HIPAA applies to all medical and mental health service providers. It requires that all persons you collect medical information from either directly or indirectly (such as by filling a prescription) be notified of their rights to privacy and receive a “Notice of Privacy Practices” which is sometimes also called “Notice of Information Practices.”
The statement must tell your patient clients what you do with their information and it either must be signed by the patient, or the patient must sign on a HIPAA consent form that they have received a copy of your privacy practices prior to signing a HIPAA consent form.
Here is a sample HIPAA privacy practices statement for your guidance, but before you use it, you should also revise this document to detail your own privacy policies and have an attorney review it to make sure it meets the legal requirements of your own business before using it.
Notice of Information Practices and Privacy Statement for ABC Healthcare Services
123, ABC Lane,
City, Country, Code
Telephone Number
Email Address
How Your Information is collected by us:
ABC Healthcare Services and its employees and volunteers collect data through a variety of means including but not necessarily limited to letters, phone calls, emails, voice mails, and from the submission of applications that is either required by law, or necessary to process applications or other requests for assistance through our organization.
What is NOT done with your information:
Information about your financial situation and medical conditions and care that you provide to us in writing, via email, on the phone (including information left on voice mails), contained in or attached to applications, or directly or indirectly given to us, is held in strictest confidence.
We do not give out, exchange, barter, rent, sell, lend, or disseminate any information about applicants or clients who apply for or actually receive our services that is considered patient confidential, is restricted by law, or has been specifically restricted by a patient/client in a signed HIPAA consent form.
How your information IS USED:
Information is only used as is reasonably necessary to process your application or to provide you with health or counseling services which may require communication between ABC Healthcare Services and health care providers, medical product or service providers, pharmacies, insurance companies, and other providers necessary to: verify your medical information is accurate; determine the type of medical supplies or any health care services you need including, but not limited to; or to obtain or purchase any type of medical supplies, devices, medications, insurance,
If you apply or attempt to apply to receive assistance through us and provide information with the intent or purpose of fraud or that results in either an actual crime of fraud for any reason including willful or un-willful acts of negligence whether intended or not, or in any way demonstrates or indicates attempted fraud, your non-medical information can be given to legal authorities including police, investigators, courts, and/or attorneys or other legal professionals, as well as any other information as permitted by law.
Information NOT Collected by us:
We do not use cookies on our website to collect date from our site visitors. We do not collect information about site visitors except for one hit counter on the main index page (www.yourwebpage.org) that simply records the number of visitors and no other data. We do use some affiliate programs that may or may not capture traffic date through our site.
Limited Right to Use Non-Identifying Personal Information from Biographies, Letters, Notes, and Other Sources: Any pictures, stories, letters, biographies, correspondence, or thank you notes sent to us become the exclusive property of ABC Healthcare Services. We reserve the right to use non-identifying information about our clients (those who receive services or goods from or through us) for fundraising and promotional purposes that are directly related to our mission.
Clients will not be compensated for use of this information and no identifying information (photos, addresses, phone numbers, contact information, last names or uniquely identifiable names) will be used without client’s express advance permission.
You may specifically request that NO information be used whatsoever for promotional purposes, but you must identify any requested restrictions in writing.
We respect your right to privacy and assure you no identifying information or photos that you send to us will ever be publicly used without your direct or indirect consent.
Revision Date: 01/09/2010
