This
notice describes how information about you may be used and disclosed
and how you can get access to this information. Please review it
carefully.
Use and Disclosure of
Your Health Information
Here at Crider Health Center, we use your Personal Health Information
(PHI) to provide you with treatment and services, to receive payment
for those services, and in our daily operations.
Treatment
We may disclose your Personal Health Information to those involved
in your treatment on an as-needed basis. For example, your doctor
may require you to have a blood test in the hospital lab. Your doctor
would then need to speak with someone from the lab about the medical
information gathered from your blood test.
Payment
We may be required to use or disclose your Personal Health Information
in order to obtain payment for services you receive at our facility.
For example, when we bill your insurance provider, we may have to
notify them of the services you receive from us in order to receive
payment for those services.
Health Care Operations
We may use and disclose your Personal Health Information in our
everyday health care operations. For example, your information may
be used to assist us in evaluating our performance as your health
care provider. We may disclose information to Doctors, Clinicians,
and other agency personnel for peer review or training purposes.
Uses and Disclosures Which
Do Not Require Your Consent
State and federal law permit and/or require certain uses and disclosures
of PHI for various purposes related to public responsibility. Such
uses and disclosures may be made without the agreement or authorization
of the individual. The following uses and disclosures fall within
this category:
- We may disclose your health information to a public health
authority in order to prevent or control disease, to report
birth or death, and to correctional institutions (if not objected
by the inmate) for the purpose of public health investigations,
interventions, and other related matters.
- We may disclose your health information to the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) regarding his/her responsibility for quality,
safety or effectiveness of an FDA regulated product or activity,
to report adverse events, product defects or problems, track
products, enable recalls, repairs or replacements, or conduct
post-marketing surveillance.
- We are mandated by law and clinical ethics to report information
related to situations involving instances of abuse and neglect.
- We are required to disclose your health information in response
to a court order.
- In the event of your death, we may disclose your health information
to a coroner, medical examiner or funeral director to carrying
out their duties, and to the designated organ procurement organization,
and tissue and eye banks.
- We are mandated by law and clinical ethics to disclose information
to prevent an immediate threat to the health or safety of yourself
or the public.
- Disclosures of admitted participation in a violent crime
are not permitted when the information is learned in the course
of treatment entered into by the individual to affect his/her
propensity to commit the subject crime, or through counseling,
or therapy or a request to initiate the same.
- We may disclose your health information to the Secretary
of Health and Human Services related to compliance and enforcement
efforts for the purpose of audits, investigations, inspections,
or other activities.
- We may disclose your health information for workers’
compensation as authorized and to the extent necessary to comply
with laws relating to workers' compensation and other similar
programs.
- Specialized Government Functions:
• National Security and Intelligence: your health
information may be disclosed to authorized federal officials
for the conduct of lawful intelligence, counter intelligence,
and other activities authorized by the National Security Act.
• Protective Services: your health information
may be disclosed to authorized federal officials for the provision
of protective services to the President, foreign heads of state,
and others designated by law, and for the conduct of criminal
investigations of threats against such persons.
• Public Benefits: your health information relevant
to administration of a government program providing public benefits
may be disclosed to another governmental program providing public
benefits serving the same or similar populations as necessary
to coordinate program functions or improve administration and
management of program functions.
Our office may contact you at the address and/or
telephone number you give us, in order to provide appointment reminders
or information about treatment alternatives or other health-related
benefits and services that may be of interest to you.
Crider Health Center, our business associates or
related foundations for the purpose of fundraising may use your
demographic information and the dates you are provided health care
by Crider Health Center. This information shall not contain your
name or any other information that could reasonably be used to identify
you.
All other uses or disclosures of your health
information will be made only with your written authorization.
You may revoke your written authorization at any time.
Your Rights
The federal law that protects the privacy of your health information
gives you several rights. You have the right to have a copy of the
notice of privacy practices of your health care provider, and updated
notices will be mailed to your residence of record. You have the
right to inspect and copy information in your record under the supervision
and consent of your case manager. You may request changes to the
information contained in your record. You have the right to request
that restrictions be placed on us for the use and disclosure of
your health information. Crider Health Center reserves the right
to deny such requests based on the information outlined within this
notice. You may also receive a list of the uses and disclosures
of your health information made by Crider Health Center. Certain
limitations apply. Finally, you have the right to receive communications
from us regarding your health information in a confidential manner.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact your
case manager for assistance.
If you believe that any of these rights or your privacy rights
have been violated, you have the right to complain to The Crider
Health Center by contacting the Vice President of Administrative
and Outpatient services at 636-332-6000 or to the Department of
Health and Human Services at 1-877-696-6775. You are protected under
federal law from retaliation for complaints you make.
Our Duties
We have a duty under the law to tell you our legal obligations regarding
your health information. Our obligations are as follows: we must
maintain the privacy of your health information; we must follow
the terms of this notice; we have the right to change the terms
of this notice, but if we do so, we must give you a copy of the
new notice.
This notice shall be posted in a clear and prominent location where
it is reasonable to expect individuals seeking services, to be able
to read this notice. Furthermore, all individuals receiving services
for the first time shall be given a copy of this notice prior to
services being given.
Web Site Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to us. Our policy
is to respect and protect the privacy of visitors to our web site.
The purpose of this privacy policy is to provide you with a description
of the type of information we collect and how we use that information.
Crider Health Center does not collect individually
identifiable data on users. We do not collect personally identifiable
information on our web site unless you choose to give it to us via
an electronic mail message. Even when you choose to give us information,
we keep it confidential. When guests visit the Crider Health Center
web site, we collect some basic information that does not identify
individual users. This includes the amount of traffic visiting the
site, which pages are visited and for how long, where the visitors
come from, and what ISP they are using. We use the information we
collect to improve the quality of our web site, enhance or tailor
the information we offer, and make your experience on our site as
valuable and efficient as possible.
Links to Other Web Sites:
Please be aware that when you click on links that take you to third-party
sites web sites, you will be subject to their respective privacy
policy. While we support the protection of privacy in the Internet,
Crider Health Center cannot be responsible for the actions of third
parties. We encourage you to read the posted privacy statement whenever
interacting with any web site.
Consent to Gather Non-Identifiable:
By using our web site, you consent to Crider Health Center to collect
and use your information as described in this policy. If we update
this privacy policy, such changes will be posted on this page. So
that you are always aware of what information we collect and how
we use it, we recommend that you review this page regularly.
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