Paying Social Security and Medicare taxes Currently, you and your employer each pay a 6.2 percent Social Security tax on up to $118,500 of your earnings and a 1.45 percent Medicare tax on all earnings.
Business associate. A business associate is a person or. organization, other than a member of a covered entity's workforce, that performs certain functions or activities on behalf of, or provides certain services to, a covered entity that involve the use or disclosure of individually identifiable health information.
(2) A covered entity that performs multiple covered functions may use or disclose the protected health information of individuals who receive the covered entityâs health plan or health care provider services, but not both, only for purposes related to the appropriate function being performed.