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.
In order to get an NPI, a provider must be a health care provider as defined under HIPAA. A covered entity is defined as a health care provider, clearinghouse or health plan who conducts standard electronic transactions. The Final Rule for NPI requires a covered entity health care provider to get an NPI.