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.
An entity who meets the definition of a âhealth care providerâ â that is, any provider of medical or other health services, and any other person or organization that furnishes, bills, or is paid for health care in the normal course of business â is eligible to receive a provider ID, or NPI.