Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

 

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED OR DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.

 

BECAUSE WE ARE A MEDICAL CARE PROVIDER THAT DOES NOT ENGAGE IN ANY TRANSACTIONS THAT INVOKE COVERAGE OF THE HIPAA PRIVACY ACT, THE PRIVACY PRACTICES AND TERMS DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE ARE VOLUNTARILY UNDERTAKEN. THEREFORE, NOTHING IN THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE CONSTRUED AS CONTRACTUAL OR LEGAL RIGHTS. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY OUR PRIVACY PRACTICES AND THIS NOTICE AT ANY TIME.

 

Safeguarding Your Protected Health Information

Your "Protected Health Information" (PHI) is confidential and we take great care in protecting it.

 

YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right to:

  • Get a copy of your paper or electronic medical record (we will respond within 30 days)
  • Ask us to correct your medical record if you feel there is an error (we will respond within 60 days)
  • Request confidential communications (inform us if you have specific communication requirements)
  • Ask us to limit information we share (your medical information is not shared beyond this agency unless you authorize it, or we are required by law to share it)
  • Get a list of anyone outside this agency we may have shared your medical information with (we will respond within 30 days)
  • Get a copy of this privacy notice (you can ask for a paper copy of this notice at any time)
  • File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated

We will not retaliate, or refuse service, to anyone for filing a complaint. Contact our Executive Director by phone, mail, in person, or email.

 

Our Uses and Disclosers

  • We may disclose your PHI to doctors, nurses and other health care personnel who are involved in providing your health care. We may also send or communicate appointment reminders following our normal confidentiality policies and any special instructions that you have given.
  • Disclosure of your PHI may be made without your consent or authorization when required by law, when required for public health reasons, when necessary to avert a threat of harm to you or a third person, or when other circumstances may require, or reasonably warrant, such disclosure.

 

 

For more information go to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (www.hhs.gov or 877-696-6775)


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