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The following categories describe the different ways we use and disclose your health information and give examples of the same. Not every use or disclosure in a category is listed. But, the ways we are permitted to use and disclose your health information will fall within one of the categories.

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This Notice of Privacy Practices is provided to you as a requirement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). It describes how Alaska Family Services may use or disclose your protected health information, with whom that information may be shared, and the safeguards we have in place to protect it. This notice also describes your rights to access and amend your protected health information. You have the right to approve or refuse the release of specific information outside the Alaska Family Services system except when the release is required or authorized by law or regulation.

Under HIPAA and the Confidentiality Law, Alaska Family Services may not say to a person outside Alaska Family Services that you attend our programs, nor may Alaska Family Services disclose any information identifying you as an alcohol or drug abuser, or any other protected health information except as permitted by federal law.

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Alaska Family Services must obtain your written consent before it can disclose information about you for payment purposes. For example, Alaska Family Services must obtain your written consent before it can disclose information to your health insurer in order to be paid for services rendered. Generally, you must also sign a written consent before Alaska Family Services can share health care information for treatment purposes or for heath care operations.

Who Will Follow This Notice

This Notice describes the privacy practices of Alaska Family Services including:

• all workforce,
• volunteers,
• students/trainees,
• foster parents, and
• licensed providers while providing services at our agency.

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The following categories describe the different ways we use and disclose your health information and give examples of the same. Not every use or disclosure in a category is listed. But, the ways we are permitted to use and disclose your health information will fall within one of the categories.

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Payment: We may use and disclose your health information, as needed, to obtain payment for the services that we provide. This may include certain activities that your health insurance plan or service funder may undertake before it approves or pays for the health care services we recommend for you such as; making a determination of eligibility or coverage for insurance benefits, reviewing services provided to you for medical necessity, and undertaking utilization review activities. For example, obtaining approval for a hospital stay may require that your relevant health information be disclosed to the health plan/funder to obtain approval for the hospital admission. We may also disclose your information to another provider involved in your care for their payments purposes as part of ensuring your eligibility for services.

Healthcare Operations: We may use and disclose, as-needed, your health information for our own health care operations in order to provide quality care to all consumers, to assess staff training needs or to ensure the efficiency of program operations. Health care operations include such activities as:

• quality assessment and improvement activities;
• employee review activities;
• training programs including those in which students, trainees, or practitioners in health care learn under supervision;
• accreditation, certification, licensing, or credentialing activities;
• review and auditing, including compliance reviews, record reviews, legal services and maintaining compliance programs; or
• business management and general administrative activities.

In certain situations, we may also disclose patient information to another provider or health plan for their health care operations.

Other Uses and Disclosures: As part of treatment, payment and health care operations, we may also use or disclose your protected health information for the following purposes:

• to remind you of an appointment;
• to inform you or recommend potential treatment alternatives or options;
• to inform you of health-related benefits, products, or services that may be of interest to you; and
• to inform you about general health matters, our services, health fairs, wellness programs, and similar events.

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