Uses and Disclosures

We are permitted under applicable law to use and disclose PHI for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations purposes. The following information lists and describes the ways in which we may use or disclose PHI:
Treatment: Includes providing, coordinating and managing your healthcare. We may also disclose your PHI to other providers for discussion regarding your treatment, conditions, or medications.
Payment: For billing, payment, and reimbursement for any pharmaceutical care services that we provide, we may disclose your PHI to your insurance company or other third party payer.
Healthcare operations: We may disclose your PHI for health care operations to assist in the evaluation and improvement of the services that we provide. Health care operations include activities related to compliance, quality improvement, management, and training.
To individuals involved in your care: We may disclose your PHI to close personal friends, a family member or other person who is involved in your care or payment for care.
Delivery services: We may disclose PHI to our delivery personnel such that we may provide delivery services.
Personal communications: We may notify you of refill reminders, information about treatment alternatives, or other health care information that may be of interest to you.
As required by law: We will disclose your PHI when required by law to do so.
Public health activities: We may disclose your PHI for public health activities including preventing or controlling disease, injury or disability; disease exposure; recalls; reporting adverse reactions.
Health oversight activities: We may disclose your PHI to an agency (e.g. Board of Pharmacy) involved in health oversight activities including audits, inspections, and investigations.
Reporting victims of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence: When you agree or when required by law, we may notify and disclose your PHI to a government authority if we believe that you have been a victim of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence.
Judicial and administrative proceedings: We may disclose your PHI in response to an administrative or court order. Your PHI may also be disclosed in response to a subpoena, discovery request, or other lawful process; only if efforts have been made to tell you about the request or to obtain an order protecting the information request.
Law enforcement: We may disclose your PHI to law enforcement officials to comply with regulations and to assist in their duties or investigations.
Coroners, medical examiners, funeral directors, and organ procurement organizations: We may disclose your PHI to coroners, medical examiners, funeral directors, and organ procurement organizations to assist with their duties.
Research: We may disclose your PHI to researchers for research purposes as long as the privacy requirements of the study have been reviewed and approved by the appropriate committees
Workers’ compensation: We may disclose your PHI to comply with regulations regarding workers’ compensation or similar programs.
To avert a serious threat to health and safety: We may disclose your PHI when deemed necessary to prevent a serious threat to the health and safety of you, the public, or another individual. The disclosure will only be made to someone able to prevent the threat.
Specific government functions: We may disclose your PHI for specific government functions such as national security, protection of officials, and reporting to military command authorities.
Disaster relief: We may disclose your PHI to disaster relief organizations in the event of a disaster.