State of Idaho

County of  Lewis

 

This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information.

Please review it carefully!

 

If you have any questions about this notice, please contact us by telephone during business hours or in writing:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We understand your medical information is personal and we are committed to protecting your privacy as required by Federal and State law.   We are permitted by certain privacy laws to make uses and disclosures of your health information for purposes of treatment, payment, and health care operations.  "Protected health information" is the information we create and obtain in providing our services to you.  Such information may include documentation of your symptoms, examination and test results, diagnoses, treatment, and applying for future care or treatment.  It also includes billing documents for those services. This notice will explain many of the ways in which we may legally use and disclose this information as well as your privacy rights in this regard.

 

Examples of uses of your health information without your authorization

 

·        FOR TREATMENT: We may use or disclose medical information about you to facilitate medical treatment or services by providers.  We may disclose medical information about you to providers; including doctors, nurses, technicians, medical students, or other hospital personnel who are involved in taking care of you.

 

·        FOR PAYMENT: In submitting requests for payment, your health insurance company or another third party payer may require limited health care information on what services you received.  For example, we may tell your health care provider about your medical history to determine whether a particular treatment is experimental, investigational, or medically necessary or to determine whether the county will cover the medical treatment.  We may also share medical information with another entity to assist with the adjudication or subrogation of health claims or to another health plan to coordinate benefit payments.

 

 

Notice of Privacy Practices

Last updated:  April 6, 2004