IQVIA Benefits Handbook
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA)
The privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) regulate how an employer group health plan:
- Provides documentation of coverage for former employees and dependents to use when they apply for other group coverage.
- Permits special enrollment periods and prohibits discrimination based on health status.
- Maintains the privacy of your health information.
HIPAA requires IQVIA to provide you with a notice of the plan's legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your protected health information (PHI). The plan creates, receives, uses, maintains and discloses health information about you and your covered dependents in the course of providing these benefits: medical, dental, vision, long-term care, health flexible spending accounts, and the employee assistance program. The privacy notice describes how the plan may use or disclose your health information, and under what circumstances it may share this information without your authorization (generally, to carry out treatment, payment or health care operations).
IQVIA distributes the notice via mail or in electronic form. You should retain this notice with your personal records. To receive a copy of the plan's Privacy Notice, it can be found in the employee handbook on the IQ intranet site.