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Summary of our Notice of Privacy Practices
Made to Move Physical Therapy, Inc. · Effective date: April 14, 2003
This notice describes how health information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
Please carefully review the full Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP). If you have any questions about this notice, please contact Michele McCarthy, MSPT, Privacy Officer, or our office manager at (310) 535-0008.
Who will follow this notice
This notice describes the practices of Made to Move Physical Therapy, Inc. and of:
- Any health care professional authorized to enter information into your patient chart
- Any member of a volunteer group we allow to help you
- All employees, staff and other personnel
All these entities, sites and locations follow the terms of this notice. In addition, they may share health information with each other for treatment, payment or health care operations purposes described in this notice.
Our pledge regarding health information
We understand that health information about you and your health care is personal. We are committed to protecting health information about you. We create a record of the care and services you receive from us. We need this record to provide you with quality care and to comply with certain legal requirements. This notice applies to all of the records of your care generated by this health care practice, whether made by your therapist or others working in this office. It tells you about the ways in which we may use and disclose health information about you, describes your rights to the health information we keep about you, and describes certain obligations we have regarding its use and disclosure.
We are required by law to:
- make sure that health information that identifies you is kept private;
- give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to health information about you; and
- follow the terms of the notice that is currently in effect.
How we may use and disclose health information about you
By coming for care, you give us the right to use your information for treatment, to get reimbursed for your care, and to operate our organization. There are also other ways in which we may use or disclose your information:
- Appointment reminders
- To allow oversight of the quality of the healthcare we provide
- To allow workers' compensation claims
- As required by subpoena in lawsuits and disputes
- Various uses as required by law or to avert a serious threat to health or safety
The full details for all these uses are contained in the full NPP.
Your rights regarding health information about you
- Right to inspect and copy
- Right to amend
- Right to an accounting of disclosures
- Right to request restrictions
- Right to request confidential communications
- Right to a paper copy of this notice
Information on how to exercise these rights is in the NPP, or you can get it from Michele McCarthy, MSPT, Privacy Officer, or our office manager at (310) 535-0008.
Changes to this notice
We reserve the right to change this notice, and to make the revised notice effective for health information we already have about you as well as any information we receive in the future. We will post a copy of the current notice in our facility, with its effective date in the top right-hand corner of the first page. Each time you register for treatment or health care services, we will offer you a copy of the current notice.
Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. To file a complaint with us, contact Michele McCarthy, MSPT, Privacy Officer, or our office manager. All complaints must be submitted in writing. You will not be penalized or retaliated against for filing a complaint.
Other uses of health information
Other uses and disclosures of health information not covered by this notice or the laws that apply to us will be made only with your written permission. If you give us permission to use or disclose health information about you, you may revoke that permission, in writing, at any time. If you revoke your permission, we will no longer use or disclose health information about you for the reasons covered by your written authorization. We are unable to take back any disclosures already made with your permission, and we are required to retain our records of the care that we provided to you.
Contact
615 N. Nash Street, Suite 306, El Segundo, CA 90245 · (310) 535-0008