{"id":51,"date":"2018-10-11T23:33:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T23:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fueldev.site\/~acnw\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2022-03-25T21:01:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T21:01:13","slug":"hipaa-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/audiologycenternw.com\/policies\/hipaa-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"HIPAA Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nNotice of Privacy Practices is required by the Privacy Regulations stemming\nfrom the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).\nTHIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND\nDISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT\nCAREFULLY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our\nmission is to deliver:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Effective analysis and diagnosis of your hearing loss or balance\ncondition<\/li><li>Customized technology solutions that effectively integrate speech\ncomprehension back into your life<\/li><li>Unsurpassed patient satisfaction<\/li><li>Excellence through continuing education<\/li><li>Ongoing investment in the most advanced processes, procedures\nand technology to ensure superior results for each patient<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our\npractitioners understand \u201cvalue\u201d is not measured by price alone. Rather, value\nis about how well they utilize their knowledge and experience to create a\ncustomized solution to meet your hearing expectations and your lifestyle.<br>\nAccording to HIPAA regulations,&nbsp;you have the right to restrict the uses or\ndisclosures of your information made for purposes of treatment, payment and\/or\nhealth care operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Treatment is the provision, coordination or management of\nhearing health care. For example, we may use and disclose your information to\nconsult with a third party or to refer you to other health care providers. We\nwill get your written consent prior to making disclosures outside our practice\nfor treatment purposes, except in emergencies.<\/li><li>Payment includes the activities necessary to obtain\nreimbursement for the provision of hearing health care. For example, we may\nneed to give your health plan information about treatment you received at our\npractice, so your health plan will pay us or reimburse you for the treatment.\nWe will get your written consent prior to making disclosures for payment\npurposes.<\/li><li>Health care operations include the activities necessary for our\npractice to run its business operations. For example, we may use your\ninformation to review treatment and services and to evaluate the performance of\nour staff.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\nhave any questions regarding our privacy practices or think we may have\nviolated your privacy rights, please contact us at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erick\nFrederick, Au.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Audiology Center Northwest<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/?api=1&#038;query=Audiology+Center+Northwest+LLC&#038;query_place_id=ChIJ4ff9CbeglVQRJZpOp56LO5Q\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">919 NE 19th Ave, #170<br \/>Portland, OR 97232<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"tel:+15032321845\" class=\"phone \"> <span class=\"phNum\">(503) 232-1845<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your\nconcern is not resolved, you may also submit a written complaint to the US\nDepartment of Health and Human Services. If you choose to file a complaint, we\nwill not retaliate in any way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This\npractice is determined to protect the privacy of your medical information. As\nwe provide service to you, we create and store health information (a medical\nrecord) that identifies you. It is often necessary to share or disclose this\nhealth information in order to provide treatment for you, obtain payment and to\nconduct health care operations in our office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This\nNotice of Privacy Practices requires us to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Keep\nyour medical records private and to provide you with this notice.<\/li><li>Update\nour privacy practices and the terms of this notice at any time, ensuring our\nnotice is effective, even for information recently obtained.<\/li><li>We\nreserve the right to make an important change in our privacy practices and\nchange this notice to that effect. You may contact us to request a new copy of\nour notice and we will make the new notice available upon request.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nfollowing is a description of the different circumstances that may require our\npractice to use or disclose your medical information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Share\nmedical data with another provider who is responsible for your care (physicians,\naudiologists, nurses, any other health care professionals, technicians,\nstudents in health care or any other people who take care of you), make\nreferrals and\/or placing lab\/prescription orders.<\/li><li>Share\nyour health insurance plan information about a treatment you received at our\npractice when filing a claim for reimbursement or determination of benefits.<\/li><li>Provide\ntreatment communications concerning treatment alternatives or other health\nrelated products or services, unless we or a business associate receive\nfinancial remuneration in exchange for the communication in which case we must\nreceive your written authorization unless the communication is made\nface-to-face or involves gifts of nominal value.<\/li><li>Disclose\nmedical information to a medical examiner to identify a deceased person or to\ndetermine the cause of death, or for tissue donations.<\/li><li>Medical\ninformation may be disclosed if you are military personnel, either active or a\nveteran, and if required by the appropriate authorities.<\/li><li>Share\nmedical data to the public health and\/or law enforcement official whose job is\nto prevent or control disease, injury or disability.<\/li><li>Share\nmedical data with a representative from the Food and Drug Administration for\nthe purpose of reporting adverse effects stemming from defective products, etc.<\/li><li>Medical\ninformation may be disclosed when necessary to comply with Workers\u2019\nCompensation.<\/li><li>Medical\ninformation may be disclosed in response to a court and\/or administrative order\nin a lawsuit or similar proceeding.<\/li><li>In\norder to contact you for fundraising activities supported by our practice. You\nhave the option to opt out of receiving these communications by sending a\nwritten request to the privacy officer.<\/li><li>For\nmarketing purposes for which our practice or our business associates may receive\nremuneration, for a disclosure that constitutes a sale of protected health\ninformation, and in all other situations not described in this policy your\nwritten authorization will be obtained before our practice will use or disclose\nyour health information to third parties outside our practice. You have the\nright to revoke such authorization by providing our practice with a written\nrequest to revoke the specific authorization.<\/li><li>If a\nuse of disclosure is required by law, the disclosure will be made in compliance\nwith the law and will be limited to such requirements. State and federal laws\nmay be more stringent and may prohibit certain uses and disclosures identified\nabove. When another law is more stringent than HIPAA, we will follow the more\nstringent requirements.<\/li><li>To\nbusiness associates to perform functions on our practice\u2019s behalf, if the\nbusiness associate has signed an agreement to protect the confidentiality of\nthe information.<\/li><li>Share\ninformation about your condition(s), location and\/or death to family member(s)\nor your personal representative(s). Prior permission by you will be obtained\nunless in case of emergency. If we are unable to obtain permission, we will\nshare only the health information directly necessary for your health care.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You\nhave individual rights as part of the notice of Privacy Practices. As a patient\nof Audiology\nCenter Northwest, you have the right to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Request\nour practice to restrict uses and disclosures of your health information.\nHowever, we are not required to agree to the requested restriction unless you\nare requesting a restriction on the use and disclosure of your protected health\ninformation to a health plan for payment or health care operations and such\ninformation pertains to a health care item or service which you paid for in full\nand out of pocket. These requests should be made in writing to the address\ngiven in this Privacy Notice. In your request, you must tell us (a) what\ninformation you want to limit; (b) whether you want to limit our use,\ndisclosure or both and (c) to whom you want the limits to apply.<\/li><li>Be\nnotified upon a breach of any of your unsecured protected health information.<\/li><li>Request\nthat we communicate with you regarding your confidential medical information by\ndifferent means or to different locations. This request must be made in writing\nto our practice.<\/li><li>Request\nphotocopies of your medical records on file and\/or a copy of this Notice of\nPrivacy Practices. If you need a photocopy, please notify the receptionist.<\/li><li>Request\na change to your health information if you think it is incomplete or\ninaccurate. However, if the audiologist, hearing health care professional or\noffice personnel believes the patient\u2019s health information is complete and\naccurate, he\/she can refuse to make the requested changes. This request must be\nmade in writing to Audiology\nCenter Northwest.<\/li><li>Receive\na list of all the times your medical information has been shared by our office\nor our business associates for six years prior to the request date, other than\ntreatment, payment, health care operations and\/or other specified exception.<\/li><li>Request\na paper copy if you have received this Notice of Privacy Practices\nelectronically. This request must be made in writing to Audiology Center\nNorthwest.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This\nnotice shall be effective as of June 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES The Notice of Privacy Practices is required by the Privacy Regulations stemming from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). 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. 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