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Privacy
Notice
Right to Notice As a patient,
you have the right to adequate
notice of the uses and
disclosures of your protected
health information. Under the
Health Insurance Portability and
Accessibility Act (HIPAA), World
Eyeglasses can use your
protected health information for
treatment, payment and health
care operations.
a) Treatment - We may use or
disclose your health information
to a physician or other
healthcare provider providing
treatment to you.
b) Payment - We may use and
disclose your health information
to obtain payment for services
we provide you.
c) Health care operations - We
may use and disclose your health
information in connection with
our healthcare operations.
Healthcare operations include
quality assessment and
improvement activities,
reviewing the competency or
qualifications of healthcare
professionals, evaluating
provider performance, conducting
training programs,
accreditation, certification,
licensing or credentialing
activities.
Your Authorization
Most uses and disclosures that
do not fall under treatment,
payment, health care operations
will require your written
authorization. Upon signing, you
may revoke your authorization
(in writing) through our
practice at any time. Emergency
Situations In the event of your
incapacity or an emergency
situation, we will disclose
health information to a family
member, or another person
responsible for your care, using
our professional judgment. We
will only disclose health
information that is directly
relevant to the person's
involvement in your healthcare.
Marketing
We will not use your health
information for marketing
communications without your
written authorization. Required
by Law We may also use or
disclose your health information
when we are required to do so by
law.
Abuse or Neglect
We may disclose your health
information to appropriate
authorities if we reasonably
believe that you are a possible
victim of abuse, neglect, or
domestic violence or the victim
of other crimes. We may disclose
your health information to the
extent necessary to avert a
serious threat to your or other
people's health or safety.
National Security
We may disclose the health
information of Armed Forces
personnel to military
authorities under certain
circumstances. We may disclose
health information to authorized
federal officials required for
lawful intelligence,
counterintelligence and other
national security activities. We
may disclose health information
of inmates or patients to the
appropriate authorities under
certain circumstances.
Appointment Reminders
We may use or disclose your
health information to provide
you with appointment reminders
via phone, e-mail or letter.
Your Rights as a Patient You
have the right to restrict the
disclosure of your protected
health information (in writing).
The request for restriction may
be denied if the information is
required for treatment, payment
or health care operations. -You
have the right to receive
confidential communications
regarding your protected health
information. -You have the right
to inspect and copy your
protected health information.
-You have the right to amend
your protected health
information. -You have the right
to receive an account of
disclosures of your protected
health information. -You have
the right to a paper copy of
this notice of privacy
practices.
Legal Requirements
World Eyeglasses is required by
law to maintain the privacy of
your protected health
information. We are required to
abide by the terms of this
notice as it is currently
stated, and reserve the right to
change this notice. The policies
in any new notice will not be in
effect until they are posted to
this site, or are available
within our office.
Complaints
If you have complaints regarding
the way your protected health
information was handled, you may
submit a complaint in writing to
our office. You will not be
retaliated against in any manner
for a complaint.
Contact Information
For further information about
World Eyeglasses' privacy
policies, please contact World
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