Treat you
• We can use your health information and share it with other professional who are treating you.
Run our organization
• We can use and share your health information to run our practice, improve your care, and contact you when necessary. (Example: We use health information about you to manage your treatment and services).
Bill for your service
• Marketing purposes
• Sale of your information
• Most sharing of psychotherapy notes
(Example:  We give information about you to your  health insurance plan so it will pay for your services).
How else can we use or share your health information?
• We are allowed or required to share your information in other ways--usually in ways that contribute to the public good, such as public health and research.  We have to meet many conditions in the law before we can share your information for these purposes.  For more information see:  www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/index.html.
Help with public health and safety issues
We can share health information about you for certain situations such as:
• Preventing disease
• Helping with product recalls
• Reporting adverse reactions to medications
• Reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence
• Preventing or reducing a serious threat to anyone’s health or safety
Do research
• We can use or share your information for health research
Comply with the law
• We will share information about you if state or federal laws require it, including with the Department of Health and Human Services if it wants to see that we are complying with federal privacy law
Respond to organ and tissue
• We can share health information about you with organ procurement organizations
Work with a medical examiner or funeral director
• We can share health information with a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director when an individual dies
Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests
We can use or share health information about you:
• For workers’ compensation claims
• For law enforcement purposes or with a law enforcement official
• With health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law
• For special government functions such as military, national security, and presidential protective services
Respond to lawsuits and legal actions
• We can share health information about you in response to a court or administrative order, or in response to a subpoena
Our responsibilities
• We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information
• We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information
• We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice and give you a copy of it
• We will not use or share your information other than as describes here unless you tel us we can in writing. If you tell us we can, you may change your mind at any time. Let us know in writing if you change your mind.