Legal Duty
We are required by federal and state law to maintain the privacy of your health information. We are also required to give you this Noice 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 an effect. This Notice takes effect April 14, 2003, and will remain in effect until we replace it.
You may request a copy of our Privacy Practice Notice at any time. For more information or additional copies of this Notice, please contact us at the telephone number listed in the Company information section at the top of this Notice. If and when permitted by applicable, we have the right to change our privacy practices; if we do so, we will notify you in writing of these changes.
Use and Disclosers of Health Information
We are permitted, by law, to use and disclose health information about you for reasons concerning treatment, payment an healthcare operations. Examples:
Treatment: We may disclose your health information to a physician or other healthcare provider that is providing treatment or other health services to you.
Payment: We may disclose your health information to obtain payment for services that we provide you.
Operations: We may disclose your health information in connection with our healthcare operations, which include administration and planning and other tasks that help us improve that quality.
Family and Friends: We may disclose your health information to a family member, relative, or friend that has been identified by you while you are present. If you are not present, professional judgment will be utilized to determine whether a disclosure is required or in your best interest. We will only disclose information that is believed to be relevant to the person’s involvement in your health care or payment related to your health care. We may disclose your health information in order to notify such person of your location, general condition or death.
Requirements of the Law: We may disclose your health information when we are required to do so by Law.
