HIPAA
Notice of Privacy Practices
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed, and how you can get access to this information. It applies to Millenium Medical Group and the health professionals who treat you here.
Our commitment to protecting your health information
We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information (PHI), to give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and to follow the terms of the notice currently in effect.
How we may use and disclose your health information
The following categories describe the ways we may use and share your information.
- Treatment. To provide, coordinate and manage your care, including sharing information with other treating providers.
- Payment. To bill and be paid by your health plan, including eligibility checks and prior authorisation.
- Health care operations. For quality assessment, staff training, licensing and business management.
- As required by law. Including public health reporting, abuse or neglect reporting, and judicial or administrative proceedings.
- Business associates. With vendors who perform services for us under a written agreement that protects your information.
Uses and disclosures requiring your authorisation
Certain uses — including most disclosures of psychotherapy notes, marketing uses, and sales of PHI — require your written authorisation. You may revoke an authorisation in writing at any time, except to the extent we have already acted on it.
Your rights regarding your health information
- Right to inspect and copy your medical and billing records.
- Right to amend information you believe is incorrect or incomplete.
- Right to an accounting of disclosures for certain disclosures.
- Right to request restrictions on how we use or disclose your information.
- Right to confidential communications by a method or at a location you choose.
- Right to a paper copy of this notice, on request.
- Right to be notified following a breach of unsecured PHI.
To exercise any of these rights, contact our Privacy Officer using the details below. We will explain the process and any applicable timeframes.
Our duties
- We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your PHI.
- We will notify you promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised your information.
- We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice.
- We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you tell us we may in writing.
Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our Privacy Officer or with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. You will not be penalised or retaliated against for filing a complaint.
Contact — Privacy Officer
Millenium Medical Group
2720 SW 97th Ave, Suite C-105, Miami, FL 33165
(786) 332-4330 ·
[email protected]
Effective date: pending final publication.