Medical Insurance HIPAA Notice

Medical Insurance HIPAA Notice 
HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices for Personal Health Information 
(effective April 14, 2015) 

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.
Dear patient: 

This is your Health Information Privacy Notice from Yonemoto Physical Therapy Service. You have received this notice because of your physical therapy services with our office. This notice refers to Yonemoto Physical Therapy Service by using the terms “us”, “we”, or “our”. 

This notice describes how we protect the personal health information we have about you, which relates to your physical therapy treatments, and how we may use and disclose this information. Personal Health Information includes individually identifiable information, which relates to your present or future health, treatment, or payment for health care services. This notice also describes your rights with respect to the Personal Health Information and how you can exercise those rights to inspect and request copies of your medical records. 

We are required to provide this notice to you by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). For additional information regarding your HIPAA Medical Information Privacy Policy or our general privacy practice, please contact our office. You may directly write your questions to Yonemoto Physical Therapy Service, Att: Herbert Castillo – HIPAA Officer, 55 S Raymond Avenue, STE 100, Alhambra, CA 91801. Office Number (626) 576-0591. 

We are required by law to: 
  • Maintain the privacy of your Personal Health Information;
  • Provide you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your Personal Health Information;
  • Follow the terms or this notice.
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We protect your Personal Health Information from inappropriate use or disclosure. Our employees, and those of companies that help us service you are required to comply with our requirements that protect the confidentiality of Personal Health Information. They may look at your Personal Health Information only when there is an appropriate reason to do so, such as to administer our products or services. The main reasons for which we may use and may disclose your Personal Health Information are to evaluate and process any requests for programs and services that may be of interest to you. 

We will not disclose your Personal Health Information to any other company for their use in marketing their products to you. However, we will use and disclose Personal Health Information about you for business purposes relation to our Health Insurance Coverage and physical therapy treatments. 

Additional Information

Changes to This Notice: We reserve the right to change the terms of this notice at any time. We reserve the right to make the revised or changed notice effective for Personal Health Information we already have about you as well as any Personal Health Information we receive in the future. The effective date of this notice and any revised or changed notice may be found on the last page, on the bottom right hand corner of this notice. 
Feb 2015

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