Privacy Practice
Notice of Privacy Policies
The information provided below illustrates the manner your protected health information could be accessed and released and what you need to know about the process. Managing the privacy of your protected health information is extremely important to Access Mobile Dental.
Access Mobile Dental Legal Responsibilities: As mandated by Federal and State legal requirements your protected health information must be protected. As part of these regulations we are required to ensure you are aware of privacy policies, outlined below, will be in effect for the duration and must be followed by our practice. This notice will be in effect until it is replaced and becomes effective 01/01/2014.
We reserve the right to modify our privacy policies and the term of this notice at any time and will make such modifications within the guidelines of the law. We reserve the right to make the modifications effective for all protected health information that we maintain, including protected health information we created or received before the changes were made. Changing this notice will precede all modifications. This notice will be available upon request.
Copies of this notice are available at your request. For your convenience information regarding how you can contact us is at the bottom of this notice.
PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION USE AND DISCLOSURE:
Information regarding your health may be used and disclosed for the purpose of treatment, payment and other healthcare operations. Examples cited below further explain the use and disclosure process.
Treatment: Use and disclosure of your protected heath information may be provided to a physician or other healthcare provider providing treatment to you.
Payment: Your protected health information may be used and disclosed to obtain payment for services we provided to you.
Healthcare Process: We may use and disclose your protected healthcare information in relations with our healthcare processes. These processes include an assessment, improvement activities, reviewing the competence or qualifications of healthcare professionals, provider performance and valuating practitioner, conducting training programs, accreditation, certification, licensing or credentialing activities.
Your Authorization: At any time, you may provide in writing your authorization for use and disclosure of your protected health information for any purpose. You may choose to revoke your written permission at any time. The revocation must be in writing. If your revoke your written authorization, it will not affect any use or discloser prior to the revocation. Your health care information may be used and disclosed to you, and described in the patient’s rights section of this notice. In addition, your protected health information may be sued and disclosed to a family member, friend or other person to the extent necessary to assist you with your healthcare, but only with your authorization.
Person involved in Care: in order to accommodate the notification of your location, your general condition, or death, your protected health informational be used or disclosed to a family member, your personal representative or another person responsible for your care. If you are present and wish to object to such disclosure of your protected health information you may do so. To the extent you are incapacitated or emergency circumstances exist, we will disclose protected health information using our professional judgement disclosing only protected health information that is directly relevant to the person’s involvement in your healthcare. We will use our professional judgement and our experience with common practices to take responsible inference of your best interests in allowing a person to pick up prescriptions, medical supplies, x-rays, or other similar forms of protected health information.
Marketing Health-Related Services: The use of your protected health information for the purpose of marketing communications is prohibited without your written authorization.
Required by Law: Your protected health information may be sued or disclosed if required by law.
Abuse or Neglect: As required by law, if we have reason to believe that you are the victim of possible abuse, neglect or domestic violence or other possible crimes, your protected health information may be disclosed to the appropriate authorities. If we have reason to believe the use or disclosure of your protected health information will prevent a serious threat to your health or safety or the health or safety of others we may have to provide the necessary protected health information.
National Security: Under some circumstances the military may require disclosure of health care information for armed forces personnel. For the purpose of national securities activities, counter intelligence and lawful intelligence, authorized federal care information disclosure may be made to correctional facilities or law enforcement authorities with the lawful authority requiring custody of such information.
Appointment Reminders: Your protected health care information may be used to assist you with appointment reminders in the form of voice mail messages, postcards, or letters.
PATIENT RIGHTS:
Access: at all times you have the right to review your protected health information, with limited exceptions. At your request, we will provide your information in a format other than photocopies. If we are able to do so we will accommodate your request. Your request to obtain access to your information must be in writing. You may obtain the end of this notice. We may need to charge you a reasonable cost-based fee for expenses including copies and staff time. You may also request access for submitting a letter using the information at the bottom this notice. If you request copies, we information mailed. If you request a format option, which is different, we will charge a cost-based fee for that format. An explanation of fees can be made available.
Disclosure Accounting: Your rights include the choice to receive a review every time we or our business associates disclosed your protected health information for reasons other than treatment, payment, healthcare information and certain other activities for the last six years, but not before April 3, 2003. Additional reasonable cost based fees may be extended if your request for such information are more than one time a year.
Restrictions: You may request we apply additional restrictions to any disclosure of your health care information. We are not required to respond to the application of these additional restrictions. If we agree to follow your request regarding additional restrictions, we will follow the agreed restrictions unless an emergency situation dictates otherwise.
Alternative Communication: Your rights include the instruction to request how you are communicated to regarding your protected health information. Your request must be in written and can spell out other ways or other locations regarding your protected health information communication. You must identify agreed upon explanation of payment arrangements sunder alternative communication.
Amendment: You can initiate a written request to amend your protected heath information. Included in the amendment must be an explanation why information should be amended. Certain conditions may exist where we may reject your request.
Electronic Notice: If you receive a notice electronically, you are entitled to receive the notice in writing as well.
QUESTIONS AND COMPLAINTS: More information is available to you regarding your privacy policies. Please contact us.
If at any time you are unsure or concerned that your protected health information has not been protected or if you believe an err was made in the decision we made about accessing your protected health information; or in the response to a request you made to amend the use or disclosure of your protected health information or to have us communicate to you by an alternative location, you have the right to bring this issue forward. You may make a complaint to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We will provide you with the address to file your complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at your request.
Privacy of your protected health information remains extremely important; we are committed to ensure your privacy. If you file a concern with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services we will not retaliate in any way. We are available to assist you with any questions, concerns or complaints.
CONTACT: Tyson Pechek, DDS
TELEPHONE: 303-471-0346
FAX: 720-344-3581