entity in a nonstandard format or containing nonstandard data content into standard data elements or a standard transaction
(2) Receives a standard transaction from another entity and processes or facilitates the processing of health information into nonstandard format or nonstandard data content for the receiving entity.
Resource
Title: Cancer Registry Management Principles & Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries
Subtitle: Glossary
Edition: 4th
Year: 2021
Subtitle: Glossary
Edition: 4th
Year: 2021
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