Our Uses and Disclosures Sample Clauses

Our Uses and Disclosures. We typically use or share your health information in the following ways.  Treat you We can use your health information and share it with other professionals who are treating you. Example: A doctor treating you for an injury asks another doctor about your overall health condition.  Run our organization We can use and share your health information to run our practice, improve your care, and contact you when necessary. Example: We use health information about you to manage your treatment and services.  Bill for your services We can use and share your health information to bill and get payment from health plans or other entities. Example: We give information about you to your health insurance plan so it will pay for your services. 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: ▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.  Help with public health and safety issues We can share health information about you for certain situations such as: Preventing disease, reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence, and 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.  Work with a medical examiner or funeral director We can share health information with a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director when an individual dies.  Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests 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, and 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.  We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information.  We will let you know ...