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NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
This Notice is a
synopsis of how information about a patient may be used, disclosed and
accessed. It is intended to be a brief overview. For a detailed
explanation, we ask that you review
this topic in the Legal section of
this web site. Ambient Healthcare, Inc. regards patient
health
information
with the utmost confidentiality and will only disclose such healthcare
information as permitted by applicable law as necessary to provide
optimal service and care.
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Your health information will be used
to:
- determine if
Ambient Healthcare pharmacy or nursing services are appropriate for
your needs
- communicate to
your physician(s) your response to treatment
- communicate
with outside nursing agencies who may be providing you with care
- bill or
document services provided to your insurance carrier
- process lab
specimens needed for analysis as ordered by your physician(s)
The following office
staff will have access to your health information as it relates to
providing you care:
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy
technicians
- Nurses
- Reimbursement
staff
- Medical
Records coordinators
You have the right
to be informed that:
- you may at any
time revoke
authorization or change the type of information that you give
permission to be released.
- services, care
or treatment cannot be contingent on the signing of any notice.
- healthcare
providers involved in your care, to whom information is disclosed, may
use
that information.
- you may file a
complaint without the fear of reprisal to the Office of Civil Rights
(OCR) at 866-627-7748 or http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa.
You may contact the
appropriate Office for questions
concerning
this notice. This notice expires at the time your therapy is deemed
complete as ordered by your physician.
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