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Select the statement about PHI that is correct.
1. Future healthcare payment estimates are not PHI because they are estimates rather than confirmed amounts, and the treatment(s) might not occur.
2. A friend is permitted access to the someone’s healthcare bill if the friend offers to pay the bill.
3. Healthcare bills paid in full are no longer considered PHI.
4. Healthcare payment records are PHI, even when a third-party billing service processes the billing.