Our Right to Receive and Release Information About You Sample Clauses

Our Right to Receive and Release Information About You. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of your healthcare information. However, in order for us to make available quality, cost-effective healthcare coverage to you, we may release and receive information about your health, treatment, and condition to or from authorized providers and insurance companies, among others. We may give or get this information, as permitted by law, for certain purposes, including, but not limited to: • adjudicating health insurance claims; • administration of claim payments; • healthcare operations; • case management and utilization review; • coordination of healthcare coverage; and • health oversight activities. Our release of information about you is regulated by law. Please see the Rhode Island Confidentiality of HealthCare Communications and Information Act, R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 5-37.3-1 et seq. the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, and implementing regulations, 45 C.F.R. §§ 160.101 et seq. (collectively “HIPAA”), the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Financial Modernization Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6801-6908, the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC) Regulation 100.
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Our Right to Receive and Release Information About You. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of your healthcare information. However, in order for us to make available quality, cost-effective healthcare coverage to you, we may release and receive information about your health, treatment, and condition to or from authorized providers and insurance companies, among others. We may give or get this information, as permitted by law, for certain purposes, including, but not limited to: • adjudicating health insurance claims; • administration of claim payments; • healthcare operations; • case management and utilization review; • coordination of healthcare coverage; and • health oversight activities. Our release of information about you is regulated by law. Please see the Rhode Island Confidentiality of HealthCare Communications and Information Act, R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 5- 37.3-1 et seq. the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, and implementing regulations, 45 C.F.R. §§ 160.101 et seq. (collectively “HIPAA”), the Xxxxx- Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Financial Modernization Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6801-6908, the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC) Regulation 100. S tatement of Rights Under the Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health Under federal law, group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group healthcare coverage generally may not restrict benefits for any hospital length of stay in connection with childbirth for the mother or newborn child to less than forty-eight (48) hours following a vaginal delivery, or less than ninety-six (96) hours following a delivery by cesarean section. However, the plan or issuer may pay for a shorter stay if the attending provider (e.g., your physician, nurse midwife, or physician assistant), after consultation with the mother, discharges the mother or newborn earlier. Also, under federal law, plans and issuers may not set the level of benefits or out-of-pocket costs so that any later portion of the 48-hour (or 96-hour) stay is treated in a manner less favorable to the mother or newborn than any earlier portion of the stay. In addition, a plan or issuer may not, under federal law, require that a physician or other healthcare provider obtain authorization for prescribing a length of stay of up to 48 hours (or 96 hours). In accordance with R.I. General Law §27-20-17.1, this plan covers a minimum inpatient hospital stay of forty-eight (48) hours from the time...
Our Right to Receive and Release Information About You. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of your dental information. However, in order for us to make available quality, cost-effective dental coverage to you, we may release and receive information about your health, treatment, and condition to or from authorized dentists and insurance companies, among others. We may give or get this information, as permitted by law, for certain purposes, including, but not limited to: • adjudicating dental insurance claims; • administration of claim payments; • dental operations; • case management and utilization review; and • coordination of dental benefits. Our release of information about you is regulated by law. Please see the Rhode Island Confidentiality of Health Care Communications and Information Act, §§ 5-37.3-1 et seq. of the Rhode Island General Laws, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Final Privacy Regulations, 45 C.F.R. §§ 160.101 et seq., the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Financial Modernization Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6801-6908, and Regulation 100 adopted by the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC).
Our Right to Receive and Release Information About You. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of your healthcare information. However, in order for us to make available quality, cost-effective healthcare coverage to you, we may release and receive information about your health, treatment, and condition to or from authorized providers and insurance companies, among others. We may give or get this information, as permitted by law, for certain purposes, including, but not limited to:
Our Right to Receive and Release Information About You. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of your dental information. However, in order for us to make available quality, cost-effective dental coverage to you, we may release and receive information about your health, treatment, and condition to or from authorized dentists and insurance companies, among others. We may give or get this information, as permitted by law, for certain purposes, including, but not limited to: • adjudicating dental insurance claims; • administration of claim payments; • dental operations; • case management and utilization review; • coordination of dental coverage; and • health oversight activities. Our release of information about you is regulated by law. Please see the Rhode Island Confidentiality of HealthCare Communications and Information Act, R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 5-37.3-1 et seq. the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, and implementing regulations, 45 C.F.R. §§ 160.101 et seq. (collectively “HIPAA”), the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Financial Modernization Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6801-6908, the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC) Regulation 100. Nondiscrimination and Language Assistance Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. BCBSRI provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and to people whose primary language is not English when such services are necessary to communicate effectively with us. If you need these services, contact us at 000-000-0000. If you believe that BCBSRI has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance with: Director of Grievance and Appeals Department, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx XX 00000, or by calling 000-000-0000 or 000-000-0000 (TTY/TDD: 888-252-5051). You can file a grievance in person, by phone or by mail, fax at 000-000-0000, or electronically through our member portal at xxxxxx.xxx. You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at xxxxx://xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx...
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