NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
Effective Date: April 14, 2003
Last Revision Date: None
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
OUR DUTIES REGARDING YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION
We respect the confidentiality of your health information and recognize that information about your health is personal. We are committed to protecting your health information and to informing you of your rights regarding such information. We are also required by law to protect the privacy of your protected health information and to provide you with notice of these legal duties. This Notice explains how, when and why we typically use and disclose health information and your privacy rights regarding your health information. In our Notice, we refer to our uses and disclosures of health information as our "Privacy Practices." Protected health information generally includes information that we create or receive that identifies you and your past, present or future health status or care or the provision of or payment for that health care. We are obligated to abide by these Privacy Practices as of the effective date listed above.
We may, however, change our Privacy Practices in the future and specifically reserve our right to change the terms of this Notice and our Privacy Practices. We will communicate any change in our Notice and Privacy Practices as described at the end of this Notice. Any changes that we make in our Privacy Practices will affect any protected health information that we maintain.
Generally, our Privacy Practices strive:
- To make sure that health information that identifies you is kept private;
- To give you this Notice of our Privacy Practices and legal duties with respect to protected health information;
- To follow the terms of the Notice that is currently in effect; and
- To make a good faith effort to obtain from you a written acknowledgement that you have received or been given an opportunity to receive this Notice.