Introduction:
This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how Healing Moments Counseling, and providers who are associated with them, may use to disclose your protected health information and your rights regarding that information. “Protected Health” information: includes information we have created or received regarding your past or present physical or mental health, the provision of your counseling or health care and payment for your counseling or health care. It includes personal information such as your name, social security number, address and phone number.
Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Healing Moments Counseling, (and those associated) is required to maintain the privacy of your protected health information, provide you with this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your health information, and comply with the practices and procedures set forth in this notice.
How Healing Moments Counseling (and those associated), may use and disclose your health information WITHOUT your authorization:
Insurance Companies: Healing Moments Counseling (and those associated) may use and disclose your health information to insurance companies for payment reimbursement. This includes: diagnosis, dates of treatment, clinical notes or other information that is requested by the insurance company concerning your treatment.
Other Circumstances in which Healing Moments Counseling (and those associated)
may disclose your information WITHOUT your authorization:
Emergencies: To assure good care in case of emergencies. For example: We may provide health information to a paramedic who is transporting you in an ambulance.
Legal guardian: To your guardian or other fiduciary if one has been appointed by a court.
As required by law: When required to do so by other federal, state or local laws not listed here.
To avert a serious threat to health or safety: When necessary to present a serious and imminent threat to the health and safety of you, the public or another person.
Public health activities: For public health activities to prevent or control disease, injury, or disabilities or reporting to the Food and Drug Administration for investigating or tracking problems with prescription drugs.
Abuse or neglect: To government entities to report abuse or neglect.
Disclosure in legal proceedings: To a court of administrative agency when a judge or administrative agency orders us to do so.
Law enforcement activities: To law enforcement officials for law enforcement purposes as allowed or required by law.
Medical examiners: To a medical examiner or coroner for investigations of death.
Department of corrections: To a correctional institution or parole. To probation offices; if you are an inmate of a correctional institution or under the custody of a state of Washington Department of Corrections parole/probation officer.
Military and national security: To military authorized under certain circumstances if you are in the Armed Forces. We may disclose to Authorized Federal Officials, personal information required for lawful intelligence, counterintelligence and other national security activities.