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Authority: AS 18.23.300 AS 18.23.305 AS 18.23.310 7 AAC 166.900. Definitions. In AS 18.23.300 — 18.23.325 and this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1) “billing” has the meaning given “payment” in 45 C.F.R. 164.501;

(2) “department” means the Department of Health;

(3) “electronic health information” means an individual’s information located on an HIE, including an individual’s individually identifiable health information;

(4) “governing body” means the governing body of the designee under AS 18.23.300;

(5) “health care provider” has the meaning given in 45 C.F.R. 160.103;

(6) “health plan” has the meaning given in 45 C.F.R. 160.103;

(7) “HIE” means an electronic health information exchange;

(8) “HIE participant” means an entity or facility that has paid a participation fee to an HIE and signed a participation agreement with the HIE;

(9) “HIE system” means the system of statewide electronic HIEs established under AS 18.23.300;

(10) “individually identifiable health information” means information, including demographic information collected from an individual, that

(A) is created or received by a health care provider or health plan; and

(B) relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual, the provision of health care to an individual, or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to an individual, and