What is data sharing?

As your Healthcare insurer, we know how busy life can be. As a valued member, you can now view and share your health information quickly and all-in-one place. View your information on your cell phone or computer – anytime and anywhere!

Use My Molina or MyHealth Connections portals to manage this new service, you are one step closer to viewing things like:

• Office visit results
• Prescription history
• Lab and imaging results and charts
• And much MORE!!

All you need to do is:

1. Download your favorite healthcare smartphone app
2. Sign up on the app for data sharing and choose your Healthcare plan
3. Start getting the most from your membership!

All of your healthcare information is available for your viewing on the app, in your hands, and available for sharing with anyone including your doctor, hospital or other healthcare providers.

Third-Party Developers

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If you want to use a third-party application (3^rd Party App) that connects to Molina Healthcare to access your protected health information (“PHI”), please read this important information.

Molina Healthcare requires 3^rd Party Apps to provide us written confirmation that they meet certain requirements when accessing Molina Healthcare member PHI. This is called an attestation. It also gives us confirmation that the 3^rd Party App provider agrees to specific requirements to keep PHI confidential and secure. You can view this attestation by clicking on “Interoperability: Third-Party Application Registration Statement”.

If the 3^rd Party App you want to use does not agree to our attestation or does not respond, we will notify you. You can change your mind about using the 3^rd Party App to get your PHI from us. If you do not respond timely, letting us know if you’ve changed your mind, then we will share your PHI with the 3^rd Party App, in accordance with applicable law. If the 3^rd Party App is a risk to the security of Molina Healthcare’s information systems, we will not allow the 3rd Party App to connect to our systems and your PHI will not be shared with the 3 ^rd Party App. In order to protect your PHI, we recommend only using a 3^rd Party App that has agreed to Molina Healthcare’s attestation.

Things to Consider when Choosing a 3^rd Party App

It is important that you understand how a 3^rd Party App uses and discloses your personal information, which may include PHI and other health information. It is also important that the 3^rdParty App you choose keeps your personal information private and secure. Below are some tips on information to look for and ask when choosing a 3^rd Party App.

• Do you understand how to use the 3^rd Party App to access your personal information?
• Does the 3^rd Party App require the use of passwords for you to access your personal information?
• Does the 3^rd Party App have an easy-to-read Privacy Policy that clearly explains how the 3^rd Party App will use and disclose your personal information? The Privacy Policy should explain how you will be informed of any changes to the policy. If the 3^rd Party App does not have a Privacy Policy, we recommend that you choose a different 3^rd Party App.
• What PHI and other personal information will the 3^rd Party App collect? Will the 3^rd Party App collect non-health information? Will the 3^rd Party App collect other information from your mobile device, such as your location or information about your family and/or friends?
• How does the 3^rd Party App store and use your personal information? Where does the 3rd Party App store your personal information? For example, will your personal information be stored in the United States or will it be transferred or accessed outside the United States?
• Does the 3^rd Party App sell or share your personal information with third parties? If it does, the 3^rd Party App’s Privacy Policy should explain why and to whom.
• Can you limit how the 3^rd Party App uses and discloses your personal information?
• Does the 3^rd Party App have reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect your personal information?
• Does the 3^rd Party App have a clear and easy-to-understand process to handle user complaints?
• If you no longer want to use the 3^rd Party App or if you no longer want the 3^rd Party App to have access your to your PHI, is there a clear and easy process to terminate the 3^rd Party App’s access to your PHI and other personal information?
• Does the 3^rd Party App have a policy for deleting your PHI and other personal information once you terminate the 3^rd Party App’s access?

Your health information is very sensitive information, and you should understand how 3^rd Party Apps protect the privacy and security of your health information. We recommend that Molina Healthcare members only use 3^rd Party Apps with strong privacy and security standards to protect individuals’ health information.

Your Privacy Rights

As a healthcare consumer, you have privacy rights that are protected under law. The federal law that gives you these protections is called the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces HIPAA. HIPAA generally applies to covered entities that include health plans and health care providers, and “business associates” that provide service to those plans and providers. You can find more information about HIPAA at:

• HHS Guidance for Consumers
• HHS FAQs

To learn more about filing a complaint with OCR under HIPAA, please visit HHS Complaints.

It is important to understand that many 3^rd Party Apps are not covered by HIPAA, particularly those that are offered directly to you as an individual, rather than through a health plan or provider. This means your health information will not be subject to the same privacy and security protections that health plans and providers must adhere to. 3^rd Party Apps are regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the protections provided by the FTC Act; however, if the 3^rd Party App is located outside the United States, the FTC may not able to fully protect your information. You can find more information from the FTC about mobile 3^rd Party App privacy and security at FTC Mobile Apps. If you think a 3^rd Party App has misused or violated your privacy, you can file a complaint with the FTC using the FTC complaint assistance at FTC Complaint Assistance.

Interoperability is an easy way to access and share your Health Information safely and securely.

Interoperability means data sharing between the health care member/patient, the health insurance company (insurer) and software applications on smart phones or computers. Beginning July 1, 2021, health care insurers must provide members with easy, standard and secured access to their health information from third-party apps.

Health care insurance providers store member information on computers. Health information must be easily accessible as patients move around from one health care provider to another.

• Adheres to Center of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Mandate
• Insured member has easy access to their health information while ensuring security standards
• Caregiver can access patient information; parents can access dependent health information

What is Interoperability?

An easy, secure way to exchange, access and integrate health information (Electronic Health Record (EHR)/Personal Health Record(PHR) and/or encounters) across systems. Access may be within any health system. App accesses the insurer’s system to get health information.

Why Interoperability?

Interoperability ensures that your health care insurer is compliant with federal government guidelines. Members get easy, secure access to health information. By sharing information with providers and using it for tracking personal health, members receive quality health care services and outcomes.

How to access Health Information?

Follow the steps below to access your health information:

• Register on My Molina or My Health Connections member portal as applicable. Skip this step if you’ve already registered.
• Opt in for data sharing under Account Settings >> Manage Data-Sharing applications.
• Choose your preferred application(s) from the list of approved applications and download from the App Store or Google Play.
• Log in using your My Molina or My Health connections information. Provide consent to access your health information.
• As per CMS guidelines, the consent provided in your preferred applications(s) will be valid only for 90 days and you have to provide/renew consent for every 90 days.

Note: It may take up to 24 hours to see your health information after you’ve registered in the member portal and opted in to third-party applications.

What are all the third-party application Member can use?