HIPAA Notice
This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information.
Notice Overview
Chiro 1st, 10655 NE 4th St Suite 101, Bellevue WA 98004. Raymon Kooner D.C. Effective Date: 8-8-13.
We understand the importance of privacy and are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of your medical information. We make a record of the medical care we provide and may receive such records from others.
We use these records to provide or enable other health care providers to provide quality medical care, to obtain payment for services provided to you as allowed by your health plan, and to enable us to meet our professional and legal obligations to operate this medical practice properly.
How This Medical Practice May Use or Disclose Your Health Information
The law permits us to use or disclose your health information for a range of treatment, payment, operational, and legal purposes.
- Treatment coordination and clinical documentation
- Insurance billing and payment processing
- Practice operations permitted by law
- Appointment reminders and sign-in procedures
- Communication with family or personal representatives involved in your care
- Public health, health oversight, judicial, law enforcement, workers’ compensation, and other disclosures required or permitted by law
- Breach notification if unsecured protected health information is compromised
When This Medical Practice May Not Use or Disclose Your Health Information
Except as described in this Notice of Privacy Practices, this medical practice will, consistent with its legal obligations, not use or disclose health information that identifies you without your written authorization.
Your Health Information Rights
Patients have several rights related to protected health information and how it is handled.
- Request special privacy protections or restrictions on certain uses and disclosures
- Request confidential communications in a specific way or location
- Inspect and copy your health information, with limited exceptions
- Request an amendment or supplement to information you believe is incorrect or incomplete
- Request an accounting of disclosures made by this medical practice
- Receive a paper or electronic copy of this notice
Changes and Complaints
We reserve the right to amend this Notice of Privacy Practices at any time in the future.
Complaints about this Notice of Privacy Practices or how this medical practice handles your health information should be directed to our Privacy Officer listed at the top of this notice. If you are not satisfied with the manner in which this office handles a complaint, you may submit a formal complaint to [email protected].
