To Conduct Health Oversight Activities. The Health Plan may disclose your health information to a health oversight agency for authorized activities including audits, civil administrative or criminal investigations, inspections, licensure or disciplinary action. The Health Plan, however, may not disclose your health information if you are the subject of an investigation and the investigation does not arise out of or is not directly related to your receipt of health care or public benefits. As permitted or required by state law, the Health Plan may disclose your health information in the course of any judicial or administrative proceeding in response to an order of a court or administrative tribunal as expressly authorized by such order or in response to a subpoena, discovery request or other lawful process, but only when the Health Plan makes reasonable efforts to either notify you about the request or to obtain an order protecting your health information. In Connection With Judicial and Administrative Proceedings. For Law Enforcement Purpose. As permitted or required by state law, the Health Plan may disclose your health information to a law enforcement official for certain law enforcement purpose, including, but not limited to, if the Health Plan has a suspicion that your death was the result of criminal conduct or in an emergency to report a crime. The Health Plan may, consistent with applicable law and ethical standards of conduct, disclose your health information if the Health Plan, in good faith, believes that such disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to your health or safety or to the health and safety of the public. In the Event of a Serious Threat to Health or Safety. For Specified Government Functions. In certain circumstances, federal regulations require the Health Plan to use or disclose your health information to facilitate specified government functions related to the military and veterans, national security and intelligence activities, protective services for the president and others, and correctional institutions and inmates.
The Health Plan may release your health information to the extent necessary to
For Workers’ Compensation.
comply with laws related to workers’ compensation or similar programs.
AUTHORIZATION TO USE OR DISCLOSE HEALTH INFORMATION
Other than as stated above, the Health Plan will not disclose your health information other than with your written authorization. If you authorize the health plan to use or disclose your health information, you may revoke that authorization in writing at any time.
YOUR RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION
You may have the following rights regarding your health information that the Health Plan maintains:
Right to Request Restrictions. You may request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of your health information. You have the right to request a limit on the Health Plan’s disclosure of your health information to someone involved in the payment of your care. However, the Health Plan is not required to agree to your request. If you wish to make a request for restrictions, please contact the Division of Risk Management at (513) 352-2418. You have the right to request that the Health Plan communicate with you in a certain way if you feel the disclosure of your health information could endanger you. For example, you may ask that the Health Plan only communicate with you at a certain telephone number or by e-mail. If you wish to receive confidential communications, please make your request in writing to: Division of Risk Management, 805 Central Avenue, Centennial Plaza Two - Suite 100, Cincinnati, OH. 45202 fax (513) 352-3761. The Health Plan will attempt to honor your reasonable requests for confidential communications. Right to Receive Confidential Communications. Right to Inspect and Copy Your Health Information. You have the right to inspect and copy your health information. A request to inspect and copy records containing your health information must be made in writing to: Division of Risk Management, 805 Central Avenue, Centennial Plaza Two – Suite 100, Cincinnati, OH. 45202 fax (513) 352-3761. If you request a copy of your health information, the Health Plan may charge a reasonable fee for copying, assembling costs and postage, if applicable, associated with your request.
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