David,
This is the cleaner code for HIPAA test
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA) is a
federal program that requires all medical records and other individually
identifiable health information used or disclosed by Drs. Caulkins, McKibbin
and Ranzini, Inc. (Drs. CMR, Inc.) in any form to be kept properly
confidential. HIPPA gives the patient new rights to understand and control how
health information is used.
We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health
information and to provide you with notice of our legal duties and privacy
practices with respect to protected health information.
Drs. CMR, Inc. may use and disclose health records for each of the following
purposes: treatment, payment and health care operations. Treatment means
providing, coordinating, or managing health care and related services by one or
more health care providers. Payment means such activities as obtaining
reimbursement for services, confirming coverage, billing or collection
activities, and utilization review. Health care operations include the business
aspects of running our practice, such as conducting quality assessment and
improvement activities, auditing functions, cost-management analysis, and customer
service. We may also create and distribute de-identified health information by
removing all references to individually identifiable information. If a
diagnosis of malignancy is made during your treatment by this office, personal
identifying information will be submitted to the Virginia Cancer Registry as is
legally required by Chapter 548 of the Code of Virginia. We may contact you to
provide appointment reminders or information about treatment alternatives or
other health-related benefits and services that may be of interest to you. Any
other uses and disclosures will be made only with your written authorization.
You may revoke such authorization in writing and we are required to honor and
abide by that written request, except to the extent we have already taken
actions relying on your authorization.
You have the following rights with respect to your protected health information,
which you can exercise by presenting a written request to the Privacy Officer
for Drs. CMR, Inc. You may request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures
of protected health information, including those related to disclosures to
family members, other relatives, close personal friends, or any other person
identified by you. We are, however, not required to agree in writing to remove
it. You may request to receive confidential communications of protected health
information from us by alternative means or at alternative locations. You may
inspect copy and amend your protected health information. You may receive an
accounting of disclosures or protected health information. You may obtain a
paper copy of this notice from us upon request.
This notice is updated as of August 11, 2003. We are required to abide by the terms
of the Privacy Policy Notice currently in effect. We reserve the right to
change the terms of our policy and to make the new notice provisions effective
for all protected health information that we maintain. We will post and you may
request a written copy of any revised Privacy Policy Notice from this office.
If you feel that your privacy
protections have been violated, you have the right to file a written complaint
with our office at 70 Medical Center Circle, Suite 308, Fishersville, VA 22939,
(540)932-5909 or with the Department of Health, P.O. Box 2448, Richmond, VA
23218, (804)367-2104
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Doug
