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RENAL CAREPARTNERS recognizes your right to confidentiality and is committed to protecting your privacy. The information you provide to RENAL CAREPARTNERS is subject to our Privacy Policy described in Pivacy Notice below. We encourage you to review it before using the Web Site.
The use of the Web Site is considered your consent to collect and use any information submitted to RENAL CAREPARTNERS as described below.

You may be assured that RENAL CAREPARTNERS will not share any private information that personally identifies you with any third party, unless RENAL CAREPARTNERS has your consent.
Any other communication or information you transmit to the Web Site by electronic mail or form submission will be treated as non-confidential and nonproprietary. You hereby grant RENAL CAREPARTNERS a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive license in any copyright material you transmit to RENAL CAREPARTNERS. Any such information may be used by RENAL CAREPARTNERS for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast, and posting. In addition, RENAL CAREPARTNERS is free to use any ideas or concepts derived from communication you send to the Web Site, for any purpose, including but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing without compensation to you.

PRIVACY NOTICE

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 AS IT PERTAINS TO ASPECTS OF HIPAA COMPLIANCE.

This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how your protected health information may be used and disclosed by RENAL CAREPARTNERS to carry out treatment, payment or healthcare operations and for other purposes that are permitted or required by law. It also describes your rights to access and control of your protected health information. “Protected Health Information” shall mean information created or received by a health care provider, health plan, employer or health care clearinghouse, that: (i) relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual, provision of health care to the individual, or the past, present or future payment for provision of health care to the individual; (ii) identifies the individual, or with respect to which there is a reasonable basis to believe the information can be used to identify the individual; and (iii) is transmitted or maintained in an electronic medium, or in any other form or medium.

1.Treatment, Payment And Healthcare Operations: Because RENAL CAREPARTNERS provides you with healthcare services, RENAL CAREPARTNERS is permitted to use and disclose your protected health information for treatment, payment and healthcare operations.

(a)HIPAA. Your Protected Health Information shall be at all times handled in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended (“HIPAA”), and its implementing regulations (the “HIPAA Regulations”), including without limitation 45 C.F.R. parts 160, 162 and 164, also known as the HIPAA Privacy Rule (45 C.F.R. parts 160 and 164, subparts A and E), the HIPAA Security Rule (45 C.F.R. parts 160 and 164, subparts A and C) and the Standards for Electronic Transactions (45 C.F.R. parts 160 and 162. In the event of any conflict between this Privacy Notice and HIPAA, the provisions of HIPAA shall prevail.

(b)Treatment: Your protected health information may be used by Renal CarePartners and released to other healthcare professionals to provide, coordinate or manage your healthcare and any related services. RENAL CAREPARTNERS may contact you to schedule or remind you of appointments or deliveries and provide you with information about healthcare treatment options or other health services that may be of interest to you.

(c)Payment: Your protected health information may be used by RENAL CAREPARTNERS and released to your health plan or health insurer so that RENAL CAREPARTNERS may receive payment for providing you with needed healthcare services.

(d)Healthcare Operations: Your protected health information may be used by RENAL CAREPARTNERS and released in order to support RENAL CAREPARTNERS's business activities, which include certain legal, administrative, financial and performance improvement activities. RENAL CAREPARTNERS may also share your protected health information to third party business associates if RENAL CAREPARTNERS has a written agreement, which requires them to maintain the privacy of your protected health information consistent with this disclosure and HIPAA.

2.Written Authorization Required: Unless the disclosure is otherwise permitted or required by law, as subsequently described, RENAL CAREPARTNERS will ask you for a written authorization or permission from your legal representative to use or disclose your protected health information. You have the right to revoke such authorization in writing, at any time, except when we have acted in reliance to a previous authorization. You should understand that RENAL CAREPARTNERS will not be able to take back any disclosures we have already made with your authorization.

3.Circumstances Requiring Agreement Or Objection: RENAL CAREPARTNERS may disclose your protected health information with your advance notification and verbal consent as described hereto. In the event you are not present or unable to agree or object to the release of your protected health information, RENAL CAREPARTNERS may use professional judgment in releasing your protected health information as deemed in the best interest of your health so long as such release is otherwise in compliance with HIPAA.

Your protected health information may be released to a member of your family, a relative, a close friend or any other person you identify and agree to provide such information. RENAL CAREPARTNERS may use or disclose protected health information to notify or assist in notifying a family member, personal representative or other person that is responsible for your care, condition or death. The information released would be directly related to that person’s involvement with your healthcare.

4.Circumstances Without Authorization Or Objection: Renal CarePartners may use or disclose your protected health information without your written permission or objection, where permitted or required by law as described below.

(a)Required By Law: Your protected health information may be used or released as required by HIPAA or other applicable law. The use or disclosure will be made in compliance with the law and will be limited to the relevant requirements of the law. You will be notified, as required by law, of any such situations.

(b)Public Health: Your protected health information may be released to a public health organization, which is permitted by law to collect information to control disease, injury infection or disability.

(c)Federal Organization: Your protected health information may be released to a Federal organization or company who is required to report to a Federal agency about adverse events, product defects, problems or biologic deviations.

(d)Communicable Disease: Your protected health information may be released, if authorized by law, to a person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or may otherwise be at risk of contracting or spreading the disease or condition.

(e)Abuse or Neglect: Your protected health information may be released to public or law enforcement officials in the event we believe that you are a victim of abuse, neglect or domestic violence. In this case, the disclosure will be made as required by Federal and State laws.

(f)Health Oversight: Your protected health information may be released to a health oversight agency for activities authorized by law. These activities may include audits, investigations and inspections. Oversight agencies seeking this information include government agencies that oversee the healthcare system, government benefit programs, other government regulatory programs and civil rights laws.

(g)Legal Proceedings: Your protected health information may be released in any judicial or administrative proceeding as may be authorized by a court order. It may also be in response to a subpoena or other lawful process.

(h)Law Enforcement: Your protected health information may be released, so long as applicable legal requirements are met, for law enforcement purposes. These law enforcement purposes include: (1) legal processes and otherwise required by law, (2) limited information requests for identification and location purposes, (3) victims of a crime, (4) suspicion that death is a result of criminal conduct, (5) a crime occurs on our premises and (6) medical emergency where it is likely that a crime has occurred.

(i)Criminal Activity: Consistent with applicable Federal and State laws, RENAL CAREPARTNERS may release your protected health information if Renal CarePartners believes the use or disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a person or the public. RENAL CAREPARTNERS may also release protected health information if it is necessary for law enforcement authorities to identify or apprehend an individual.

(j)Military Activity and National Security: When the appropriate conditions apply, RENAL CAREPARTNERS may release the protected health information of Armed Forces personnel: (1) for activities required by military command authorities; (2) for the Department of Veterans Affairs to determine your eligibility for benefits and (3) to foreign military authority if you are a member of that foreign military services. RENAL CAREPARTNERS may also disclose your protected health information to authorized Federal officials for conducting national security and intelligence activities, including the provision of protective services to the President or other persons legally authorized.

(k)Inmates: Your protected health information may be released if you are an inmate of a correctional facility when RENAL CAREPARTNERS created or received your protected health information during the course of providing you care.

(l)Workers’ Compensation: Your protected health information associated with a work related illness or injury may be released to your employer to comply with workers’ compensation laws and other similar programs if permitted by HIPAA.

5.Personal Rights: The following is a statement of your rights with respect to your protected health information and a brief description of how you may exercise these rights.

(a)Restriction on Use and Disclosure: You have the right to request a restriction or limitation on protected health information RENAL CAREPARTNERS uses or discloses about you for treatment, payment or healthcare operations, or that RENAL CAREPARTNERS discloses to someone who may be involved in your care or payment for your care. While RENAL CAREPARTNERS will consider your request, RENAL CAREPARTNERS is not required to agree to it. If Renal CarePartners does agree to it, RENAL CAREPARTNERS will comply with your request, unless your protected health information is needed to provide emergency treatment. To request a restriction, you must complete the appropriate form and tell RENAL CAREPARTNERS the specific restriction requested and to whom you want the restriction to apply. RENAL CAREPARTNERS will not agree to restrictions on protected health information uses and disclosures that are legally required or which are necessary to administer our services.

(b)Review of Medical Record: You have the right to inspect and copy your protected health information that RENAL CAREPARTNERS maintains about you. To inspect and copy your protected health information, you must submit your request in writing to RENAL CAREPARTNERS. To receive a copy of your protected health information, you may incur a charge for the cost of copying, mailing or other supplies associated with your request. Under Federal law, certain types of protected health information will not be made available for inspection or copying: psychotherapy notes, information compiled for a civil, criminal or administrative proceeding and protected health information that may be prohibited from access by law. In very limited circumstances, RENAL CAREPARTNERS may deny your request to inspect and obtain a copy of your protected health information. If this occurs, you may request that the denial be reviewed. The review will be conducted by an individual chosen by us who was not involved in the original decision to deny your request. RENAL CAREPARTNERS will comply with the outcome of that review.

(c)Confidential Communication: In order to avoid the risk of unwanted disclosures, you have the right to request that we communicate with you about your healthcare by alternative means or at an alternative location. Please make this request in writing to RENAL CAREPARTNERS. RENAL CAREPARTNERS will attempt to accommodate all reasonable requests.

(d)Medical Record Changes: You have the right to request changes to your medical record as long as RENAL CAREPARTNERS maintains this information. You must provide your request and the reason for your request to the Clinic Administrator in writing. In certain cases, RENAL CAREPARTNERS may deny your request for a change. If we deny your request for a change, you have the right to file a statement of disagreement. RENAL CAREPARTNERS may prepare a rebuttal to your statement, and we will provide you with a copy of any rebuttal.

(e)List of Disclosures: You have the right to request a list of the disclosures we have made of your protected health information and the purpose of the disclosures. This right EXCLUDES disclosures made: (1) for treatment, payment or healthcare operations, (2) you personally, (3) to family members or friends involved in your care, (4) for notification purposes, (5) for national security reasons or (6) law enforcement disclosures.

(f)Copy of Notice: You have the right to obtain a paper copy of this Notice from RENAL CAREPARTNERS upon request.

(g)Compliance With Notice: RENAL CAREPARTNERS agrees to the terms of this notice. RENAL CAREPARTNERS reserves the right to make changes to this notice at any time. RENAL CAREPARTNERS reserves the right to make these retroactively effective on protected health information RENAL CAREPARTNERS already has about you. Furthermore, revisions will apply to any protected health information RENAL CAREPARTNERS receives in the future. Upon written request, you will receive a revised copy of this notice.

6.Complaints Or Questions: You have the right to complain to RENAL CAREPARTNERS or the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services if you believe RENAL CAREPARTNERS has violated your right to privacy. All complaints will be investigated. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint with our company. Please direct your complaint or questions:

RENAL CAREPARTNERS Healthcare Privacy Review
4000 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 300N
Hollywood, FL  33021