We will use health information for treatment.

For example: Protected health information will be recorded in individual consumer records and used to determine the course of treatment. Providers will record services they provide and their observations. Other board providers will be given copies of various reports that should assist him or her in providing coordinated services.

We may use and disclose health information about individual’s served (for example, by calling you or sending you a letter) to remind them of an appointment with us, to recommend they attain medical treatment through outside provider, or to provide information about treatment alternatives.

We will use health information for payment.

For example: A bill may be sent to your insurance company or health plan, or to Medicaid. The information on or accompanying the bill may include information that identifies the individual served, as well as the diagnosis, procedures, and treatments we provided.

We will use health information for regular health operations.

For example: Members of the staff may use information in consumer records to assess the care and outcomes of the case and others like it. This information will then be used in an effort to continually improve the quality and effectiveness of the healthcare and service we provide.

We will provide some information to our Business associates:

We provide some services with business associates, who are independent professionals that use health information provided by us in order to perform these services. Examples include residential service providers, transcription services, and contracted therapy services. We may disclose individual’s health information to our business associates so that they can perform the job we’ve asked them to do. To protect your health information, however, we require the business associate to appropriately safeguard your information.