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Section
1. Our
Responsibilities
The
Privacy Rule requires
a health care
provider that is a
Covered Entity (as
defined in the
Privacy Rule) to
deliver a notice of
privacy practices to
a patient no later
than the provider's
first date of service
to the
patient.
Section
2. Commitment to Privacy
Rule
Compliance
The
use and disclosure of
health information is
governed, in part, by
Standards for Privacy
of Individually
Identifiable Health
Information adopted
by the U.S.
Department of Health
and Human Services
pursuant to the
Health Insurance
Portability and
Accountability Act of
1996, as it may be
amended from time to
time (the "Privacy
Rule"). Our
physicians and staff
employees shall
protect the privacy
of patients' health
information as
required by the
Privacy Rule and
applicable state law.
Further, our staff
employees are
committed to
complying with the
Privacy Rule in a
manner that
reasonably minimizes
disruption to quality
patient care.
Section
3. Patient's
Rights
Patient
must give
authorization for the
use and disclosure of
health information
for reason other than
treatment, payment or
health care
operations, such as
releasing information
to finance
institutions that
offer loans or
selling mailing lists
to marketing
companies. HIPAA
gives patients the
rights to revoke
their authorization
at any time. Patients
may also ask a
physician or anyone
else who has access
to their protected
health information to
restrict how their
medical information
is used to carry our
treatment, payments,
and health care
operations, but their
providers do not have
to agree to the
restrictions.
Section
4.
Discipline
Whenever
an employee uses or
discloses health
information in a
manner inconsistent
with the office's
Privacy Policies and
Procedures, the
member may be
disciplined.
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