Margaret is a human resources professional who is staffing a temporary assignment for a small hospital. As a part of her recruitment efforts, she needs to review the competence and qualifications of 10 outpatient medical coders who will work from home as part of the assignment. This responsibility would fall under the heading of _______ for purposes of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

A. recruitment classification
B. health care operations
C. administrative operations
D. medical employment classification