1. Treatment, Payment and Health Care Operations
- We will use your health information to provide treatment. This may involve receiving or sharing information with other health care providers such as your physician. This information may be written, verbal, electronic or via facsimile. This will include receiving prescription orders so that we may dispense prescription medications. We may also share information with other health care providers who are treating you to coordinate the different things you need, such as medications, lab work another appointments. We may also contact you to provide treatment-related services, such as refill reminders, treatment alternatives and other health related services that may be of benefit to you.
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a. We will use your health information to provide treatment. This may involve receiving or sharing information with other health care providers such as your physician. This information may be written, verbal, electronic or via facsimile. This will include receiving prescription orders so that we may dispense prescription medications. We may also share information with other health care providers who are treating you to coordinate the different things you need, such as medications, lab work another appointments. We may also contact you to provide treatment-related services, such as refill reminders, treatment alternatives and other health related services that may be of benefit to you.
b. We will use your health information to obtain payment. This will include sending claims for payment to your insurance or third-party payer. It may also include providing health information to the payer to resolve issues of claim coverage.
c. We will use your health information for our healthcare operations necessary to run the pharmacy. This may include monitoring the quality of care that our employees provide to you and for training purposes.
2. Permitted or Required Uses and Disclosures
a. Our pharmacists, using their professional judgment maydisclose your protected health information to a family member, other relative,close personal friend or other person you identify as being involved in yourhealth care. This includes allowing suchpersons to pick up filled prescriptions, medical supplies or medical records onyour behalf.
b. We also have contracts with entities called BusinessAssociates that perform some services for us that require access to yourprotected health information. Examplesmay include companies that route claims to your insurance company or thatreconcile the payments we receive from your insurance. We require our BusinessAssociates to safeguard any protected health information appropriately.
c. Under certain circumstances Pharmacare Drugs 3 Inc maybe required to disclose health information as required or permitted by federalor state laws. These include, but arenot limited to:
i. To the Secretary of Health and Human Services forinvestigations into our compliance with HIPAA rules and to respond to patientcomplaints.
ii. To the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) relating toadverse events regarding drugs, foods, supplements and other health products orfor post-marketing surveillance to enable product recalls, repairs orreplacement.
iii. To public health or legal authorities charged withpreventing or controlling disease, injury or disability.
iv. To law enforcement agencies as required by law or inresponse to a valid subpoena or other legal process.
v. To health oversight agencies (e.g., licensing boards)for activities authorized by law such as audits, investigations and inspectionsnecessary for Pharmacare Drugs 3 Inc’s licensure and for monitoring of healthcare systems.
vi. In response to a court order, administrative order,subpoena, discovery request or other lawful process by another person involvedin a dispute involving a patient, but only if efforts have been made to tellthe patient about the request or to obtain an order protecting the requestedhealth information.
vii. As authorized by and as necessary to comply with lawsrelating to worker’s compensation or similar programs established by the law.
viii. Whenever required to do so by law.
ix. To a Coroner or Medical Examiner when necessary. Examples include: identifying a deceasedperson or to determine a cause of death.
x. To Funeral Directors to carry out their duties
xi. To organ procurement organizations or other entitiesengaged in procurement, banking or transplantation of organs for the purpose oftissue donation and transplant.
xii. To notify or assist in notifying a family member,personal representative or another person responsible for the patient’s care ofthe patient’s location or general condition.
xiii. For certain research purposes.
xiv. To a correctional institution or its agents if apatient is or becomes an inmate of such an institution when necessary for thepatient’s health or the health and safety of others.
xv. When necessary to prevent a serious threat to thepatient’s health and safety or the health and safety of the public or anotherperson.
xvi. As required by military command authorities when thepatient is a member of the armed forces and to appropriate military authorityabout foreign military personnel.
xvii. To authorized officials for intelligence,counterintelligence and other national security activities authorized by law.
xviii. To authorized federal officials so they may provideprotection to the president, other authorized persons or foreign heads of stateor to conduct special investigations.
xix. To a government authority, such as social service orprotective services agency, if Pharmacare Drugs 3 Inc reasonably believes thepatient to be a victim of abuse, neglect or domestic violence but only to the extentrequired by law, if the patient agrees to the disclosure or if the disclosureis allowed by law and we believe it is necessary to prevent serious harm to thepatient or to someone else or the law enforcement or public official that is toreceive the report represents that it is necessary and will not be used againstthe patient.
d. During an emergency or disaster relief situation, ifyou are unconscious or unable to tell us your preference, we may shareinformation to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.
e. We may contact you for fundraising efforts, but youcan request that we not contact you again.
3. Authorized Use and Disclosure
a. Use or disclosure other than those previously listedor as permitted or required by law, will not be made unless we obtain your written Authorization in advance. Youmay revoke any such Authorization in writing at any time. Upon receipt of a revocation, we will cease usingor disclosing protected health information about you unless we have alreadytaken action based on your Authorization.
b. Your authorization is always required for Marketingpurposes, Sale of your information, and any sharing of Psychotherapy notes.
4. More Stringent Laws
a. Some states may have laws that are more stringent thanHIPAA. Please refer to the end of theNotice for the laws that may apply.
a. We will use your health information to provide treatment. This may involve receiving orsharing information with other health care providers such as yourphysician. This information may bewritten, verbal, electronic or via facsimile. This will include receiving prescription orders so that we may dispenseprescription medications. We may alsoshare information with other health care providers who are treating you tocoordinate the different things you need, such as medications, lab work orother appointments. We may also contact you to provide treatment-relatedservices, such as refill reminders, treatment alternatives and other healthrelated services that may be of benefit to you.
b We will use your health information to obtain payment. This will include sending claims for payment to your insurance or third-party payer. It may also include providing health information to the payer to resolve issues of claim coverage.
c. We will use your health information for our healthcare operations necessary to run the pharmacy. This may include monitoring the quality of care that our employees provide to you and for training purposes.
a. Our pharmacists, using their professional judgment maydisclose your protected health information to a family member, other relative,close personal friend or other person you identify as being involved in yourhealth care. This includes allowing suchpersons to pick up filled prescriptions, medical supplies or medical records onyour behalf.
b. We also have contracts with entities called BusinessAssociates that perform some services for us that require access to yourprotected health information. Examplesmay include companies that route claims to your insurance company or thatreconcile the payments we receive from your insurance. We require our BusinessAssociates to safeguard any protected health information appropriately.
c. Under certain circumstances Pharmacare Drugs 3 Inc maybe required to disclose health information as required or permitted by federalor state laws. These include, but arenot limited to:
i. To the Secretary of Health and Human Services forinvestigations into our compliance with HIPAA rules and to respond to patientcomplaints.
ii. To the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) relating toadverse events regarding drugs, foods, supplements and other health products orfor post-marketing surveillance to enable product recalls, repairs orreplacement.
iii. To public health or legal authorities charged withpreventing or controlling disease, injury or disability.
iv. To law enforcement agencies as required by law or inresponse to a valid subpoena or other legal process.
v. To health oversight agencies (e.g., licensing boards)for activities authorized by law such as audits, investigations and inspectionsnecessary for Pharmacare Drugs 3 Inc’s licensure and for monitoring of healthcare systems.
vi. In response to a court order, administrative order,subpoena, discovery request or other lawful process by another person involvedin a dispute involving a patient, but only if efforts have been made to tellthe patient about the request or to obtain an order protecting the requestedhealth information.
vii. As authorized by and as necessary to comply with lawsrelating to worker’s compensation or similar programs established by the law.
viii. Whenever required to do so by law.
ix. To a Coroner or Medical Examiner when necessary. Examples include: identifying a deceasedperson or to determine a cause of death.
x. To Funeral Directors to carry out their duties
xi. To organ procurement organizations or other entitiesengaged in procurement, banking or transplantation of organs for the purpose oftissue donation and transplant. xii. To notify or assist in notifying a family member,personal representative or another person responsible for the patient’s care ofthe patient’s location or general condition. xiii. For certain research purposes.
xiv. To a correctional institution or its agents if apatient is or becomes an inmate of such an institution when necessary for thepatient’s health or the health and safety of others.
xv. When necessary to prevent a serious threat to thepatient’s health and safety or the health and safety of the public or anotherperson.
xvi. As required by military command authorities when thepatient is a member of the armed forces and to appropriate military authorityabout foreign military personnel. xvii. To authorized officials for intelligence,counterintelligence and other national security activities authorized by law.
xviii. To authorized federal officials so they may provideprotection to the president, other authorized persons or foreign heads of stateor to conduct special investigations. xix. To a government authority, such as social service orprotective services agency, if Pharmacare Drugs 3 Inc reasonably believes thepatient to be a victim of abuse, neglect or domestic violence but only to the extentrequired by law, if the patient agrees to the disclosure or if the disclosureis allowed by law and we believe it is necessary to prevent serious harm to thepatient or to someone else or the law enforcement or public official that is toreceive the report represents that it is necessary and will not be used againstthe patient.
d. During an emergency or disaster relief situation, ifyou are unconscious or unable to tell us your preference, we may shareinformation to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.
e. We may contact you for fundraising efforts, but you can request that we not contact you again.
a. Use or disclosure other than those previously listedor as permitted or required by law, will not be made unless we obtain yourwritten Authorization in advance. Youmay revoke any such Authorization in writing at any time. Upon receipt of a revocation, we will cease usingor disclosing protected health information about you unless we have alreadytaken action based on your Authorization.
b. Your authorization is always required for Marketingpurposes, Sale of your information, and any sharing of Psychotherapy notes.
a. Some states may have laws that are more stringent than HIPAA. Please refer to the end of the Notice for the laws that may apply.