,•Payment: We may use your PHIand share it with payors/insurers in order tobill and receivepayment for the ,health care services we provide to you.We may also contact you to discuss your insurance/billing options.,•Operations: We may use your PHIand share it when necessarytooperate our company, such as performing ,quality improvement activities, conducting patient satisfaction surveys, andassessing staffing needs. We may ,also share your information with business associates who are contractually obligated to protect the privacy ,of your health information the same way we are.,•Non-Routine Situations: Your PHImay be released in other non-routinesituations,such as:,•To address public health and safety issues, including reportingcommunicable diseaseswhen required ,by law, reporting adverse reactionsto health oversight agencies, reporting suspected abuse, neglect, ,or domestic violence, and preventing or reducing a serious threat to your or someone’s health or safety ,•For health research purposes, subject to a special approval process,•To organ procurement organizationsand similar entitiesrelated to organ and tissue donation/transplant,requests,•To a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director when necessary for them todo their job,•To government agencies responsible for overseeing health care providerquality or billing practices,•As requiredor permittedby state law governing workers’ compensation programs,•To law enforcement officials in certain limited circumstances, including in response to an investigative ,demand or tohelp identify or locate a suspect, fugitive, material witness, or missing person,•In response to a courtor administrativeorder, a subpoena,or as otherwise required or allowed by law,•For special government functions such as military, national security, and presidential protective services,•Friend and Family Membersand Disaster Organizations: You may agree for us to communicate with a family ,member or friend tohelp facilitate your treatment or payment for your treatment.