Patient Privacy

HIPAA

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, governs how we protect all patient information.

Notice of Privacy Practices

Notice of Privacy Practices describes how we may use and disclose your protected health information to carry out treatment, payment or health care operations 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.

We are required to abide by the terms of this Notice of Privacy Practices. We may change the terms of our notice, at any time. The new notice will be effective for all protected health information that we maintain at that time.

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Some examples of Protected Health Information (PHI) are:

• Name
• Address
• Date of Birth
• Date of Death
• Telephone or fax Numbers
• Email Address
• Social Security Numbers
• Account Numbers
• Medical Records