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.
PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
Uses and Disclosures
Treatment. Your health information may be used by staff members of Chester Neurology, PLLC or disclosed to other health care professionals for the purpose of evaluating your health, diagnosing medical conditions, and providing treatment. For example, results of laboratory tests and procedures will be available in your medical record to all health professionals who may provide treatment or who may be consulted.
Payment. Your health information may be used to seek payment from your health plan, from other sources of coverage such as an automobile insurer, or from credit card companies that you may use to pay for services. For example, your health plan may request and receive information on dates of services, the services provided, and the medical condition being treated.
Health care operations. Your health information may be used as necessary to support the day to day activities at Chester Neurology, PLLC. For example, information on the services you received may be used to support budgeting and financial reporting, and activities to evaluate and promote quality. Also, we may remove any information that identifies you from your medical record for the purpose of research/study and this can be done without knowing who you are.
Law Enforcement. Your health information may be disclosed to law enforcement agencies to support government audits and inspections, to facilitate law-enforcement investigations, and to comply with government-mandated reporting.
Public health reporting. Your health information may be disclosed to public health agencies as required by law. For example, we are required to report certain communicable diseases to the state's public health department.
Other uses and disclosures that require your authorization. Disclosure of your health information or its use for any purpose other than those listed above requires your specific written authorization. If you change your mind after authorizing a use or disclosure of your information, you may submit a written revocation of the authorization. However, your decision to revoke the authorization will not affect or undo any use or disclosure of information that occurred before you notified us of your decision to revoke your authorization.
Additional uses of information.
Appointment reminders. Your health information will be used by our staff to send you appointment reminders.
Information about treatments. Your health information may be used to send you information that you may find interesting on the treatment and management of your medical condition. We may also send you information describing other health‑related products and services that we believe may interest you.
Individual Rights
You have certain rights under the federal privacy standards. These include:
The right to request restrictions on the use and disclosure of your protected health information.
The right to receive confidential communications concerning your medical condition and treatment.
The right to inspect and copy your protected health information.
The right to receive an accounting of how and to whom your protected health information has been disclosed.
The right to receive a printed copy of this notice.
Right to revise Privacy Practices.
As permitted by law, we reserve the right to amend or modify our privacy policies and practices. These changes in our policies and practices may be required by changes in federal and state laws and regulations. Upon request, we will provide you with the most recently revised notice on any office visit. The revised policies and practices will be applied to all protected health information we maintain.
Request to inspect protected health information.
You may generally inspect or copy the protected health information that we maintain. As permitted by federal regulation, we require that requests to inspect or copy protected health information be submitted in writing. Your request will be reviewed and will generally be approved unless there are legal, financial, or medical reasons to deny the request.
I, {name} acknowledge that I have received a copy of the “Notice of Privacy Practices” per HIPPA. This notice describes how Dr. Roshni Karnani and staff of Chester Neurology, PLLC may use and disclose my protected health information, certain restrictions on the use, disclosure of my health information, and rights I may have regarding my protected health information.