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Privacy Practices

Our Privacy Practices

Your Rights

You have the right to: 

  • Get a copy of your paper or electronic medical record
  • Correct your paper or electronic medical record
  • Request confidential communication
  • Ask us to limit the information we share
  • Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared your information
  • Get a copy of this privacy notice
  • Choose someone to act for you
  • File a complaint if your privacy rights have been violated

Your Choices

You have some choices in the way that we use and share information as we: 

  • Tell family and friends about your condition
  • Provide disaster relief
  • Include you in a hospital directory
  • Provide mental health care
  • Market our services and sell your information
  • Raise funds

Our Uses and Disclosures

We may use and share your information as we: 

  • Do research 
  • Run our organization 
  • Work with a medical examiner or funeral director 
  • Bill for your services 
  • Respond to organ and tissue donation requests 
  • Help with public health and safety issues 
  • Comply with the law

When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights. This section explains your rights and some of our responsibilities to help you.

Get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record 

  • You can ask to see or get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record and other health information we have about you. Ask us how to do this. 
  • We will provide a copy or a summary of your health information, usually within 30 days of your request.  We may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee.

Ask us to amend your medical record

  • You can ask us to amend health information about you that you think is incorrect or incomplete. Ask us how to do this.
  • We may say “no” to your request, but we’ll tell you why in writing within 60 days.

Request confidential communications

  • You can ask us to contact you in a specific way (for example, home or office phone) or to send mail to a different address.
  • We will say “yes” to all reasonable requests.

Ask us to limit what we use or share

  • You can ask us not to use or share certain health information for treatment, payment, or our operations. We are not required to agree to your request, and we may say “no” if it would affect your care.
  • If you pay for a service or health care item out-of-pocket in full, you can ask us not to share that information for the purpose of payment or our operations with your health insurer. We will say “yes” unless a law requires us to share that information.

Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared information

  • You can ask for a list (accounting) of the times we’ve shared your health information for six years prior to the date you ask, who we shared it with, and why.
  • We will include all the disclosures except for those about treatment, payment, and health care operations, and certain other disclosures (such as any you asked us to make). We’ll provide one accounting a year for free but will charge a reasonable, cost-based fee if you ask for another one within 12 months.

For more information:

 www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/index.html

Choose someone to act for you

If you have given someone medical power of attorney or if someone is your legal guardian, that person can exercise your rights and make choices about your health information. We will ensure the person has this authority before we take any action.

Your Choices

For certain health information, you can tell us your choices about what we share. If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situations described below, talk to us. Tell us what you want us to do, and we will follow your instructions.

In these cases, you have both the right and choice to tell us to:

  • Share information with your family, close friends, or others involved in your care  
  • Share information in a disaster relief situation

If you are not able to tell us your preference we may go ahead and share your information if we believe it is in your best interest. We may also share your information when needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety. 

In these cases we never share your information unless you give us written permission:

  • Marketing purposes                         
  • Most sharing of psychotherapy notes   
  • Sale of your information

In the case of fundraising we may contact you for fundraising efforts, but you can tell us not to contact you again.

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Our Uses and Disclosures

We typically use / share health information in the following ways.

We can use your health information and share it with other professionals who are treating you.

We can use and share your health information to run our practice, improve your care, and contact you when necessary. We can use and share your health information to bill and get payment from health plans or other entities.

Electronic Exchange. Your information may be shared w/ other providers, labs and radiology groups through our EHR system as listed:

  • None
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