2022 Erie Mercer Venango MA Kit

UPMC Health Plan does not share your PHI with anyone else—including employers—unless you provide us with permission to do so. Reports to employers about the services provided to their employees are based only on total employee group percentages and totals—and do not include any individual member data or information. Not only do all the physicians and providers in our network know that your information is private and con dential, but our Health Plan employees know that too. In fact, we have training programs for our employees to ensure that they know the procedures they need to follow to make sure that your information—whether in oral, written, or electronic format—is secured and safeguarded. If we have any additional programs that we feel would be bene cial to you and that would require us to use your personal information in order to allow you to participate in the program, we would contact you and provide all the details. We would request your permission and signed authorization before we would use your personal information for anything other than routine purposes that we have explained. Permission to participate is requested when you enroll, on the enrollment application. We may also text you to receive permission. If you decline such a request, your information will not be part of the special program enrollment. You undoubtedly have heard a great deal about privacy in the news—especially as it concerns privacy of health information. In addition to any new legislation, all health insurance carriers and health care providers are following the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and several important sets of regulations that government agencies have issued for HIPAA implementation and compliance. In fact, because HIPAA requires doctors, hospitals, and health care insurers as well as employee bene t plans that are involved in your health care to have a “Notice of Privacy Practices,” you will be receiving several of these notices. In addition to this Privacy Statement, UPMC Health Plan’s Notice of Privacy Practices will give you even more speci c information and details about how we ensure the privacy of your protected health information. The Notice of Privacy Practices will also explain all the rights that you have concerning the privacy of your health information and how you can exercise those rights. UPMC Health Plan, through its Compliance Committee and Quality Improvement Committee, monitors all applicable laws and government regulations. We continually review our policies and procedures to ensure that we are meeting the requirements of privacy laws and our commitment to our members. As new laws or regulations are issued or amended, we may, as necessary, provide you with revised information that includes any changes or updates to our Notice of Privacy Practices. If you become a UPMC for Life member, you will receive your Notice of Privacy Practices in your member welcome kit. You can also nd this information online on the UPMC for Life website at www.upmchealthplan.com/medicare under Additional Documents and Forms. If you have any questions concerning your rights for the privacy and con dentiality of your personal information and data that have been entrusted to UPMC Health Plan, please contact our Member Services Department at the phone number on the back of your member ID card. 94