This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this<\/p>\n
information. Please review it carefully.<\/p>\n
A federal regulation, known as the \u201cHIPAA Privacy Rule\u201d, requires that we provide detailed notice in writing of our privacy<\/p>\n
practices.<\/p>\n
As a patient, you have the following rights:<\/p>\n
1. The right to inspect and copy your information<\/p>\n
2. The right to request corrections to your information<\/p>\n
3. The right to request that your information be restricted<\/p>\n
4. The right to request confidential communications<\/p>\n
5. The right to a report of disclosures of your information; and<\/p>\n
6. The right to a paper copy of this notice<\/p>\n
Uses and\/or disclosures which do not require your written authorization may include:<\/p>\n
Treatment: We will use your health information to make decisions about the provision, coordination or management or your<\/p>\n
healthcare. It may also be necessary to share your health information with another health care provider whom we need to<\/p>\n
consult with respect to your care.<\/p>\n
Payment: We may need to use or disclose information in your health record to obtain reimbursement from you, from your<\/p>\n
health insurance carrier, or from another insurer for our services rendered to you. This may include determinations of eligibility<\/p>\n
or coverage under the appropriate health plan, pre-certification and pre-authorization of services or review of services for the<\/p>\n
purpose of reimbursement. This information may also be used for billing, claims management and collection purposes, and<\/p>\n
related healthcare data processing through our system.<\/p>\n
Operations: Your health records may be used in our business planning and development operations, including improvements<\/p>\n
in our methods of operation, and general administrative functions. We may also use the information in our overall compliance<\/p>\n
planning, healthcare review activities, and arranging for local and auditing functions.<\/p>\n
There are certain other circumstances under which we may use or disclose your health information without first obtaining your<\/p>\n
Acknowledgment or Authorization. Those circumstances generally involve public health and oversight activities, law enforcement<\/p>\n
activities, judicial and administrative proceedings, and in the event of death. Specifically, we may be required to<\/p>\n
report to certain agencies information concerning certain communicable diseases, sexually transmitted diseases or HIV\/AIDS<\/p>\n
status. We may also be required to report instances of suspected or documented abuse, neglect or domestic violence. We are<\/p>\n
required to report to appropriate agencies and law-enforcement officials information that you or another person is in<\/p>\n
immediate threat of danger to health or safety as a result of violent activity. We must also provide health information when<\/p>\n
ordered by a court of law to do so.<\/p>\n
Others Involved in Your Healthcare: Unless you object, we may disclose to a member of your family, a relative, a close friend<\/p>\n
or any other person you identify, your protected health information that directly relates to that person\u2019s involvement in your<\/p>\n
health care. If you are unable to agree or object to such a disclosure, we may disclose such information as necessary if we<\/p>\n
determine that it is in your best interest based on our professional judgment. We may use or disclose protected health<\/p>\n
information to notify or assist in notifying a family member, personal representative or any other person that is responsible for<\/p>\n
our care of your location, general condition or death. Finally, we may use or disclose your protected health information to an<\/p>\n
authorized public or private entity to assist in disaster relief efforts and to coordinate uses and disclosures to family or other<\/p>\n
individuals involved in your healthcare.<\/p>\n
Communication Barriers and Emergencies: We may use and disclose your protected health information if we attempt to<\/p>\n
obtain consent from you but are unable to do so because of substantial communication barriers and we determine, using<\/p>\n
professional judgment, that you intend to consent to use or disclosure under the circumstances. We may use or disclose your<\/p>\n
protected health information in an emergency treatment situation. If this happens, we will try to obtain your consent as soon<\/p>\n
as reasonably practicable after the delivery of treatment. If we are required by law or as a matter of necessity to treat you, and<\/p>\n
we have attempted to obtain your consent but have been unable to obtain your consent, we may still use or disclose your<\/p>\n
protected health information to treat you.<\/p>\n
Except as indicated above, your health information will not be used or disclosed to any other person or entity without your<\/p>\n
specific authorization, which may be revoked at any time. In particular, except to the extent disclosure has been made to<\/p>\n
governmental entities required by law to maintain the confidentiality of the information, information will not be further<\/p>\n
disclosed to any other person or entity with respect to information concerning mental health treatment, drug and alcohol<\/p>\n
abuse, HIV\/AIDS or sexually transmitted diseases that may be contained in your health records. We likewise will not disclose<\/p>\n
your health-record information to an employer for purposes of making employment decisions, to a liability insurer or attorney<\/p>\n
as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident, or to educational authorities, without you written authorization.<\/p>\n
You have certain rights regarding your health record information, as follows:<\/p>\n
(1) You may request that we restrict the uses and disclosures of your health record information for treatment,<\/p>\n
payment and operations, or restrictions involving your care or payment related to that care. We are not<\/p>\n
required to agree to the restriction; however, if we agree, we will comply with it, except with regard to<\/p>\n
emergencies, disclosure of the information to you, or if we are otherwise required by law to make a full<\/p>\n
disclosure without restriction.<\/p>\n
(2) You have a right to request receipt of confidential communications of your medical information by an alternative<\/p>\n
means or at an alternative location. If you require such an accommodation, you may be charged a fee for the<\/p>\n
accommodation and will be required to specify the alternative address or method of contact and how payment<\/p>\n
will be handled.<\/p>\n
(3) You have the right to inspect, copy and request amendments to your health records. Access to your health<\/p>\n
records will not include psychotherapy notes contained in them, or information compiled in anticipation of or for<\/p>\n
use in a civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which your access is restricted by law. We will<\/p>\n
charge a reasonable fee for providing a copy of your health records, or a summary of those records, at your<\/p>\n
request, which includes the cost of copying, postage, and preparation or an explanation or summary of the<\/p>\n
information.<\/p>\n
(4) All requests for inspection, copying and\/or amending information in your health records, and all requests related<\/p>\n
to your rights under this Notice, must be made in writing and addressed to the Privacy Officer at our address.<\/p>\n
We will respond to your request in a timely fashion.<\/p>\n
(5) You have a limited right to receive an accounting of all disclosures we make to other persons or entities of your<\/p>\n
health information except for disclosures required for treatment, payment and healthcare operations,<\/p>\n
disclosures that require and Authorization, disclosure incidental to another permissible use or disclosure, and<\/p>\n
otherwise as allowed by law. We will not charge you for the first accounting in any twelve-month period;<\/p>\n
however, we will charge you a reasonable fee for each subsequent request for an accounting within the same<\/p>\n
twelve-month period.<\/p>\n
(6) If this notice was initially provided to you electronically, you have the right to obtain a paper copy of this notice<\/p>\n
and to take one home with you if you wish.<\/p>\n
You may file a written complaint to us or to the Secretary of Health and Human Services if you believe that your privacy rights<\/p>\n
with respect to confidential information in your health records have been violated. All complaints must be in writing and must<\/p>\n
be addressed to the Privacy Officer (in the case of complaints to us) or to the person designated by the U.S. Department of<\/p>\n
Health and Human Services if we cannot resolve your concerns. You will not be retaliated against for filing such a complaint.<\/p>\n
More information is available about complaints at the government\u2019s website, http:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/ocr\/hipaa<\/span>.<\/p>\n All questions concerning this Notice or requests made pursuant to it should be addressed to<\/p>\n officemanager@blackstonemedicalservices.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully. A federal regulation, known as the \u201cHIPAA Privacy Rule\u201d, requires that we provide detailed notice in writing of our privacy practices. As a patient, you have the following rights: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wpt-ydlv.199-250-204-138.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wpt-ydlv.199-250-204-138.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wpt-ydlv.199-250-204-138.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wpt-ydlv.199-250-204-138.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wpt-ydlv.199-250-204-138.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wpt-ydlv.199-250-204-138.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wpt-ydlv.199-250-204-138.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wpt-ydlv.199-250-204-138.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wpt-ydlv.199-250-204-138.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}