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2013 Employee Benefit Guidebook
Updated August 2013
NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
GROUP MEDICAL PLAN
(El Paso County Medical Group Plan)
GROUP DENTAL PLAN
(Guardian Dental Group Plan)
FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT (FSA) (PayFlex)
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE
USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS
INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
El Paso County provides many types of services, such as employee benefits, various health, welfare, and wellness
activities as well as an assortment of social services. We must collect information about you in order to provide
these services.
At El Paso County, we respect your privacy and will protect your health information responsibly and professionally.
Both Federal and State law require that we maintain the privacy of your health information.
This Notice of Privacy Practices is being provided to you as a requirement of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) and describes how we may collect, use, and disclose your health information. It also
describes your rights concerning your health information. El Paso County is required to abide by the terms of the
Notice that’s currently in effect.
As you read this Notice, you’ll see an important term: “Protected Health Information” or PHI. PHI is
individually identifiable health information, including health and demographic information created, transmitted
and/or received by us that can reasonably be used to identify you regardless of form (oral, written, or electronic).
Some examples of PHI might be age, gender, and address information. PHI also includes information relating to
your past, present, and future physical or mental health or condition, the provision of health care and/or health care
related services, and payment for that care.
To the extent practical or feasible, any PHI created, transmitted, received and/or otherwise used by us shall,
regardless of form (oral, written, or electronic), be de-identified in order to protect individual privacy.