{"id":51,"date":"2018-10-11T23:33:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T23:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.fm1.dev\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2019-11-13T11:41:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T16:41:34","slug":"hipaa-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hamptonroadsent.com\/resources\/hipaa-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"HIPAA Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This notice describes how medical information about you\nmay be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information.\nPlease review <\/strong>it carefully.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Health\nInsurance Portability and Accountability Act of\n1996 (“HIPAA”) <\/strong>is a federal program\nthat requires that all medical\nrecords and ether individually identifiable health information used or disclosed\nby us in any form, whether electronically, on paper, or orally,\nare kept properly confidential. This Act gives you, the patient, significant\nnew rights to understand and control how your health information is used. “HIPAA” <\/strong>provides penalties for covered entities\nthat misuse personal\nhealth information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As required by HIPAA, <\/strong>we\nhave prepared this\nexplanation of how\nwe are required\nto maint ain the privacy of your health\ninformation and how we may use and disclose\nyour health information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We may use and disclose your medical records only for each\nof the following purposes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treatment<\/strong> <\/strong>means providing, coordinating, or\nmanaging health care and relating services by\none or more health care providers. We will also disclose protected health information to other physicians who may be treating you\nwhen we have the necessary permission from you to disclose your protected\nhealth information. In addition, we may disclose your protected health\ninformation from time-to-time to another physician or health care provider (e.g., a specialist or laboratory) who,  at \nthe request\nof  your physician  becomes involved in  your care\nby providing assistance with your health care diagnosis or treatment to your\nphysician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Payment <\/strong>means such activities as obtaining reimbursement for services, confirming coverage, billing or collection activities, and utilization review. An example of this would be sending a bill for your visit to your insurance company for payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health care\noperations include<\/strong> <\/strong>the business aspects of running our practice, such as conducting quality\nassessment and improvement activities, auditing functions, cost-management analysis, and customer service. We may use a sign-in\nsheet at the registration desk where you will be\nasked to sign your name and indicate which\ndepartment you will be visiting. We may also call you by name in the\nwaiting room when your physician is ready to see you. We may contact you to provide appointment reminders or\ninformation about treatment alternatives or other health-related benefits and services that may be of interest\nto you.                                                                  .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Required By Law: <\/strong>we may use or disclose your protected health information to the extent that the use or disclosure is required by law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Health : <\/strong>The disclosure will be made for \u00a0the \u00a0purpose of controlling disease, injury or disability as permitted by law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Communicable\nDiseases<\/strong>: <\/strong>We may disclose your protected health information, if authorized by law,\nto a person who may have been\nexposed to a communicable disease\nor may otherwise be at risk of contracting or spreading the disease\nor condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abuse, Neglect, or Other Criminal Activity: <\/strong>We may disclose your protected health information as authorized by law to report abuse, neglect or domestic violence or to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food and Drug Administration<\/strong>:<\/strong> <\/strong>We\nmay disclose your protected health information to a person\nwho company required to report adverse events, product recalls; to\nmake repairs or replacements, or to conduct\npost marking surveillance, as required.      ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legal Proceedings: <\/strong>We may disclose protected health information in the course of any judicial or administrative proceeding, in response to an order of a court or administrative tribunal (to the extent such disclosure is expressly authorized), in certain conditions in response to a subpoena, discovery request or other lawful processes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workers’ Compensation<\/strong>:<\/strong> <\/strong>Your protected health information may be disclosed by us as authorized to\ncomply with workers’ compensation laws and other similar legally-established programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We may also create and distribute de-identified health information by removing all references to individually identifiable information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will\nshare your protected health information with third party “business\nassociates” that perform various activities (e.g., billing, transcription services) for the practice. Whenever an arrangement between\nour office and a business\nassociates involves the use of disclosure of your protected health\ninformation, we will have a written contract that contains terms that will protect the privacy of your protected\nhealth information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any other users and disclosures will be made only with your written authorization. You\nmay revoke such authorization in writing\nand we are required to honor and abide\nby that written\nrequest, except to the extent that we have already\ntaken actions relying\non your authorization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will be asked to sign a\nconsent form. Once you have consented to use and disclosure of your protected health information for treatment, payment and health care operations by signing the consent form,\nHampton Roads Otolaryngology Associates, PLLC will use or disclose your protected\nhealth information as described. Your protected health information may be used\nand disclosed by your physician, our office staff and others outside of our\noffice that are involved in your care\nand treatment for the purpose of providing\nhealth care services\nto you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have the following rights with respect to your protected health information, which you can exercise by presenting a written request to the Privacy Officer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The right to request\nrestrictions on certain uses and disclosures of protected health information,\nincluding those related to disclosures to family members, other relatives, close\npersonal friends, or any other person identified by you. We are, however, not required to agree to a requested\nrestriction. If we do agree to a restriction,\nwe must abide by it unless you agree in writing\nto remove it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nright to reasonable requests to receive confidential communications of\nprotected health information from us by alternative means or at alternative\nlocations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The right to inspect and copy your\nprotected health information. (Copying of records\ndoes require payment of a fee,\n<\/strong>i<\/strong>n accordance with laws\nin the State of Virginia)<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The right to amend your protected health information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The right to receive an accounting of disclosures of protected health information. The right to obtain a paper or electronic copy of this notice from us upon request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your\nprotected health information and. to\nprovide you with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices\nwith respect to protected health\ninformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This notice\nis effective as of April\n14, 2003 and we are\nrequired to abide by the terms of the Notice\nof Privacy Practices currently in\neffect. We reserve the right\nto change the terms of our Notice\nof Privacy Practices and to make the\nnew notice provisions effective for all protected health information that\nwe maintain. We will post and you may request a written copy\nof a revised Notice of Privacy\nPractices from this office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have recourse if you feel that your privacy protections have been violated. You have the right to file a written complaint with our office, or with the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights, about violations of the provisions of this notice or the policies and procedures of our office. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please contact us for more information: <\/strong>
Hampton Roads Otolaryngology Associates
901 Enterprise Parkway, Suite 300
Hampton, VA 23666
(757) 825-2500<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about HIPAA or to file a complaint:<\/strong>
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20201
(202) 619-0257
Toll Free: 1-877-696-6775<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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