This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully. We are required by law to give you this Notice of our duties and privacy practices and your rights. Sleep works Medical considers personal information to be confidential. We protect the privacy of that information in accordance with federal and state privacy laws, as well as our own company privacy policies.

Uses and Disclosures of Health Information

Sleep works Medical may use and disclose medical information about you for several different purposes including:

Treatment: Sleepworks may use or disclose your protected health information to treat your medical condition. For example, we may ask you to submit yourself to a laboratory test and we may use the results to obtain a diagnosis. Additionally, we may disclose your medical information to other individuals that may assist in your medical care, such as hospitals, physicians, children, guardians, healthcare surrogates, parents, or a spouse.

Payment: Sleep works may use and disclose your protected health information in order to bill and collect payment for the healthcare services provided to you from this office. We may disclose your medical information to another covered entity or health care provider for the payment activities of the entity that receives the information. For example, we may make contact with your health plan to verify your enrollment and your eligibility for benefits. Disclosure of certain information may also be required for any payments made by credit or debit card or any other electronic means.

Healthcare Operations: Sleep works may use and disclose your protected health information in connection to the business of healthcare, including performance improvement, quality of care assessment, and cost management. We may disclose your medical information to another covered entity for health care operations of the entity that receives the information in limited circumstances if each entity either has or had a relationship to you.

Required by Law: Sleep works may use or disclose medical information about you when required by law such as in response to a court or administrative orders, or under certain circumstances in response to subpoenas, discovery requests or other lawful processes. This office is required by Federal law to disclose your protected health information to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service upon request for the purpose of determining whether we are in compliance with the Federal Privacy Standards. We may disclose your health information when authorized by worker’s compensation or comparable laws.

Law Enforcement: Sleep works may disclose health information if a request is made by law enforcement officials. For example, we may disclose your protected health information to identify or locate suspects, fugitives or witnesses, or victims of crime, to report deaths from crime, crimes on the premises, or in emergencies, the commission of a crime.
Public Health Activities: Sleep works may use or disclose your protected health information for public health activities such as reporting births, deaths, communicable diseases, injury or disability, ensuring the safety of drugs and medical devices, reporting child and sexual abuse, and for workplace surveillance or work-related illness and injury. We may disclose your protected health information to a health oversight agency for activities authorized by law such as audits, administrative or criminal investigations, inspections, licensure or disciplinary action and monitoring compliance with the law.

Abuse, Neglect, and Domestic Violence: Sleep works may disclose your protected health information to a government agency if we believe you are a victim of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence. If this office makes such a disclosure, we will inform you, except if there is a belief that informing you places you at further risk of additional harm.

Serious Threats to Health or Safety: Sleep works may use or disclose your protected health information when necessary to reduce or prevent a serious threat to your health and safety or the health and safety of others. Under this situation, this office will only disclose health information to an agency or authority able to help prevent the threat.

Specialized Government Functions: Sleep works may disclose your protected health information if you are a member of the U.S. or foreign military and if required by the appropriate military command authorities. Furthermore, this office may disclose your health information to federal officials for intelligence and national security activities required by law. Additionally, this office may disclose your health information to correctional institutions or law enforcement officials if you are an inmate or under the custody of law enforcement officials.