DESERT RADIOLOGY NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES 2021
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WAYS WE MAY USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION
Generally, we may not use or disclose your protected health information without your written authorization. However, in
certain circumstances, we are permitted to use or disclose your protected health information without your written
authorization. The categories listed below describe different ways that we may use and disclose your protected health
information without your written authorization. For each category of uses or disclosures, we will explain what we mean and
give some examples. Not every use or disclosure in a category is listed. However, all the ways in which we may use or disclose
your protected health information without your written authorization should fall within one of the categories described in this
Notice.
WE MAY USE OR DISCLOSE YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION FOR TREATMENT. We may use and disclose your
private health information to furnish services and supplies to you, in accordance with our policies and procedures. For
example, we may use your medical history, such as any presence or absence of heart disease, to assess your health and
perform a requested ultrasound or other diagnostic services. We also may disclose your health information to other
healthcare providers to assist in treating you.
WE MAY USE OR DISCLOSE YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION FOR PAYMENT. We may use and disclose your health
information to bill for our services and to collect payment from you or your insurance company. For example, we may need to
give a payer information about your current medical condition so that it will pay us for the ultrasound examinations or other
services that we have furnished you. We also may need to inform your payer of the tests that you are going to receive in
order to obtain prior approval or to determine whether the service is covered.
WE MAY USE OR DISCLOSE YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION FOR HEALTHCARE OPERATIONS. We may use and disclose
your health information for the general operation of our business. For example, we sometimes arrange for accreditation
organizations, auditors, or other consultants to review our practice, evaluate our operations, and tell us how to improve our
services.
WE MAY USE OR DISCLOSE YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION AS OTHERWISE ALLOWED OR REQUIRED BY LAW.
In addition to using your health information for treatment, payment and healthcare operations, we may use and disclose your
protected health information in the following additional ways:
• Business Associates. We sometimes work with outside individuals and businesses who help us operate our business
successfully. We may disclose your protected health information to these business associates so that they can perform
the tasks that we hire them to do. Our business associates must guarantee to us that they will respect the
confidentiality of your protected health information.
• Individuals Involved in Your Care or Payment for Your Care. We may use or disclose your health information to family
members or others whom you have involved in your care or in the payment for your care or to notify or assist in
notifying a family member, personal representative, or another person responsible for your care, of your location,
general condition or death.
• Research. We may disclose information to researchers when their research has been approved by an institutional
review board that has reviewed the research proposal and established protocols to ensure the privacy of your health
information.
• Funeral Directors, Coroners and Medical Examiners. We may disclose information to funeral directors, coroners and
medical examiners consistent with applicable law to carry out their duties.
• Organ Procurement Organizations. Consistent with applicable law, we may disclose health information to organ
procurement organizations or other entities engaged in the procurement, banking, or transportation of organs for the
purpose of tissue donation and transplant.
• Contacting You About Appointments, Insurance and Other Matters. We may contact you by mail, phone, fax or email
about appointments, registration questions, insurance updates, billing or payment matters, test results, to follow up
about care received, about treatment alternatives, and health related benefits that may be of interest to you. We may
leave voice messages at the telephone number you give to us. We may communicate to you via newsletters, mail outs
or other means regarding health-related information, disease-management programs, wellness programs, or other
community-based initiatives or activities our facility is participating in.
