Privacy Policy
A legal disclaimer
Protecting your confidential health information is extremely important to Devine Healing Personal Care LLC. This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can obtain access to this information. Please review it carefully.
Notice of Privacy Practices
A Note About Personal Representatives
You may exercise your rights through a personal representative. Your personal representative will be required to produce evidence of his/her authority to act on your behalf before that person will be given access to your Protected Health Information or allowed to take any action for you.
The Company retains discretion to deny access to your Protected Health Information to a personal representative to provide protection to those vulnerable people who depend on others to exercise their rights under these rules and who may be subject to abuse or neglect.
The Company’s Duties
The Company is required by law to maintain the privacy of Protected Health Information and to provide patients with notice of its legal duties and privacy practices. This notice is effective beginning September 13, 2013 and the Company is required to comply with the terms of this notice. However, the Company reserves the right to change its privacy practices and to apply the changes to any Protected Health Information received or maintained by the Company prior to that date.
If a privacy practice is changed, a revised version of this notice will be either mailed to you or posted on our website. In the event the revised notice is mailed to you, it shall be provided by first class mail to your last known address. Any revised version of this notice will be distributed/published within 60 days of the effective date of any material change to the uses or disclosures, the individual’s rights, the duties of the Company or other privacy practices stated in this notice.
Minimum Necessary Standard
When using or disclosing Protected Health Information or when requesting Protected Health Information from another Covered Entity, the Company will make reasonable efforts not to use, disclose or request more than the minimum amount of Protected Health Information necessary to accomplish the intended purpose of the use, disclosure or request, taking into consideration practical and technological limitations. However, the minimum necessary standard will not apply in the following situations:
disclosures to or requests by a health care provider for treatment;
uses or disclosures made to the individual or pursuant to your authorization;
disclosures for compliance made to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services;
uses or disclosures that are required by law; and
uses or disclosures that are required for the Company’s compliance with legal regulations.
Your Right to File a Complaint with the Company or the HHS Secretary
If you believe that your privacy rights have been violated, you may complain to the Company in care of the following officer: Director of Quality, Home Health & Hospice Care, 7 Executive Park Drive, Merrimack, NH 03054 , or you may call 603.882.2941
You may file a complaint with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201.
The Company will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Additional Information
If you have any questions regarding this notice or the subjects addressed in it, you may contact the following officer: Director of Quality, Home Health & Hospice Care, 7 Executive Park Drive, Merrimack, NH 03054.
The HIPAA Privacy Rule is set out at 45 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 160 and 164. These regulations and additional information about the HIPAA Privacy Rule are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/.
Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information
Except as otherwise provided in this notice or otherwise permitted under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, uses and disclosures of Protected Health Information will be made only with your written authorization subject to your right to revoke such authorization. If you provide the Company authorization to use or disclose PHI about you, you may revoke that permission, in writing, at any time by sending a notice of revocation to the Privacy Officer at the address provided below. If you revoke your permission, the Company will no longer use or disclose PHI about you for the reasons covered by your written authorization. The Company will not be able to reverse any disclosures made prior to your revocation.
The Company may contact you to provide appointment reminders or information about treatment alternatives or other health-related benefits and services that may be of interest to you.
Note: Special rules may apply with respect to the use and disclosure of genetic and HIV testing information. You may contact the Privacy Officer for more information about these rules.