To Business Associates. We may disclose protected health information to a business associate and may allow a business associate to create or receive protected health information on our behalf if we obtain satisfactory assurances that the business associate will appropriately safeguard the information.
To Business Associates. For example, We may disclose PHI to administrators who are contracted with Us who may use the PHI to administer health insurance benefits on our behalf and such administrators may further disclose PHI to their contractors or vendors as necessary for the administration of health insurance benefits. If your state has adopted a more stringent standard regarding any of the above uses or disclosures of your PHI, those standards will be applied. We may also disclose PHI about you for the following purposes: • To comply with legal proceedings, such as a court or administrative order, subpoena or discovery requests. • To law enforcement officials for limited law enforcement purposes. • To a family member, friend or other person, for the purpose of helping you with your health care or with payment for your health care, if you are in a situation such as a medical emergency and you cannot give your agreement to the Plan to do this. • To your personal representatives appointed by you or designated by applicable law. • For research purposes in limited circumstances. • To a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director about a deceased person. • To an organ procurement organization in limited circumstances. • To avert a serious threat to your health or safety or the health or safety of others. • To a governmental agency authorized to oversee the health care system or government programs. • To the Department of Health and Human Services for the investigation of compliance with HIPAA or to fulfill another lawful request. • To federal officials for lawful intelligence, counterintelligence, national security purposes and to protect the president. • To public health authorities for public health purposes. • To appropriate military authorities, if you are a member of the armed forces.
To Business Associates. The Plan may contract with individuals or entities known as Business Associates to perform various functions or to provide certain types of services on the Plan's behalf. In order to perform these functions or provide these services, Business Associates will receive, create, maintain, use and/or disclose your PHI, but only if they agree in writing with the Plan to implement appropriate safeguards regarding your PHI. For example, the Plan may disclose your PHI to a Business Associate to To Avert a Serious Threat to Health or Safety.The Plan may use and disclose PHI about you when necessary to prevent a serious threat to your health and safety or the health and safety of the public or another person. Any disclosure, however, would only be to someone able to help prevent the threat. For example, the Plan may disclose PHI about you in a proceeding regarding the licensure of a physician. To Plan Sponsor (i.e. the Employer). For the purpose of administering the Plan, PHI may be disclosed to certain employees of the Employer. However, those employees will only use or disclose that PHI only as necessary to perform plan administration functions or as otherwise required by HIPAA, unless you have authorized further uses or disclosures. Your PHI cannot be used for employment related purposes without your specific, written authorization. Information also may be disclosed to another health plan maintained by the Employer for purposes of facilitating claim payments under that health plan.
To Business Associates. The Plan may contract with individuals or entities known as Business Associates to perform various functions or to provide certain types of services on the Plan's behalf. In order to perform these functions or provide these services, Business Associates will receive, create, maintain, use and/or disclose your PHI, but only if they agree in writing with the Plan to implement appropriate safeguards regarding your PHI. For example, the Plan may disclose your PHI to a Business Associate to administer claims or provide support services, such as utilization, management, pharmacy benefit management or subrogation, but only after the Business Associate enters into a Business Associate Agreement with the Plan. To Avert a Serious Threat to Health or Safety.The Plan may use and disclose PHI about you when necessary to prevent a serious threat to your health and safety or the health and safety of the public or another person. Any disclosure, however, would only be to someone able to help prevent the threat. For example, the Plan may disclose PHI about you in a proceeding regarding the licensure of a physician. To Plan Sponsor (i.e. the Employer). For the purpose of administering the Plan, PHI may be disclosed to certain employees of the Employer. However, those employees will only use or disclose that PHI only as necessary to perform plan administration functions or as otherwise required by HIPAA, unless you have authorized further uses or disclosures. Your PHI cannot be used for employment related purposes without your specific, written authorization. Information also may be disclosed to another health plan maintained by the Employer for purposes of facilitating claim payments under that health plan.
