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HIPAA
Who is covered by the privacy law? What information is protected? What are permitted uses and disclosures? What disclosures require written authorization?
WHO IS COVERED?
Health Plans Health Care Providers (Most) Health Care Clearinghouses
Doctors Clinics
Psychologists
Dentists Chiropractors Nursing Homes Pharmacies Health insurance companies HMOs Company health plans Government programs that pay for
health care, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and the military and veterans health care programs
condition,
the provision of health care to the individual, or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health
care to the individual, and that identifies the individual or for which there is a reasonable basis to believe it can be used to identify the individual.13 Individually identifiable health information includes many common identifiers (e.g., name, address, birth date, Social Security Number).
ones described above in Section III, we only may use or disclose your PHI when you grant us your written authorization ("Your Authorization").. B. Marketing. We must also obtain your written authorization ("Your Marketing Authorization") prior to using your PHI to send you any marketing materials. C. Uses and Disclosures of Your Highly Confidential Information. In addition, federal and state law require special privacy protections for certain highly confidential information about you ("Highly Confidential Information"). We will comply with such special privacy protections which may cover the subset of your PHI that: (1) is maintained in psychotherapy notes; (2) is about mental health and developmental disabilities services; (3) is about alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment and referral; (4) is about HIV/AIDS testing, diagnosis or treatment; (5) is about venereal disease(s); (6) is about genetic testing; (7) is about child abuse and neglect; (8) is about domestic abuse of an adult with a disability; (9) is about sexual assault; or (10) is about abortion.
REFERENCES:
http://www.nativeintelligence.com/ni-products/hipaa-images.asp
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/summary/ind
ex.html