PREMIUM HOME HEALTHCARE SERVICES LLC.
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.
Premium Home Healthcare Services Llc. is providing this Notice of Privacy Practices because the privacy of your health information is very important to you and to us, and in compliance with Federal regulations.
Medical information, including health history, is collected from the client upon initiation and subsequent visits, and is then stored in the client’s file.
USES OR DISCLOSURES WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE YOUR WRITTEN AUTHORISATION
- We use your health information to plan, coordinate, and provide your care. We disclose your health information for treatment purposes to other health care professionals outside our agency who are involved in your
- For payment, we use your health information to prepare documentation required by your insurance company or other third party. We disclose that part of your health information that these organizations require to pay
- We use or disclose your health information, for example, to improve the quality of our services, to plan better ways of providing services and to evaluate staff performance.
USES OR DISCLOSURES OF YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION TO WHICH YOU MAY OBJECT
We may use or disclose your health information for the following purposes, unless you ask us not to.
- Informing family and friends. We may disclose your health information to family, friends, or others identified by you who are involved in your care.
- Informing you about treatment/care alternatives or other health- related benefits and services that may be of interest to
- Confirming our visits to your home or other
If you object to our use of your health information for any of these purposes, please contact your Premium Home Healthcare Services Llc case manager.
USES OR DISCLOSURES REQUIRED OR PERMITTED
Where we are required or permitted to do so, we may use or disclose your health information in the following circumstances without your written authorization.
- Federal government investigation, to determine our compliance with Federal
- Federal, State or local law
- Public Health authorities
- Reporting of abuse, neglect or domestic violence.
- Health oversight activities by a health oversight agency. (A health oversight agency is an organization authorized t by the government to oversee eligibility and compliance and to ensure civil rights laws.)
- Judicial or administrative proceedings, for example responding to a court order or subpoena.
- Law enforcement
OUR DUTIES IN PROTECTING YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION
- We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your health
- We must give clients or their legal representatives this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to health This Notice discharges that duty.
- We must abide by the terms of the notices currently in
- Premium Home Healthcare Services Llc will inform the client on future changes and revisions to the Notice of Privacy Practices within 60 days of a material revision to the notices requirements.
CLIENT’S RIGHTS REGARDING MEDICAL INFORMATION
You have the following rights regarding medical information we maintain about you:
The right to inspect and copy medical information that may be used to make decisions about your care. Your request must be made in writing.
The right to amend your protected health information
The right to an accounting of disclosures of your health information.
The right to request confidential communication of protected health information by an alternative method other than the stated means of communication.
The right to place restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of your health information,however, we may refuse to accept the restriction
The right to a copy of the client’s Notice of Privacy Practices at all times.
COMPLAINTS
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with the agency by using the information provided in your client packet.
You may file a complaint with the Office of Health Care Quality by using the phone numbers and address provided in your client packet. : .
You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint.
