EMPLOYEE/INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZATION – FOR EMPLOYEE TO COMPLETE
CL-1104-AUTH (08/12)
Please sign and return this authorization to The Benets Center at the address above. You are entitled to receive
a copy of this authorization. This authorization is designed to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule.
Authorization
I authorize health care professionals, hospitals, clinics, laboratories, pharmacies and all other medical or
medically related providers, facilities or services, rehabilitation professionals, vocational evaluators, health
plans, insurance companies, third party administrators, insurance producers, insurance service providers,
credit bureaus, the MIB Group, Inc., GENEX Services, Inc., The Advocator Group and other Social Security
advocacy vendors, The Association of Life Insurance Companies (which operates the Health Claims Index and
the Disability Income Record System), professional licensing bodies, employers, attorneys, nancial institutions
and/or banks, and governmental entities;
To disclose information, whether from before, during or after the date of this authorization, about my health,
including HIV, AIDS or other disorders of the immune system, use of drugs or alcohol, mental or physical
history, condition, advice or treatment (except this authorization does not authorize release of psychotherapy
notes), prescription drug history, earnings, nancial or credit history, professional licenses, employment history,
insurance claims and benets, and all other claims and benets, including Social Security claims and benets;
To the following persons: Unum Group and its subsidiaries, Unum Life Insurance Company of America,
Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, and persons who
evaluate claims for any of those companies (“Unum”), employee benet plans sponsored by my employer and
any person providing services to, or insurance benets on behalf of, such plans, and to anyone who provides
services, including the evaluation of claims, related to benets offered by Unum, my employer, or the Social
Security Administration (“Authorized Recipients”);
For the purposes of evaluating and administering claims, including assistance with return to work. Unum
also may rely on this authorization for one year, or as otherwise permitted by law, to disclose information about
me to the Authorized Recipients so they may conduct health care operations, claims payment, administrative,
and audit functions related to my benet plans.
Information authorized for use or disclosure may include information which may indicate the presence
of a communicable or non-communicable disease.
If I do not sign this authorization or if I alter or revoke it, Unum may not be able to evaluate my claim(s), which
may lead to my claim(s) being denied. I may revoke this authorization at any time by sending written notice
to the address above. I understand that revocation will not apply to any information that is requested prior to
Unum receiving notice of revocation.
The privacy protections established by HIPAA may not apply to information disclosed under this authorization,
but other privacy laws do apply. Information disclosed under this authorization may be redisclosed only as
permitted or required by law, including state fraud reporting laws. For evaluation and administration of claims,
this authorization is valid for two years or the duration of my claim.
____________________________________________________ _________________________
Insured’s Signature Date Signed
____________________________________________________ _________________________
Printed Name Social Security Number
I signed on behalf of the Insured as ________________________________ (Relationship). If Power of Attorney
Designee, Guardian, or Conservator, please attach a copy of the document granting authority.
Unum is a registered trademark and marketing brand of Unum Group and its insuring subsidiaries.
SHORT TERM DISABILITY CLAIM FORM
The Benets Center
P.O. Box 100158, Columbia, SC 29202-3158
Pacic Time Zone Toll-free: 1-877-851-7637
All Other Time Zones Toll-free: 1-800-858-6843
Fax (All Time Zones) Toll-free: 1-800-447-2498
Call toll-free Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Eastern Time).