Bon Secours St Francis Health System

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Payment : We may use and disclose medical information about you so for payment activities of Bon Secours St. Francis and others involved in your care, such as an ambulance company. For example, we may use and disclose information so that Bon Secours or others involved in your care can obtain payment from you, an insurance company or another third party. We may disclose your information to the Social Security Administration, or any other person or insurance or benefit payor, health care service plan or worker’s compensation carrier which is, or may be responsible for all or part of your bill. For example, we may give your insurance company information about surgery you receive at Bon Secours so they will pay us or reimburse you for the surgery. We may tell your insurance company about a proposed treatment to determine whether or not they will pay for the treatment or to resolve an appeal or complaint/grievance. However, if you pay in in cash in advance for your treatment, and you ask us not to disclose your health information to your insurance company with regard to that treatment, we will honor your request.

Located on the campus of ST. FRANCIS downtown, the Outpatient Center offers a minimally invasive surgery center that provides a variety of outpatient surgical specialties, an Advanced Imaging Center with a 64 Slice CT and state-of-the-art MRI, as well as an outpatient diagnostics and therapeutics suite, providing specialized nursing services.

We may disclose information about your care to any doctor identified as a provider of medical care to you, even if that doctor is not a direct participant in a given episode of care at Bon Secours St. Francis. For example, it is routine for Bon Secours St. Francis to provide information about your care to your primary care provider (PCP). We may participate in an electronic health information exchange to facilitate the sharing of your medical information for treatment purposes.

Joint Camp . In combination with the expert skill of our partner joint replacement surgeries, this program offers in-depth, group physical therapy sessions with specially trained physical therapists, pre-surgical education, and a strong emphasis on the role of a "coach" - a partner in your recovery. Joint Camp is one of the most recognized and awarded joint replacement programs, consistently performing the highest number of joint replacements in the state, along with outstanding patient satsifaction scores year after year.

Treatment : We may use or disclose medical information about you to provide you with medical treatment or services. We may disclose information about you to doctors, nurses, technicians, students or other personnel involved in taking care of you. For example, a doctor treating you for a broken hip may need to know if you have diabetes so that proper medications, meals and treatments can be ordered. We may share medical information about you with Bon Secours St. Francis personnel or other health care providers, agencies, or facilities not affiliated with Bon Secours St. Francis in order to provide or coordinate the different things you need, such as prescriptions, lab work, and X-rays. We may also disclose medical information about you to people outside of Bon Secours who may be involved in your continuing medical care after you leave Bon Secours St. Francis, such as other health care providers, transport companies, community agencies and family members or others providing services that are part of your care.

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