{"id":8611,"date":"2025-07-09T12:02:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T12:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arthritismds.com\/2024\/?page_id=8611"},"modified":"2025-07-09T12:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T12:04:55","slug":"hipaa-privacy-notice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arthritismds.com\/2024\/hipaa-privacy-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"HIPAA Privacy Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8611\" class=\"elementor elementor-8611\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4df97f8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4df97f8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d7bd3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d7bd3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 22-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; color: #000000;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">HIPAA Privacy Notice<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; color: #000000;\">THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND<br \/>HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION<\/span><\/p><p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><u><b><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u><b><\/b><\/u><u><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">OUR DUTY TO SAFEGUARD YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION<\/span><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; color: #000000;\">We are required by applicable state and federal law to maintain the privacy of your health information. We are also required to give you this Notice about our privacy practices, our legal duties, and your rights concerning your health information. We reserve the right to make changes in our privacy practices and change the terms of our Notice effective for all health information we maintain, create or receive. Before we make a significant change in our privacy practices, we will change this Notice and make the new Notice available.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; color: #000000;\">We reserve the right to change our private practices and the terms of this Notice at any time, provided such changes are permitted by applicable law. We reserve the right to make the changes in our privacy practices and the new terms of our Notice effective for all health information that we maintain, including health information we received or created before we made the changes. Before we make a significant change in our privacy practices, we will change this Notice and make the new notice available upon request.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; color: #000000;\">You may request a copy of our Notice at any time. For more information about our privacy practices please contact us using the information at the end of this Notice.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><u><b><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u><b><\/b><\/u><u><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">USES AND DISCLOSURES OF PROTECTED HEALTH IFORMATION<\/span><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; color: #000000;\">Your Protected Health Information (PHI) is the information we create and obtain in providing our services to you and includes all &#8220;individually identifiable health information.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; color: #000000;\">We may use and disclose your (PHI) for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Treatment:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">\u00a0We may use or disclose your (PHI) to a physician or other healthcare provider providing treatment to you. We may also use or disclose your (PHI) to provide or receive a referral from another healthcare provider.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Payment<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">: We may use and disclose your (PHI) to obtain payment for services provided to you, for example: to insurance companies or Medicare, on a super bill with diagnosis and charge or to insurers to get treatment, authorizations and referrals.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Healthcare Operations:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">We may use and disclose your (PHI) in connection with our healthcare operations. Healthcare Operations may include: quality assessment and improvement activities, reviewing the competence or qualifications of healthcare professionals, evaluating practitioner and provider performance, conducting training programs, accreditation, certification, licensing or credentialing activities.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Your Authorization:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">In addition to our use of your (PHI) for treatment, payment or healthcare operations, you may give us written authorization to use your (PHI) or to disclose it to anyone for any purpose. If you give us an authorization, you may revoke it in writing at any time. Your revocation will not affect any use or disclosures permitted by your authorization while it was in effect, unless you give us a written authorization. We cannot use or disclose your (PHI) for any reason except those described in this Notice.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">To Your Family and Friends:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">We must disclose your health information to a family member, friend or other person to the extent necessary to help with your healthcare or with payment for your healthcare, but only if you agree that we may do so.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Persons Involved with Care<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">: We may use or disclose health information to notify, or assist in the notification of a family member, your personal representative or another person responsible for your care. If you are present, then prior to such use or disclosure of your health information, we will provide you with an opportunity to object to such uses or disclosures. In the event of your incapacity or in emergency circumstances, we will disclose health information based on a determination using our professional judgment and using only health information that is directly relevant to the person\u2019s involvement in your healthcare. We will also use our professional judgment and our experience with common practice to make reasonable inferences in your best interest in allowing a person to pick up prescriptions, medical supplies, x-rays, or other similar forms of health information.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Required by Law:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">We may use or disclose your (PHI) when we are required to do so by law. Examples: disclosures regarding victims of abuse or neglect, health oversight to avert serious threats to health or safety, for judicial and administrative proceedings and the like.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Research, Public Health or Healthcare Operations:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">We may rely on professional ethics and best judgments in deciding which of these permissive uses and disclosures to make.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Appointment Reminders:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">\u00a0We may use or disclose your (PHI) to provide you with appointment reminders (such as voicemail messages, postcards, or letters, etc.) unless otherwise directed by you.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; color: #000000;\"><strong>PATIENT RIGHTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Access:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">You have the right to look at or get copies of your (PHI), with limited exceptions. You may request that we provide copies in a format other than photocopies. We will use the format you request unless we cannot practicably do so. We will charge a cost based fee for providing your PHI in that format.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Disclosure Accounting<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">: You have the right to receive a list of circumstances in which we or our business associates disclosed your health information for purposes other than treatment, payment or healthcare operations and certain other activities, for the last 6 years, but not before April 14, 2003. If you request this accounting more than once in a 12-month period, we may charge you a reasonable cost-based fee for responding to these additional requests.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Restriction:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">\u00a0You have the right to request that we place additional restrictions on our use or disclosure of your PHI but if we do we will abide by our agreement(except in an emergency).<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Alternative Communication:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">You have the right to request that we communicate with you about your health information by alternative means or to alternative locations. You must make your request in writing. Your request must specify how and where communication should be made.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Right to Amend:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">If you believe that there is a mistake or missing information in our record of your (PHI) you may request that we add or correct the record<b>.\u00a0<\/b>Your request must be in writing, and must explain why the information should be amended. It is in our discretion as to whether we will deny or approve your request. Any denial will state the reasons for the denial. If approved the changes will be made and you will be informed of such changes.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Electronic Notice:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">You may receive<b>\u00a0t<\/b>his Notice on our website or by electronic mail (e-mail), you are also entitled to receive this Notice in written form.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u><b><\/b><\/u><u><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">QUESTIONS AND COMPLAINTS<\/span><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; color: #000000;\">If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about your privacy rights you should direct your comments in writing to<b>:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; color: #000000;\">Attn: Practice Manager, HIPAA<br \/>Arthritis &amp; Rheumatic Care Center<br \/>6141 Sunset Drive, Suite 501<br \/>Phone: (305) 661-6615<br \/>Fax: (305) 661-6619<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; color: #000000;\">You may also submit a written complaint to the Secretary of the U.S Department of Health and Human Services at the Office of Civil Rights. We support your right to the privacy of your PHI. We will take no retaliatory action against you if you make such complaints.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIPAA Privacy Notice THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED ANDHOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY \u00a0 OUR DUTY TO SAFEGUARD YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION We are required by applicable state and federal law to maintain the privacy of your health information. 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