HIPPA Rights

Facts about Private Homecare

You have the right to:

• Get a copy of your paper or electronic medical record
• Correct your paper or electronic medical record
• Request confidential communication
• Ask us to limit the information shared
• Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared your information
• Get a copy of this privacy notice
• Choose someone to act for you
• File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated

Uses and Disclosures

We may use and share your information as we:

• Treat you
• Run our organization
• Bill for your services
• Help with public health and safety issues
• Do research
• Comply with the law
• Respond to organ and tissue donation requests
• Work with a medical examiner or funeral director
• Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests
• Respond to lawsuits and legal actions

Request confidential communications

• Information contained in records will not be divulged to any person without proper written authorization. You can ask us not to use or share certain health information for treatment, payment, or our operations. We are not required to agree to your request, and we may say “no” if it would affect your care.

Divulging Information

• Information contained in records will not be divulged to any person without proper written authorization. You can ask us not to use or share certain health information for
  treatment, payment, or our operations. We are not required to agree to your request, and we may say “no” if it would affect your care.

Shared Information

• You can request a list (accounting) of the times we’ve shared your health information for six years prior to the date you ask, who we shared it with, and why.
• We will include all the disclosures except for those about treatment, payment, and health care operations, and certain other disclosures (such as any you asked us to make). we’ll provide one accounting a year for free but will charge a reasonable, cost-based fee if you ask for another one within 12 months.

Appointing Health Care Agent

This law gives you the power to make sure that health care professionals follow your wishes. Your agent can also decide how your wishes apply as your medical condition changes. Hospitals, doctors and other health care providers must follow your agent’s decisions as if they were your own.

File a complaint if you feel your rights are violated