About Our Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Pledge
The relationship between patient and doctor should allow both to be open and honest with each other. Respecting this bond requires the highest degree of patient privacy and confidentiality. Following is our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices on what Marchant Plastic Surgery will and will not share with outside parties. Your medical information is safe with us.
HIPAA 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. Please review carefully. You will be required to sign that you have read and understood this policy.
This policy’s effective date is 04/14/03. If you have any questions about this notice, please contact our office manager.
Who Will Follow This Notice
This notice describes our office’s practices. We may share information with each other for your care.
Our Pledge Regarding Medical Information
We understand that medical information about you and your health is personal. We are committed to protecting your medical information. We create a record of the care you receive at this office to provide you with quality care and to comply with legal requirements. This notice will tell you about the ways in which we use and disclose your medical information. We also describe your rights and the obligations we have regarding the use and disclosure of medical information. We are required by law to make sure that medical information that identifies you is kept private, to give you this notice of our privacy practices with respect to your medical information, and to follow the terms of the current notice.
How We May Use and Disclose Medical Information About You
For Treatment
We may use information about you to provide you with medical treatment. We may disclose medical information about you to office staff and others involved in your care.
For Payment
We may use and disclose information about you for insurance and payment services.
For Health Care Operations
We may use and disclose information about you for practice operations to make sure that you receive quality care and for learning purposes.
Appointment Reminders
We may use and disclose information to contact you about appointments.
Phone Messages
We may call and leave appointment reminders with whoever answers the phone at your house or on your answering machine unless directed otherwise. We will not leave x-ray, pathology, or laboratory results with anyone but the patient, patient’s legal guardian, or patient’s power of attorney. Specifically, we will not leave any result with an unauthorized family member (including spouses), whether results are negative or positive.
Treatment Alternatives
We may use and disclose information to tell you about treatment options.
Health-Related Benefits and Services
We may tell you about health-related benefits or services.
Individuals Involved in Your Care or Payment for Your Care
We may release medical information about you to a friend or family member who is involved in or helps pay for your medical care. We may disclose medical information about you to assist in a disaster relief effort. This information does not include pathology results (please see Phone Messages).
Research
Under certain circumstances, we may use and disclose medical information about you for research purposes. We will not use or disclose information about you until a special approval process, which evaluates the use of medical information, has approved the research project.
As Required By Law
We will disclose information about you when required to do so by law.
Averting Serious Threat to Health or Safety
We may use and disclose information about you to prevent a serious threat to your health and safety, the public or to another person.
Special Situations
Organ and Tissue Donation
If you are an organ donor, we may release information to organ banks.
Military and Veterans
We may release information about military personnel as required.
Workers’ Compensation
We may release information about you for workers’ compensation.
Public Health Risks
We may disclose information about you for public health activities.
Health Oversight Activities
We may disclose information to a health oversight agency.
Lawsuits and Disputes
We may disclose information about you in response to a court or administrative order, a subpoena, discovery request, or other lawful process by someone else involved in the dispute, but only if efforts have been made to tell you about the request.
Law Enforcement
We may release information to law enforcement official as required by law.
Coroners, Medical Examiners and Funeral Directors
We may release information to a coroner, medical examiner or funeral director as necessary.
National Security and Intelligence Activities and Protective Services for the President
We may release information about you to authorized federal officials for national security activities.
Inmates
We may release information about inmates to a correctional institution or law enforcement.
Your Rights Regarding Medical Information
Right to Inspect and Copy
You have the right to inspect and copy your medical information. This includes medical and billing records, but does not include psychotherapy notes. You must submit your request verbally or in writing to our office manager. We may charge a fee for the costs of copying. You must sign an authorization to receive copies. We may deny your request to inspect and copy. You may request that the denial be reviewed. Another neutral health care professional, not the person who denied your request, will review your request and the denial. We will comply with the outcome of the review.
Right to Amend
If you feel that your information is incorrect or incomplete, you may ask us to amend the information. You may request an amendment as long as the office has this information. Your request must include the reason, be made in writing and submitted to our office manager. We may deny your request if you ask us to amend information not created by us, unless the person that created the information is no longer available, is not part of the information kept by the practice, is not information which you would be permitted to inspect and copy, or is accurate and complete.
Right to an Accounting of Disclosures
You have the right to request a list of the accounting of disclosures we made of your medical information. You must submit your request in writing to our office manager. Your request must state a time period, not longer than six years. Your request will be received in writing. Your first requested list within a year is free.
Right to Request Restrictions
You have the right to request a restriction or limitation on the information we use or disclose about you for treatment, payment, and health care operations or to someone who is involved in your care or the payment for your care. We are not required to agree to your request. If we agree, we will comply with your request unless the information is needed in an emergency. You must make your request in writing to our office manager. You must tell us, 1) what information you want to limit, 2) whether you want to limit our use, disclosure or both, and 3) to whom you want the limits to apply.
Right to Request Confidential Communications
You have the right to request that we communicate with you about medical matters in a certain way or location. You must make your request in writing to our office manager. We will not ask you the reason for your request. Your request must specify how or where you wish to be contacted. We have the right to deny your request.
Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice
You have the right to a paper copy of this notice. You may ask us to give you a copy of this notice at any time. Even if you have agreed to receive this notice electronically, you are still entitled to a paper copy. To obtain a paper copy of this notice, please send your request in writing to our office manager.
Changes to This Notice
We reserve the right to change this notice and make the revised notice effective for information we already have about you as well as any future information. We will post a copy of the current notice in the office. Each time you register at the office we will offer you a copy of the current notice.
Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our office or with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. To file a complaint with the office, pleast contact our office manager. All complaints must be submitted in writing. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.
Other Uses of Medical Information
Other uses and disclosures of information not covered by this notice will be made only with your written permission. You may revoke that permission in writing at any time. Understand that we are unable to take back any permitted disclosures, and that we are required to retain records of your care.
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