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Section
1. Our
Responsibilities
The Privacy Rule
requires a health care
provider that is a
Covered Entity (as
defined in the Privacy
Rule) to deliver a
notice of privacy
practices to a patient
no later than the
provider's first date of
service to the
patient.
Section 2. Commitment to
Privacy Rule
Compliance
The use and disclosure
of health information is
governed, in part, by
Standards for Privacy of
Individually
Identifiable Health
Information adopted by
the U.S. Department of
Health and Human
Services pursuant to the
Health Insurance
Portability and
Accountability Act of
1996, as it may be
amended from time to
time (the "Privacy
Rule"). Our physicians
and staff employees
shall protect the
privacy of patients'
health information as
required by the Privacy
Rule and applicable
state law. Further, our
staff employees are
committed to complying
with the Privacy Rule in
a manner that reasonably
minimizes disruption to
quality patient
care.
Section 3. Patient's
Rights
Patient must give
authorization for the
use and disclosure of
health information for
reason other than
treatment, payment or
health care operations,
such as releasing
information to finance
institutions that offer
loans or selling mailing
lists to marketing
companies. HIPAA gives
patients the rights to
revoke their
authorization at any
time. Patients may also
ask a physician or
anyone else who has
access to their
protected health
information to restrict
how their medical
information is used to
carry our treatment,
payments, and health
care operations, but
their providers do not
have to agree to the
restrictions.
Section 4.
Discipline
Whenever an employee
uses or discloses health
information in a manner
inconsistent with the
office's Privacy
Policies and Procedures,
the member may be
disciplined.
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Orange
County
Long Beach
Laser
Center
3801 Katella
Avenue
Suite 130
Los Alamitos
Medical Center
Campus
Los Alamitos,
CA 90720
(562)
598-7728
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Los
Angeles
County
Long Beach
Laser
Center
3300 E. South
Street
Suite 105
Long Beach, CA
90805
(562)
531-2020
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