Required Annual Employee Disclosure Notices continued REQUIRED ANNUAL EMPLOYEE DISCLOSURE NOTICES continued
Our Uses and Disclosures How do we typically use or share your health information? We typically use or share your health information in the following ways.
Help manage the health care treatment you receive
• You can ask to see or get a copy of your health and claims records and other health information we have about you. Ask us how to do this. • We will provide a copy or a summary of your health and claims records, usually within 30 days of your request. We may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee. • We can use and disclose your information to run our organization and contact you when necessary. • We are not allowed to use genetic information to decide whether we will give you coverage and the price of that coverage. This does not apply to long term care plans.
Example: A doctor sends us information about your diagnosis and treatment plan so we can arrange additional services.
Run our organization
Example: We use health information about you to develop better services for you
Pay for your health services
• We can use and disclose your health information as we pay for your health services.
Example: We share information about you with your dental plan to coordinate payment for your dental work
Administer your plan
• We may disclose your health information to your health plan sponsor for plan administration.
Example: Your company contracts with us to provide a health plan, and we provide your company with certain statistics to explain the premiums we charge.
How else can we use or share your health information? We are allowed or required to share your information in other ways – usually in ways that contribute to the public good, such as public health and research. We have to meet many conditions in the law before we can share your information for these purposes. For more information see: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/index.html.
Help with public health and safety issues
• We can share health information about you for certain situations such as: • Preventing disease • Helping with product recalls • Reporting adverse reactions to medications • Reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence • Preventing or reducing a serious threat to anyone’s health or safety
Do research
• We can use or share your information for health research.
Comply with the law
• We will share information about you if state or federal laws require it, including with the Department of Health and Human Services if it wants to see that we’re complying with federal privacy law.
Respond to organ and tissue donation requests and work with a medical examiner or funeral director Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests
• We can share health information about you with organ procurement organizations. • We can share health information with a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director when an individual dies.
• We can use or share health information about you: • For workers’ compensation claims
• For law enforcement purposes or with a law enforcement official • With health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law • For special government functions such as military, national security, and presidential protective services
Respond to lawsuits and legal actions
• We can share health information about you in response to a court or administrative order, or in response to a subpoena.
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