Itâs unlikely that HIPAA would apply to these situations. While employers should consult their attorneys for situation-specific legal guidance, generally speaking, not all medical information falls under HIPAA. In addition, not all employers are considered to be covered entities as defined under HIPAA. In order for medical information to be HIPAA-protected, it must be considered individually identifiable Protected Health Information (PHI). Typically covered entities are medical plans, health care providers and health care clearinghouses.
Sprint Corporation, commonly referred to as Sprint, is an American telecommunications holding company that provides wireless services and is a major global Internet carrier. It is the fourth largest wireless network operator in the United States, and serves 57.7 million customers as of August, 2015.
Prior to 2005, the company was also known as the Sprint Corporation, but took the name Sprint Nextel Corporation when it merged with Nextel Communications that year. In 2013, following the shutdown of the Nextel network and concurrent with the acquisition by SoftBank, the company returned to using simply Sprint Corporation.