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For payment. To make sure that claims are paid accurately and you
receive the correct benefits, the Plan may use and disclose your Protected
Health Information to determine plan eligibility and responsibility for
coverage and benefits. For example, the Plan may use your information
when it confers with other health plans to resolve a coordination of
benefits issue. The Plan may also use your Protected Health Information
for utilization review activities.
For health care operations. To ensure quality and efficient
plan operations, we may use your Protected Health Information in
several ways, including plan administration, quality assessment and
improvement, and vendor review. Your information could be used, for
example, to assist in the evaluation of a vendor who supports us. We also
may contact you with appointment reminders or to provide information
about treatment alternatives or other health-related benefits and services
available under the Plan.
The Plan may also disclose your Protected Health Information to
U.S. Xpress Enterprise, Inc. (the plan sponsor) in connection with these
activities. In certain cases, the Plan may disclose your PHI to the Plan
Sponsor.
Some of the people who administer the Plan work for U.S. Xpress
Enterprises, Inc. Before your PHI can be used by or disclosed to these
employees, the Plan Sponsor must certify that it has: (1) amended
the Plan documents to explain how your PHI will be protected; (2)
identified the U.S. Xpress Enterprise employees who need your PHI to
carry out their duties to administer the Plan; and (3) separated the work
of these employees from the rest of the workforce so that U.S. Xpress
Enterprise, Inc. cannot use your PHI for employment-related purposes
or to administer other benefit plans. For example, these designated
employees will be able to contact an insurer or third party administrator
to find out about the status of your benefit claims without your specific
authorization.
• The Plan may disclose information to U.S. Xpress Enterprise
that summarizes the claims experience of Plan participants as
a group, but without identifying specific individuals, to get
new benefit insurance or to change or terminate the Plan. For
example, if U.S. Xpress Enterprise wants to consider adding or
changing a particular benefit, it may receive this summary health
information to assess the costs of those services.
• The Plan may also disclose limited health information to
U.S. Xpress Enterprise in connection with the enrollment or
disenrollment of individuals into or out of the Plan.

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