Privacy Notice
NOTICE OF PRIVACY POLICY FOR PROTECTED HEALTHY INFORMATION
We respect our legal obligation to keep health information, that identifies you, private. The law obligates us to give you notice of our privacy practices.
WHO HAS ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION
Any person or persons you designate in writing, people directly involved in the treatment of your eyecare, people creating and maintaining your medical record, and those entities that need your information to process health care claims and obtain payment for our services have access to your Protected Health Information.
Entities such as Governmental Oversight agencies, Judicial and Administrative Proveedings, Law enforcement Agencies, Coroners and Medical Examiners and Organ Procurement Organizations may obtain copies of your Protected Health Information. These entities are mandated by Law and this practice has no jurisdiction over such entities.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
We release your information only to those people who need your information. We maintain physeical, electronic, and procedural safeguards so that no one but persons involved in your healthcare or entities that need this information for claims processing have access to your Protected Health Information.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to inspect your Protected Health Information. You also have the right to amend any errors you may find in your record.
If you have any complaints concerning our privacy practices, you may contact the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. Or you can contact the Privacy Officer at this practice.
This practice reserces the right to amend our privacy policy as dictated by law, without sending you a copy of the amendment. Any changes to this policy will be posted in our office.
This notice is effective April 14, 2003
We respect our legal obligation to keep health information, that identifies you, private. The law obligates us to give you notice of our privacy practices.
WHO HAS ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION
Any person or persons you designate in writing, people directly involved in the treatment of your eyecare, people creating and maintaining your medical record, and those entities that need your information to process health care claims and obtain payment for our services have access to your Protected Health Information.
Entities such as Governmental Oversight agencies, Judicial and Administrative Proveedings, Law enforcement Agencies, Coroners and Medical Examiners and Organ Procurement Organizations may obtain copies of your Protected Health Information. These entities are mandated by Law and this practice has no jurisdiction over such entities.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
We release your information only to those people who need your information. We maintain physeical, electronic, and procedural safeguards so that no one but persons involved in your healthcare or entities that need this information for claims processing have access to your Protected Health Information.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to inspect your Protected Health Information. You also have the right to amend any errors you may find in your record.
If you have any complaints concerning our privacy practices, you may contact the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. Or you can contact the Privacy Officer at this practice.
This practice reserces the right to amend our privacy policy as dictated by law, without sending you a copy of the amendment. Any changes to this policy will be posted in our office.
This notice is effective April 14, 2003