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\nTHIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND\nDISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE READ IT\nCAREFULLY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advanced\nAudiology & Hearing Aids, LLC and all associates at all locations are\nrequired by law to maintain the privacy of patients\u2019 Protected Health\nInformation (PHI) and to provide individuals with the following Notice of the\nlegal duties and privacy practices with respect to PHI. We are required to\nabide by the terms of this Notice. We reserve the right to change the terms of\nthis Notice and these new terms will affect all PHI that we maintain at that\ntime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\ncertain circumstances we may use and disclose PHI about you without your\nwritten consent:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Treatment:<\/strong> We\nwill use health information about you to provide you with medical treatment or\nservices. We will disclose PHI about you to doctors, nurses, technicians,\nstudents in health care training programs, or other personnel who are involved\nin taking care of you. For example, a doctor treating you for a broken leg may\nneed to know if you have diabetes because diabetes might slow the healing\nprocess. In addition, the doctor may need to tell the dietitian if you have\ndiabetes so that we can arrange for appropriate meals. Different departments of\nAdvanced Audiology & Hearing Aids, LLC may share health information about\nyou to to coordinate the services you need, such as prescriptions, lab work and\nx-rays. We may disclose health information about you to people outside Advanced\nAudiology & Hearing Aids, LLC who provide your medical care like nursing\nhomes or other doctors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Payment:<\/strong> We\nwill use and disclose information to other health care providers to assist in\nthe payment of your bills. We will use it to send bills and collect payment\nfrom you, your insurance company, or other payers, such as Medicare, for the\ncare, treatment, and other related services you receive. We may tell your\nhealth insurer about a treatment your doctor has recommended to obtain prior\napproval to determine whether your plan will cover the cost of the treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Health Care Operations:<\/strong> We\nmay use and disclose PHI about you for the purpose of our business operations.\nThese uses and disclosures are necessary to make sure that our patients receive\nquality care and cost-effective services. For example, we may use PHI to review\nthe quality of our treatment and services, and to evaluate the performance of\nour staff, contracted employees and students in caring for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business Associates:<\/strong> We\nmay use or disclose your PHI to an outside company that assists us in operating\nour health system. They perform various services for us. This includes, but is\nnot limited to, auditing, accreditation, legal services, and consulting services.\nThese outside companies are called \u201cbusiness associates\u201d and they contract with\nus to keep any PHI received from us confidential in the same way we do. These\ncompanies may create or receive PHI on our behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family Members and Friends:<\/strong> If\nyou agree, do not object, or we reasonably infer that there is no objection, we\nmay disclose PHI about you to a family member, relative, or another person\nidentified by you who is involved in your health care or payment for your\nhealth care. If you are not present or are incapacitated or it is an emergency\nor disaster relief situation, we will use our professional judgment to\ndetermine whether disclosing limited PHI is in your best interest under the\ncircumstances. We may disclose PHI to a family member, relative, or another\nperson who was involved in the health care or payment for health care of a\ndeceased individual if not inconsistent with the prior expressed preferences of\nthe individual that are known to Advanced Audiology & Hearing Aids, LLC.\nBut you also have the right to request a restriction on our disclosure of your\nPHI to someone who is involved in your care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Appointments:<\/strong> We may\nuse and disclose PHI to contact you for appointment reminders and to\ncommunicate necessary information about your appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contacting You:<\/strong> We\nmay contact you about treatment alternatives or other health benefits or\nservices that might be of interest to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Required or Permitted by Law:<\/strong> We may use or disclose your PHI when required or permitted\nto do so by federal, state, or local law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Health Activities:<\/strong> We\nmay use or disclose your PHI for public health activities that are permitted or\nrequired by law. For example, we may disclose your PHI in certain circumstances\nto control or prevent a communicable disease, injury or disability; to report\nbirths and deaths; and for public health oversight activities or interventions.\nWe may disclose your PHI to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or hearing\naid manufacturer to report adverse events or product defects, to track\nproducts, to enable product recalls, or to conduct post-market surveillance as\nrequired by law or to a state or federal government agency to facilitate their\nfunctions. We also may disclose protected health information, if directed by a\npublic health authority, to a foreign government agency that is collaborating\nwith the public health authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health Oversight Activities:<\/strong> We may disclose your PHI to a health oversight agency for\nactivities authorized by law. For example, these oversight activities may\ninclude audits; investigations; inspections; licensure or disciplinary actions;\nor civil,
\nadministrative, or criminal proceedings or actions. Oversight agencies seeking\nthis information include government agencies that oversee the health care\nsystem, government benefit programs, other government regulatory programs, and\ngovernment agencies that ensure compliance with civil rights laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawsuits and Other Legal Proceedings:<\/strong> We may disclose your PHI in the course of any judicial or\nadministrative proceeding or in response to an order of a court or\nadministrative tribunal (to the extent such disclosure is expressly\nauthorized). If certain conditions are met, we may also disclose your protected\nhealth information in response to a subpoena, a discovery request, or other\nlawful process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abuse or Neglect:<\/strong> We\nmay disclose your PHI to a government authority that is authorized by law to\nreceive reports of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence. Additionally, as\nrequired by law, if we believe you have been a victim of abuse, neglect, or
\ndomestic violence, we may disclose your protected health information to a\ngovernmental entity authorized to receive such information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Law Enforcement:<\/strong> Under\ncertain conditions, we also may disclose your PHI to law enforcement officials\nfor law enforcement purposes. These law enforcement purposes include, by way of\nexample, (1) responding to a court order or similar process; (2)
\nas necessary to locate or identify a suspect, fugitive, material witness, or\nmissing person; (3) reporting suspicious wounds, burns or other physical\ninjuries; or (4) as relating to the victim of a crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Prevent a Serious Threat to Health or Safety:<\/strong> Consistent with applicable laws, we may disclose your PHI\nif disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat\nto the health or safety of a person or the public. We also may
\ndisclose protected health information if it is necessary for law enforcement\nauthorities to identify or apprehend an individual.
\nCoroners, Medical Examiners and Funeral Directors: We may release your PHI to a\ncoroner or medical examiner. This may be necessary, for example, to identify a\ndeceased person or to determine the cause of death. We may also release your\nPHI to a funeral director, as necessary, to carry out his\/her duties.
\nResearch:<\/strong> Advanced Audiology & Hearing Aids, LLC may use and share\nyour health information for certain kinds of research. For example, a research\nproject may involve comparing the health and recovery of all patients who\nreceived one hearing aid to those who received another for the same condition.\nAll research projects, however, are subject to a special approval process. In\nsome instances, the law allows us to do some research using your PHI without\nyour approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workers\u2019 Compensation:<\/strong> We\nwill disclose your health information that is reasonably related to a worker\u2019s\ncompensation illness or injury following written request by your employer,\nworker\u2019s compensation insurer, or their representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employer Sponsored Health and Wellness Services:<\/strong> We maintain PHI about employer sponsored health and\nwellness services we provide our patients, including services provided at their\nemployment site. We will use the PHI to provide you medical treatment or\nservices and will disclose the information about you to others who provide you\nmedical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shared Medical Record\/Health Information Exchanges:<\/strong> We maintain PHI about our patients in shared electronic\nmedical records that allow the Advanced Audiology & Hearing Aids, LLC associates\nto share PHI. We may also participate in various electronic health information\nexchanges that facilitate access to PHI by other health care providers who\nprovide you care. For example, if you are admitted on an emergency basis to\nanother hospital that participates in the health information exchange, the\nexchange will allow us to make your PHI available electronically to those who\nneed it to treat you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Uses and Disclosures of PHI
\n<\/strong>Most uses and disclosures of psychotherapy\nnotes, uses and disclosures of PHI for marketing purposes and disclosures that\nconstitute the sale of PHI require your written authorization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other\nuses and disclosures of your PHI that are not described above will be made only\nwith your written authorization. If you provide Advanced Audiology &\nHearing Aids, LLC with an authorization, you may revoke the authorization in\nwriting, and this revocation will be effective for future uses and disclosures\nof PHI. However, the revocation will not be effective for information that we\nhave used or disclosed in reliance on the authorization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Rights Regarding Your PHI:<\/strong>
\nThe Right to Access to Your Own Health Information: You have the right to\ninspect and copy most of your protected health information for as long as we\nmaintain it as required by law. All requests for access must be made in\nwriting. We may charge you a nominal fee for each page copied and postage if\napplicable. You also have the right to ask for a summary of this information.\nIf you request a summary, we may charge you a nominal fee. Please contact Advanced\nAudiology & Hearing Aids, LLC with any questions or requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right to Request Restrictions:<\/strong> You have the right to request certain restrictions of our\nuse or disclosure of your PHI. We are not required to agree to your request in\nmost cases. But if Advanced Audiology & Hearing Aids, LLC agrees to the\nrestriction, we will comply with your request unless the information is needed\nto provide you emergency treatment. Advanced Audiology & Hearing Aids, LLC will\nagree to restrict disclosure of PHI about an individual to a health plan if the\npurpose of the disclosure is to carry out payment or health care operations and\nthe PHI pertains solely to a service for which the individual, or a person\nother than the health plan, has paid Advanced Audiology & Hearing Aids, LLC\nfor in full. For example, if a patient pays for a service completely out of\npocket and asks Advanced Audiology & Hearing Aids, LLC not to tell his\/her\ninsurance company about it, we will abide by this request. A request for\nrestriction should be made in writing. To request a restriction, you must\ncontact Health Information\/Medical Records Department. We reserve the right to\nterminate any previously agreed-to restrictions (other than a restriction we\nare required to agree to by law). We will inform you of the termination of the\nagreed-to restriction and such termination will only be effective with respect\nto PHI created after we inform you of the termination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right to Request Confidential Communications:<\/strong> If you believe that a disclosure of all or part of your\nPHI may endanger you, you may request in writing that we communicate with you\nin an alternative manner or at an alternative location. For example, you may\nask that all communications be sent to your work address. Your request must\nspecify the alternative means or location for communication with you. It also\nmust state that the disclosure of all or part of the PHI in a manner\ninconsistent with your instructions would put you in danger. We will\naccommodate a request for confidential communications that is reasonable and\nthat states that the disclosure of all or part of your protected health\ninformation could endanger you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right to be Notified of a Breach:<\/strong> You have the right to be notified in the event that we (or\none of our Business Associates) discover a breach of unsecured protected health\ninformation involving your medical information.
\nRight to Inspect and Copy: You have the right to inspect and receive a copy of\nPHI about you that may be used to make decisions about your health. A request\nto inspect your records may be made to your nurse or doctor while you are an\ninpatient or to the Health Information\/ Medical Records Department while an\noutpatient. For copies of your PHI, requests must go to Advanced Audiology\n& Hearing Aids, LLC. For PHI in a designated record set that is maintained\nin an electronic format, you can request an electronic copy of such\ninformation. There may be a charge for these copies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right to Amend:<\/strong> If\nyou feel the PHI we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may ask us\nto amend the information, for as long as Advanced Audiology & Hearing Aids,\nLLC maintains the information. Requests for amending your PHI should be made to\nthe Health Information\/Medical Records Department. The Advanced Audiology &\nHearing Aids, LLC personnel who maintain the information will respond to your\nrequest within 60 days after you submit the written amendment request form. If\nwe deny your request, we will provide you a written explanation. You may\nrespond with a statement of disagreement to be appended to the information you\nwanted amended. If we accept your request to amend the information, we will\nmake reasonable efforts to inform others, including people you name, of the\namendment and to include the changes in any future disclosures of that information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right to an Accounting:<\/strong> With\nsome exceptions, you have the right to receive an accounting of certain\ndisclosures of your PHI. A nominal fee will be charged for the record search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complaints:<\/strong> You may\nsubmit any complaints with respect to violations of your privacy rights to Advanced\nAudiology & Hearing Aids, LLC. You may also file a complaint with the\nSecretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services if you feel that\nyour rights have been violated. There will be no retaliation from Advanced\nAudiology & Hearing Aids, LLC for making a complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changes\nto this Notice If we make a material change to this Notice, we will provide a\nrevised Notice available at www.advancedaudiologist.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Information Unless otherwise specified, to exercise any of the rights described in this Notice, for more information, or to file a complaint, please contact the Advanced Audiology & Hearing Aids, LLC at (318) 251-1572<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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