HEALTH INSURANCE & CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS Sample Clauses

HEALTH INSURANCE & CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. You should also be aware that your health insurance company may require disclosure of confidential information at times in order to process claims. Only the minimum necessary information will be provided, including diagnosis, the date and length of therapy sessions, and what services were provided. Generally, the billing statement and your company’s claim form are sufficient; however, sometimes more information regarding summaries or progress toward therapeutic goals is required. Although insurance companies claim to keep your information confidential, once it leaves my office I have no control over it.
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HEALTH INSURANCE & CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. Disclosure of confidential information may be required by your health insurance carrier or HMO/PPO/MCO/EAP in order to process claims.With your written consent to bill your insurance for your sessions I provide only the minimum necessary information required by your insurance carrier to submit your claim. I have no control over, or knowledge of, what insurance companies do with the information I submit or who has access to this xxxxxxxxxxx.Xxx must be aware that submitting a mental health claim for reimbursement carries a certain amount of risk to confidentiality, privacy or to future capacity to obtain health or life insurance or even a job.The risk stems from the fact that mental health information is likely to be entered into big insurance companies' computers and may be reported to the National Medical Data Bank. Accessibility to companies' computers or to the National Medical Data Bank database is always in question as computers are inherently vulnerable to hacking and unauthorized access. Medical data has also been reported to have been legally accessed by law enforcement and other agencies, which also puts you in a vulnerable position. E–MAILS, CELL PHONES,TEXTS, COMPUTERS, AND FAXES: It is very important to be aware that computers and unencrypted emails, texts, and e-fax communications (which are part of the clinical records) can be rather easily accessed by unauthorized people and, hence, can compromise the privacy and confidentiality of such communications. Emails, texts, and e-faxes are vulnerable to such unauthorized access due to the fact that servers or communication companies may have unlimited and direct access to all emails, texts and e-faxes that go through them.While data on my laptop is encrypted, emails, texts and e-faxes are not. It is always a possibility that e-faxes, texts, and emails can be sent erroneously to the wrong address and computers. My laptop is equipped with a firewall, a virus protection and a password, and I back up all confidential information from my computer on a regular basis onto an encrypted hard drive. Also, be aware that phone messages are transcribed and sent to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, LMFT via unencrypted emails. Please notify me if you decide to avoid or limit, in any way, the use of email, texts, cell phones calls, phone messages, or e-faxes. If you communicate confidential or private information via unencrypted emails, texts or e-faxes or via phone messages, I will assume that you have made an informed decision...
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HEALTH INSURANCE & CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. Please inform me if you wish to utilize health insurance to pay for services. You should be aware that insurance plans generally limit coverage to certain diagnosable mental conditions. You should also be aware that you are responsible for verifying and understanding the limits of your insurance coverage. Although I am happy to assist your efforts to seek insurance reimbursement, I am unable to guarantee whether your insurance will provide payment for the services provided to you. While I do not currently accept insurance directly, I can provide you with a copy of your receipt on a monthly basis, which you can then submit to your insurance company for reimbursement, if you so choose. Disclosure of confidential information may be required by your health insurance carrier or HMO/PPO/ MCO/EAP in order to process claims. If you instruct me, only the minimum necessary information will be communicated to the carrier. I have no control or knowledge over what insurance companies do with the information submitted, or who has access to this information. You should be aware that submitting a mental health invoice for reimbursement carries a certain amount of risk to confidentiality, privacy or to future capacity to obtain health or life insurance or even a job.
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HEALTH INSURANCE & CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. Disclosure of confidential information may be required by your health insurance carrier to process claims. If you instruct Xx. Xxxxx, only the minimum necessary information will be communicated to the carrier. You must be aware that submitting a mental health invoice for reimbursement carries a certain amount of risk to confidentiality, privacy or to future capacity to obtain health or life insurance or even job. Initial(s)
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HEALTH INSURANCE & CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. Disclosure of confidential information may be required by your health insurance carrier or HMO/PPO/MCO/EAP in order to process claims you may submit. If you so instruct me, only the minimum necessary information will be communicated to the carrier. I have no control over, or knowledge of, what insurance companies do with the information I submit or who has access to this information. You must be aware that submitting a mental health invoice for reimbursement carries a certain amount of risk to confidentiality, privacy or to future capacity to obtain health or life insurance or even a job. The risk stems from the fact that mental health information is likely to be entered into big insurance companies' computers and is likely to be reported to the National Medical Data Bank. Accessibility to companies' computers or to the National Medical Data Bank database is always in question as computers are inherently vulnerable to hacking and unauthorized access. Medical data has also been reported to have been legally accessed by law enforcement and other agencies, which also puts you in a vulnerable position. Since I do not xxxx insurance companies, you have the right to limit information which goes to an insurance company by not sending the information in.
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HEALTH INSURANCE & CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. Disclosure of confidential information may be required by your health insurance carrier or HMO/PPO/MCO/EAP to process the claims. If you so instruct me, only the minimum necessary information will be communicated to the carrier. I have no control over, or knowledge of, what insurance companies do with the information I submit or who has access to this information. You must be aware that submitting a mental health invoice for reimbursement carries a certain amount of risk to confidentiality, privacy or to future capacity to obtain health or life insurance or even a job. The risk stems from the fact that mental health information is likely to be entered into big insurance companies' computers and is likely to be reported to the National Medical Data Bank. Accessibility to companies' computers or to the National Medical Data Bank database is always in question as computers are inherently vulnerable to hacking and unauthorized access. Medical data can also be legally accessed by law enforcement and other agencies, which also puts you in a vulnerable position. TREATMENT OF MINORS: Clients should be aware that Maine law allows minor children to independently consent to and receive mental/behavioral health treatment for certain circumstances without parental consent and, in that situation, information about treatment cannot be disclosed to anyone without the minor child’s agreement. While privacy in psychotherapy is very important particularly with teenagers, parental involvement is also essential to successful treatment, particularly with young children. Therefore, it is my policy not to provide treatment to a child under 12 unless he/she agrees that I can share whatever information I consider necessary with his /her parents. For children 12 and older, I request an agreement between the child and the parents allowing me to share general information about treatment progress and attendance, as well as a treatment summary upon completion of therapy. All other communication will require the child’s agreement, unless I feel there is a safety concern, in which case I will make every effort to notify the child of my intention to disclose information ahead of time and handle any objections that are raised. • If I am seeing a child whose parents are in the process of divorce or who are already divorced, I require a copy of the standing court order demonstrating the custodial rights of each parent and/or the parenting agreement that is signed by both parents and the judge...
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HEALTH INSURANCE & CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. Disclosure of confidential information may be required by your health insurance carrier, HMO/PPO/MCO/EAP in order to process your claims. If you or we submit your services to your insurance company, only the minimum amount of information will be communicated to the carrier. Xx. Xxxxxxx has no control or knowledge over what insurance companies do with the information he submits or who has access to this information. You must be aware that submitting a mental health invoice for reimbursement carries a certain amount of risk to confidentiality, privacy, or to future eligibility to obtain health or life insurance. The risk stems from the fact that mental health information is entered into insurance companies' computers and so will also be reported to the National Medical Data Bank.
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HEALTH INSURANCE & CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. Disclosure of confidential information may be required by your health insurance carrier in order to process the claim. Please note: only the minimum necessary information will be communicated to the carrier which consists of the date and cost of the service.
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