CARDIO TERRA, LTD
4112 MONROE ROAD
CELINA, OH 44822-
Compliance Officer Jill Doone (567) 890-
Effective Date: 3/10/2014
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.
We understand the importance of privacy and are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of your medical information. We make a record of the medical care we provide and may receive such records from others. We use these records to provide or enable other health care providers to provide quality medical care, to obtain payment for services provided to you as allowed by your health plan and to enable us to meet our professional and legal obligations to operate this medical practice properly. We are required by law to maintain the privacy of protected health information, to provide individuals with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to protected health information, and to notify affected individuals following a breach of unsecured protected health information. This notice describes how we may use and disclose your medical information. It also describes your rights and our legal obligations with respect to your medical information. If you have any questions about this Notice, please contact our Privacy Officer listed above.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. How This Medical Practice May Use or Disclose Your Health Information p.3
B. When This Medical Practice May Not Use or Disclose Your Health Information p.7
C. Your Health Information Rights p.7
- 1. Right to Request Special Privacy Protections
- 2. Right to Request Confidential Communications
- 3. Right to Inspect and Copy
- 4. Right to Amend or Supplement
- 5. Right to an Accounting of Disclosures
- 6. Right to a Paper or Electronic Copy of this Notice
D. Changes to this Notice of Privacy Practices p.9
E. Complaints p.9
A. How This Medical Practice May Use or Disclose Your Health Information
This medical practice collects health information about you and stores it in a chart and in an electronic health record/personal health record. This is your medical record. The medical record is the property of this medical practice, but the information in the medical record belongs to you. The law permits us to use or disclose your health information for the following purposes:
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