For purposes of complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended (“HIPAA”), and streamlining the ways that Charleston Area Medical Center and certain affiliated hospitals protect and use health information in order to best address our patients’ health care needs, Charleston Area Medical Center and certain affiliated hospitals have designated themselves as a single affiliated covered entity under HIPAA. This single affiliated covered entity is known as the “CAMC ACE.” Members of the CAMC ACE include Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc., CAMC Plateau Medical Center, Inc., and CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Inc.