02/14/2010
Happy Chinese New Year
The year of the tiger will be a tough year. Remember to get plenty of rest and meditation in ! Along with your chiropractic routine checkup!
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2/20/2010
New Client Specials
Get a free 30 minute massage for new clients when you pay for your first treatment.
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JavaChiro Wellness Notice of Privacy Practices
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.
JavaChiro Wellness is required, by law, to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of your protected health information and to provide our patients with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your protected health information.
Disclosure of Your Health Care Information
Treatment
We may disclose your health care information to other healthcare professionals
within our practice for the purpose of treatment, payment or healthcare operations.
(example)
“On occasion, it may be necessary to seek consultation regarding your condition from other health care providers associated with JavaChiro Wellness.”
“It is our policy to provide a substitute health care provider, authorized by JavaChiro Wellness to provide assessment and/or treatment to our patients, without advanced notice, in the event of your primary health care provider’s absence due to vacation, sickness, or other emergency situation.”
Payment
We may disclose your health information to your insurance provider for the
purpose of payment or health care operations.
Workers’ Compensation
We may disclose your health information as necessary to comply
with State Workers’ Compensation Laws.
Emergencies
We may disclose your health information to notify or assist in notifying
a family member, or another person responsible for your care about your medical condition
or in the event of an emergency or of your death.
Public Health
As required by law, we may disclose your health information to public
health authorities for purposes related to: preventing or controlling disease, injury
or disability, reporting child abuse or neglect, reporting domestic violence, reporting
to the Food and Drug Administration problems with products and reactions to medications,
and reporting disease or infection exposure.
Judicial and Administrative Proceedings.
We may disclose your health information
in the course of any administrative or judicial proceeding.
Law Enforcement.
We may disclose your health information to a law enforcement official
for purposes such as identifying or locating a suspect, fugitive, material witness
or missing person, complying with a court order or subpoena, and other law enforcement
purposes.
Deceased Persons.
We may disclose your health information to coroners or medical examiners.
Organ Donation.
We may disclose your health information to organizations involved
in procuring, banking, or transplanting organs and tissues.
Research.
We may disclose your health information to researchers conducting research
that has been approved by an Institutional Review Board.
Public Safety.
It may be necessary to disclose your health information to appropriate
persons in order to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health
or safety of a particular person or to the general public.
Specialized Government Agencies.
We may disclose your health information for military,
national security, prisoner and government benefits purposes.
Change of Ownership.
In the event that JavaChiro Wellness is sold or merged with
another organization, your health information/record will become the property of
the newowner.
Your Health Information Rights
· You have the right to request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of your health information. Please be advised, however, that JavaChiro Wellness is not required to agree to the restriction that you requested.
· You have the right to have your health information received or communicated through an alternative method or sent to an alternative location other than the usual method of communication or delivery, upon your request.
· You have the right to inspect and copy your health information.
· You have a right to request that JavaChiro Wellness amend your protected health information. Please be advised, however, that JavaChiro Wellness is not required to agree to amend your protected health information. If your request to amend your health information has been denied, you will be provided with an explanation of our denial reason(s)and information about how you can disagree with the denial.
· You have a right to receive an accounting of disclosures of your protected health information made by JavaChiro Wellness.
· You have a right to a paper copy of this Notice of Privacy Practices at any time upon request.
Changes to this Notice of Privacy Practices
JavaChiro Wellness reserves the right
to amend this Notice of Privacy Practices at any time in the future, and will make
the new provisions effective for all information that it maintains. Until such amendment
is made, JavaChiro Wellness is required by law to comply with this Notice.
JavaChiro Wellness is required by law to maintain the privacy of your health information and to provide you with notice of its legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your health information. If you have questions about any part of this notice or if you want more information about your privacy rights, please contact: Dr. Dave by calling this office at 408 541-1609 . If Dr. Dave is not available, you may make an appointment for a personal conference in person or by telephone within 2 working days.
