Federal · Title 42 — Public Health and Welfare

42 U.S.C. § 1320d: Processing payment transactions by financial institutions

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute permits financial institutions to use or disclose information when processing, clearing, settling, or collecting health care payments and related transactions, including for auditing, disputes, reporting, and legal compliance.

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The use or disclosure of information by the entity for authorizing, processing, clearing, settling, billing, transferring, reconciling or collecting, a payment for, or related to, health plan premiums or health care, where such payment is made by any means, including a credit, debit, or other payment card, an account, check, or electronic funds transfer. for transferring receivables; for auditing; a customer dispute; or an inquiry from, or to, a customer; in a communication to a customer of the entity regarding the customer’s transactions, payment card, account, check, or electronic funds transfer; for reporting to consumer reporting agencies; or a civil or criminal subpoena; or a Federal or State law regulating the entity.

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