This practice is required, by law, to maintain the privacy and confidentiality
of your protected health information and to provide our patients with notice
of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your protected health
information.
Disclosure of Your Health Care Information
Treatment
We may disclose your health care information to other healthcare professionals
within our practice for the purpose of treatment, payment or healthcare operations.
(example)
“On occasion, it may be necessary to seek consultation regarding your
condition from other health care providers associated with this practice.”“It is our policy to provide a substitute health care provider, authorized
by This practice to provide assessment and/or treatment to our patients, without
advanced notice, in the event of your primary health care provider’s
absence due to vacation, sickness, or other emergency situation.”
Payment
We may disclose your health information to your insurance provider for the
purpose of payment or health care operations.
Workers’ Compensation
We may disclose your health information as necessary to comply with State Workers’ Compensation
Laws.
Emergencies
We may disclose your health information to notify or assist in notifying a
family member, or another person responsible for your care about your medical
condition or in the event of an emergency or of your death.
Public Health
As required by law, we may disclose your health information to public health
authorities for purposes related to: preventing or controlling disease, injury
or disability, reporting child abuse or neglect, reporting domestic violence,
reporting to the Food and Drug Administration problems with products and
reactions to medications, and reporting disease or infection exposure.
Judicial and Administrative Proceedings
We may disclose your health information in the course of any administrative
or judicial proceeding.
Law Enforcement
We may disclose your health information to a law enforcement official for purposes
such as identifying or locating a suspect, fugitive, material witness or
missing person, complying with a court order or subpoena, and other law enforcement
purposes.
Deceased Persons
We may disclose your health information to coroners or medical examiners.
Organ Donation
We may disclose your health information to organizations involved in procuring,
banking, or transplanting organs and tissues.
Research
We may disclose your health information to researchers conducting research
that has been approved by an Institutional Review Board.
Public Safety
It may be necessary to disclose your health information to appropriate persons
in order to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health
or safety of a particular person or to the general public.
Specialized Government Agencies
We may disclose your health information for military, national security, prisoner
and government benefits purposes.
Change of Ownership
In the event that This practice is sold or merged with another organization,
your health information/record will become the property of the new owner.
Your Health Information Rights
- You have the right to request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures
of your health information. Please be advised, however, that this practice
is not required to agree to the restriction that you requested. - You have the right to have your health information received or communicated
through an alternative method or sent to an alternative location other
than the usual method of communication or delivery, upon your request. - You have the right to inspect and copy your health information.
- You have a right to request that this practice amend your protected health
information. Please be advised, however, that this practice is not required
to agree to amend your protected health information. If your request to
amend your health information has been denied, you will be provided with
an explanation of our denial reason(s)and information about how you can disagree
with the denial. - You have a right to receive an accounting of disclosures of your protected
health information made by this practice. - You have a right to a paper copy of this Notice of Privacy Practices at
any time upon request.
Changes to this Notice of Privacy Practices
This practice reserves the right
to amend this Notice of Privacy Practices at any time in the future, and will
make the new provisions effective for all information that it maintains. Until
such amendment is made, This practice is required by law to comply with this
notice.
This practice is required by law to maintain the privacy of your health information
and to provide you with notice of its legal duties and privacy practices with
respect to your health information. If you have questions about any part of
this notice or if you want more information about your privacy rights, please
contact: us by calling this office. If the Doctor is not available, you may
make an appointment for a personal conference in person or by telephone within
2 working days.
Complaints
Complaints about your Privacy rights or how This practice has handled your
health information should be directed to the doctor, by calling this office.
If the doctor is not available, you may make an appointment for a personal
conference in person or by telephone within 2 working days.
If you are not satisfied with the manner in which this office handles your
complaint, you may submit a formal complaint to:
DHHS, Office of Civil Rights
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Room 509F HHH Building
Washington, DC 20201