Notice of Privacy Practices
Quail Ridge Family Practice, LLC works very hard to protect the patient's privacy and preserve the confidentiality of the patient's protected health information. This notice is a summary of how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. A detailed Notice of Privacy Practices is available upon request from our office.
Quail Ridge Family Practice, LLC may use protected health information about you or treatment, to obtain payment for treatment, for healthcare operations, and quality review activities. Other disclosures for which patient authorization is not required include public health and safety issues, worker's compensation, as well as disclosures required by law.
There are uses and disclosures of health information that will be made only with the patient's written authorization, and the patient may revoke such authorization by written request, except to the extent that we have already taken action based on your authorization.
Contained within the Notice of Privacy Practices is a detailed description of patient rights. These rights include access to your medical records, restrictions on certain uses of your health information, receipt of an accounting of disclosures as required by law, and requesting confidential communication by alternate means or alternate location.
Quail Ridge Family Practice, LLC is required to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information, abide by the terms of the Notice of Privacy Practices, notify you if a breach occurs that may have compromised the Privacy of security of your information, and obtain written acknowledgements and authorizations.
Q uail Ridge Family Practice, LLC may make changes to the Notice of Privacy Practices, and you are entitled to receive a revised copy upon request.
