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Summary of Notice Of Privacy Practices
for Precision Prosthetics Inc.
This summary briefly describes important
information contained in our Notice of Privacy Practices.
We encourage you to take the time to read the entire Notice, available
upon request, at our office.
Our Notice of Privacy Practices describes how we may use and disclose
your protected health information to carry out treatment, payment
or health care operations and for other purposes that are permitted
or required by law. It also describes your rights to access and
control your protected health information. Your "Protected
health information" means any of your written and oral health
information, including your demographic data that can be used to
identify you. This is health information that is created or received
by your health care provider, and that relates to your past, present,
or future physical or mental health or condition.
This Notice will let you know about the various ways we use and
disclose your medical information, describe your rights and our
obligations with respect to the use or disclosure of your medical
information. We will also ask that you acknowledge receipt of this
Notice the first time you come to our facility, because the law
requires us to make a good faith effort to obtain your acknowledgment.
We are required by law to:
- Make sure that any medical or health information that we have
that identifies you is kept private, and will be used or disclosed
only in accord with our Notice of Privacy Practices and applicable
law.
- Give you the complete Notice of our legal duties and our Privacy
Practices.
- Abide by the terms of the Notice of Privacy Practices that
are in effect from time to time.
If you have any questions about this Notice or would like a copy
of the complete Notice, contact our Privacy Officer, Maureen Hodge
at 901-682-1006.
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