NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
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.
THIS NOTICE APPLIES TO ALL OF THE RECORDS OF YOUR CARE
GENERATED BY THE PRACTICE, WHETHER MADE BY THE PRACTICE OR
AN ASSOCIATED FACILITY.
OUR LEGAL DUTY
We are required by applicable federal and state law to
maintain the privacy of your health information. We are also
required to give you this notice about our privacy
practices, our legal duties and your rights concerning your
health information. We must follow the privacy practices
that are described in this notice while it is in effect.
This notice takes effect / / and will remain in effect until
we replace it.
We reserve the right to change our privacy practices and the
terms of this notice at any time provided such changes are
permitted by applicable law. We reserve the right to make
changes in our privacy practices and the new terms of our
notice effective for all health information that we maintain
including health information we created or received before
we made the changes. Before we make a significant change in
our privacy practices we will change this notice and make
the new notice available upon request.
You may request a copy of our notice at any time. For more
information about our practices or for additional copies of
this notice please contact us using the information listed
at the end of this notice.
USEES AND DISCLOSURES OF HEALTH INFORMATION
We use and disclose health information about you for
treatment payment and healthcare operations. For example:
TREATMENT: We may use or disclose your health
information to a physician or other health care provider
providing treatment to you.
PAYMENTS: We may use and disclose your health
information to obtain payment for services we provide to
you.
HEALTH CARE OPERATIONS: We may use and disclose your
health information in connection with our healthcare
operations. Healthcare operations include quality assessment
and improvement activities. Reviewing the competence or
qualifications of health care professionals, evaluating
practitioners and provider performance conducting training
programs accreditation, certification, licensing or
credentialing activities.
YOUR AUTHORIZATION: In addition to our use of your
health information for treatment payment or health care
operations you may give us written authorization to use your
health information or to disclose it to anyone for any
purpose if you give us an authorization, you may revoke it
in writing at any time. Your revocation will not affect any
use or disclosures permitted by your authorization while in
effect. Unless you give us a written authorization we cannot
use or disclose your health information for any reason
except those described in this notice.
TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS: We must disclose your
health information to you as described in this patient
rights section of this notice. We may disclose your health
information to a family member, friend, or another person to
the extent necessary to help with your health care or with
payment for your healthcare, but only if you agree that we
may do so.
PERSONS INVOLVED IN CARE: We may use or disclose
health information to notify or assist in the notification
of including identifying or locating a family member your
personal representative or another person responsible for
the care of your location, your general condition, or death.
If you are present then prior to the use or disclosure of
your health information we will provide you with an
opportunity to object to such uses or disclosures. In the
event of your incapacity or emergency circumstances, we will
disclose health information based on a determination using
our professional judgment disclosing only health information
that is directly relevant to the person’s involvement in
your healthcare. We will also use our professional judgment
and our experience with common practices to make reasonable
inferences of your best interest in allowing a person to
pick up filled prescriptions, medical supplies, x- rays, or
other similar forms of health information.
MARKETING HEALTH-RELATED SERVICES: We will not use
your health information for marketing communications without
your written authorization.
REQUIRED BY LAW: We may use or disclose your health
information when we are required to do so by law.
ABUSE OR NEGLECT: We may disclose your health
information to appropriate authorities if we reasonably
believe that you are a possible victim of abuse, neglect,
domestic violence, or the possible victim of other crimes.
We may disclose your health information to the extent
necessary to avert a serious threat to your health or safety
or the health or safety of others.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF NOTICE OF PRIV ACY PRACTICES
** You may refuse to sign this acknowledgment **
did receive a
copy of this office's Notice of Privacy Practices on.