Privacy Policy
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.
USES AND DISCLOSURES:
Treatment. Your health information may be used by staff members or disclosed to other health care professionals for the purpose of evaluating your health, diagnosing medical conditions, and providing treatment.
Payment. Your health information may be used to seek payment from your health plan, from other sources of coverage such as an automobile insurer, or from credit card companies that you may use to pay for services.
Health care operations. Your health information may be used as necessary to support the day-to-day activities and management of Abilitech Medical. For example, information on the services you received may be used to support budgeting and financial reporting, and activities to evaluate and promote quality.
Research. Your health information may be included in research undertaken about the services and products provided by Abilitech Medical. Generally, a research review board will evaluate the project to ensure the processes are followed to protect your privacy.
Law enforcement. Your health information may be disclosed to law enforcement agencies to support government audits and inspections, to facilitate law enforcement investigations, and to comply with government mandated reporting.
Public health reporting. Your health information may be disclosed to public health agencies as required by law.
Court Order. Your information may be shared in response to a court order and, in certain cases, a subpoena, discovery requests or other lawful process.
Other uses and disclosures require your authorization. Disclosure of your health information or its use for any purpose other than those listed above requires your specific written authorization. If you change your mind after authorizing a use or disclosure of your information you may submit a written revocation of the authorization. However, your decision to revoke the authorization will not affect or undo any use or disclosure of information that occurred before you notified us of your decision to revoke your authorization.
ADDITIONAL USES OF INFORMATION:
Information about treatments. Your health information may be used to send you information that you may find interesting on the treatment and management of your medical condition. We may also send you information describing other health related products and services that we believe may interest you.
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS:
You have certain rights under the federal privacy standards. These include:
the right to request restrictions on the use and disclosure of your protected health information
the right to request that items for which you pay fully out of pocket are not to be shared with your health plan
the right to receive confidential communications concerning your medical condition and treatment
the right to inspect and copy your protected health information
the right to amend or submit corrections to your protected health information
the right to receive an accounting of how and to whom your protected health information has been disclosed
the right to receive confidential communications of your protected health information
the right to receive a printed copy of this notice
ABILITECH MEDICAL’S DUTIES:
We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information and to provide you with this notice of privacy practices. We also are required to abide by the privacy policies and practices that are outlined in this notice and to notify you in the event of a breach of your protected health information.
RIGHT TO REVISE PRIVACY PRACTICES:
As permitted by law, we reserve the right to amend or modify our privacy policies and practices. These changes in our policies and practices may be required by changes in federal and state laws and regulations. Upon request, we will provide you with the most recently revised notice on any office visit. The revised policies and practices will be applied to all protected health information we maintain.
REQUESTS TO INSPECT PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION:
You may generally inspect or copy the protected health information that we maintain for you. As permitted by federal regulation, we require that requests to inspect or copy protected health information be submitted in writing. You may obtain a form to request access to your records by contacting the privacy officer. Your request will be reviewed and will generally be approved unless there are legal or medical reasons to deny the request.
COMPLAINTS:
If you would like to submit a comment or complaint about our privacy practices, you can do so by sending a letter outlining your concerns to:
Privacy Officer
Abilitech Medical
7777 Golden Triangle Drive, Suite 225
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
If you believe that your privacy rights have been violated, you should call the matter to our attention by sending a letter describing the cause of your concern to the same address.
To file a complaint with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, send a letter to the following address:
200 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, D.C 20201
Telephone: 877.696.6775
Website: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/
You will not be penalized or otherwise retaliated against for filing a complaint.
For further information concerning our privacy practices, contact:
Privacy Officer
Abilitech Medical
7777 Golden Triangle Drive, Suite 225
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
833.225.3123
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This Notice is effective on or after October 1, 2019.
