Privacy Policy
HIPAA NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES Effective Date (April 1, 2003)
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. If you have any questions about this notice, please contact Dr. Scott Marder at (828) 254-0368. This notice describes the office privacy practices.
We are required by law to:
*Maintain the privacy of protected health information
*Give you notice of our legal duties and privacy practices regarding your health information
*Follow the terms of the notice currently in effect
Described as follows are the ways we may use and disclose your health information. Except for the following purposes we will use and disclose your health information only with your written permission. You may revoke such permission at any time by writing to Dr. Scott Marder.
Examples of how your health information may be used would include: 1) disclosing health information to doctors, nurses, technicians, or other personnel, including people outside our office, who are involved in your medical care and need the information to provide you with medical care, 2) give information to your health plan so that they will pay for your treatment, 3) disclosing information to a peer review organization or a health plan that is evaluating our care, 4) when appropriate, we may share your health information with a person involved in, or paying for, your care (such as your family or a close friend), 5) disclose your health information when necessary to prevent a serious threat to your health and safety of you, another person, or the public. Disclosures will be made only to someone who can prevent the threat, 6) if you are involved in a lawsuit or dispute, we may disclose your health information in response to a court order or administrative order.
You have a right to: 1) inspect and copy your medical records by written request, 2) request an amendment to your records by written request, 3) an accounting of certain disclosures by written request, 4) to request restriction or limitation on your health information used for treatment, payment, health care operations, or someone involved in your care or in payment for your care by written request, 5) confidential communication in a certain way or at a certain location such as contacting you only by mail or at work.