Sec. 182.151. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "health information exchange" means an organization that: (1) assists in the transmission or receipt of health-related information among organizations transmitting or receiving the information according to nationally recognized standards and under an express written agreement with the organizations; (2) as a primary business function, compiles or organizes health-related information designed to be securely transmitted by the organization among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within a region, state, community, or hospital system; or (3) assists in the transmission or receipt of electronic health-related information among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within: (A) a hospital system; (B) a physician organization; (C) a health care collaborative, as defined by Section 848.001 , Insurance Code; (D) an accountable care organization participating in the Pioneer Model under the initiative by the Innovation Center of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; or (E) an accountable care organization participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1395jjj.
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