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Treatment:
Your health information may be used by staff members or disclosed to other health care professionals for the purpose of evaluating your health, diagnosing medical conditions, and providing treatment. For example, a report of your operation will be available in your medical record to all health professionals who may provide treatment or who may be consulted by staff
members.
Payment:
Your health information may be used to seek payment from your health plan, from other sources of coverage such as an automobile insurer, or from credit card companies that you may use to pay for services. For example, your health plan may request and receive information on dates of service, the services provided, and the medical condition being treated.
Health care operations:
Your health information maybe used as necessary to support the day-to-day activities and management of Clear Creek Surgery Center. For example, information on the services you received may be used for budgeting, financial reporting and quality assurance activities.
Law enforcement:
Your health information may be disclosed to law enforcement agencies, without your permission, to support government audits and inspections, to facilitate law enforcement investigations, and to comply with government mandated reporting.
Public health reporting:
Your health information may be disclosed to public health agencies as required by law. For example, we are required to report certain communicable diseases to the Colorado Department of Health.
Appointment reminders:
Your health information may be used by our staff to send you appointment reminders.
Information about treatments:
Your health information may be used to send you information on treatment and management related to your medical condition. We may also send you information describing other health related goods and services that we believe may be of interest to you.
Other uses and disclosures require your authorization.
Disclosure of your health information or its uses for any purpose other than those listed above requires your specific written authorization. If you change your mind after authorizing a use or disclosure of your health information, you may submit a written revocation of the authorization.However, your revocation will not undo any use or disclosure of information that occurred before you provided us with the written revocation. | 
