Here is the privacy statement from covered California, wonder why they need to share mi info whit home land security, very scary HOW WE MAY USE AND SHARE YOUR INFORMATION We will use your information to help you see what health insurance is available for you and to refer you to health plans and other governmental entities that can help you get health insurance. We will share your information if we are required by law to do so. We may also share your information for these purposes: •Treatment: We may share your information with health care providers to make sure you get health care; •Program purposes: Information will be shared with private health plans and government agencies, such as the IRS, Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration, for use in determining eligibility for insurance programs and providing health insurance to eligible applicants; •Payment: We will share information with the health plans or programs that you enroll with for payment purposes, such as billing you for insurance or submitting bills to these entities; •Health care operations: Information may be shared with health plans and government agencies to oversee how the insurance is being provided, for quality assurance, audits, for fraud and abuse prevention programs, and for planning and management purposes; •Appeals: If you appeal any of the decisions about your eligibility for health insurance or the insurance provided to you, the information we have may be used in deciding the appeals; •Health care oversight: Information may be shared for audits, inspections, civil, criminal or administrative investigations, and for licensing or discipline activities, •Judicial or administrative proceedings: Your information may be shared with a court, investigator or lawyer if there is an investigation or litigation about the insurance programs, payment for insurance, fraud or abuse. If a court orders us to share your information, we will do so; •Planning and research: We may share your information with other government agencies and researchers for planning and research programs. Information for research will only be shared if the researcher is from a non-profit organization and meets federal and state requirements for research projects; •Other limited purposes: Information will be shared for other purposes when we are required by law to do so, such as for workers’ compensation, public health activities and risks, health oversight activities, law enforcement activities, coroners, medical examiners and funeral directors, military and veterans affairs, national security and intelligence activities, protective services for the president and others, and for inmates. •CMS: Information will be disclosed to the U.S. Department of Health Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, when requested and when disclosure is required by law; Some information, such as mental health, substance abuse, services for the developmentally disabled, or HIV/AIDS status, are protected by additional laws and we will follow those laws. Other uses and disclosures of information that are not described here will be made only with your written authorization, and that authorization can be revoked by you.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 03:08:56 +0000