I do keep “psychotherapy notes” as that term is defined in 45 CFR § 164.501, and any use or disclosure of such notes requires your Authorization unless the use or disclosure is:ī. CERTAIN USES AND DISCLOSURES REQUIRE YOUR AUTHORIZATION: I may also disclose health information about your child in response to a subpoena, discovery request, or other lawful process by someone else involved in the dispute, but only if efforts have been made to tell you about the request or to obtain an order protecting the information requested. Lawsuits and Disputes: If you are involved in a lawsuit, I may disclose health information in response to a court or administrative order. The word “treatment” includes, among other things, the coordination and management of health care providers with a third party, consultations between health care providers and referrals of a patient for health care from one health care provider to another.
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Because therapists and other health care providers need access to the full record and/or full and complete information in order to provide quality care. For example, if a clinician were to consult with another licensed health care provider about your condition, we would be permitted to use and disclose your person health information, which is otherwise confidential, in order to assist the clinician in diagnosis and treatment of your mental health condition.ĭisclosures for treatment purposes are not limited to the minimum necessary standard. This too can be done without your written authorization. I may also disclose your protected health information for the treatment activities of any health care provider. However, all of the ways I am permitted to use and disclose information will fall within one of the categories.įor Treatment Payment, or Health Care Operations: Federal privacy rules (regulations) allow health care providers who have direct treatment relationship with the patient/client to use or disclose the patient/client’s personal health information without the patient’s written authorization, to carry out the health care provider’s own treatment, payment or health care operations. Not every use or disclosure in a category will be listed. For each category of uses or disclosures I will explain what I mean and try to give some examples. The following categories describe different ways that I use and disclose health information. HOW I MAY USE AND DISCLOSE HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT YOU: The new Notice will be available upon request, in my office, and on my website. I can change the terms of this Notice, and such changes will apply to all information I have about you. Give you this notice of my legal duties and privacy practices with respect to health information.įollow the terms of the notice that is currently in effect.
Make sure that protected health information (“PHI”) that identifies you is kept private. I also describe your rights to the health information I keep about you, and describe certain obligations I have regarding the use and disclosure of your health information. This notice will tell you about the ways in which I may use and disclose health information about you. This notice applies to all of the records of your care generated by this mental health care practice. I need this record to provide you with quality care and to comply with certain legal requirements.
I create a record of the care and services you receive from me. I am committed to protecting health information about you.
I understand that health information about you and your health care is personal. THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW HEALTH INFORMATION MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION.
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