Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

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YOUR RIGHTS

• When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights.

• Get an electric/paper copy of your medical record

• Request confidential communications

• You can ask us to contact you in a specific way (for example, home or office phone) or to send mail to a different address. We will say “yes” to all reasonable requests.

• Ask us to limit what we use or share

• You can ask us not to use or share certain health information for treatment, payment, or operations.

• Get a list of people or organizations with whom we have shared your information

• You can ask for a list (accounting) of the times we’ve shared your health information for six years prior to the date you ask, who we shared it with, and why.

• Get a copy of this privacy notice as a patient/client

• File a compliant if you feel your rights were violated

 

YOUR CHOICES

For certain health information, you can tell us your choices about what we share. If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situations described below, talk to us.

If you are a patient or client, you have some choices in the way that we use and share information as we:

• Tell family and friends about your condition

• Provide disaster relief

• Include you in a hospital directory

• Provide mental health care

• Market our services and sell your information

• Raise funds

 

OUR USES AND DISCLOSURES

We may use and share your information as we:

• Treat you

• Run our organization

• Bill for your services

• Help with public health and safety issues

• Do research

• Comply with the law

• Respond to organ tissue donation requests

• Work with a medical examiner or funeral director

• Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests

• Respond to lawsuits and legal actions