HIPPA Notice of Privacy Practices
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION.
This notice of Privacy Practices describes how we may use and disclose you protected health information (PHI) to carry out treatment, payment or health care operations (TPO) and for other purposes that are permitted or required by law. It also describes your rights to access and control your protected health information. “Protected health information” is information about you, including demographic information, that may identify you and that relates to your past, present or future physical or mental health or condition and related health care services.
Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information
Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information
Your protected health information may be used and disclosed by your physician, our office staff and others outside of our office that are involved in your care and treatment for the purpose of providing health care services to you, to pay your health care bills, to support the operation of the physician’s practice, and any other use required or permitted by law.
Treatment: We will use and disclose your protected health information to provide, coordinate, or manage you health and any related services. This includes the coordination of management of your health care with a third party. For example, we would disclose your protected health information, as necessary, to provide a physician that provides care to you. For example, your protected health information may be provided to a physician to whom you have been referred to ensure that the physician has the necessary information to diagnose or treat you.
Payment: Your protected health information will be used, as needed, to obtain payment for your health care services. For example, obtaining pre-certification or authorization for the diagnostic procedure may require that your relevant protected health information be disclosed to the insurance company to obtain approval for a procedure.
Health Care Operations: We may use or disclose, as needed, your protected health information in order to support the business activities of your physician’s practice. The activities include, but are not limited to, quality assessment activities, employee review activities, training of medical tech students, licensing, and conducting or arranging for other business activities with contracted business partners. For example, we may disclose your protected health information to medical school students (if applicable) that may see patients in our office, In addition, we may use a sign in sheet at the registration desk where you will be asked to sign your name and indicate your physician’s name. We may also call you by name in the waiting room when our technologist is ready to see, you. We may use or disclose your protected health information, as necessary, to contact you to remind you of any upcoming appointment. We may use or disclose your protected health information in the following situations without your authorization. These situations include: As require by law, Public Health issues required by law, Communicable Diseases: Health Oversight: Abuse or neglect: Food and Drug Research: Criminal Activity: Military Activity: and National Security: Workers Compensation: Inmates: Required Uses and Disclosure: Under the Law, we must make disclosures to you and where required by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate or determine our compliance with the requirements of Section 164.500.
