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NEUROLOGICAL ASSOCIATES OF NEVADA
NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES FOR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION
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.
Neurological Associates of Nevada (“NAN”) is required by a federal regulation, known as the HIPAA Privacy Rule, to maintain the privacy of your health information and to provide you with notice of its legal duties and privacy practices. This office will not use or disclose your health information except as described in this Notice.
NAN is permitted by federal privacy laws to make uses and disclosures of your health information for purposes of treatment, payment, and health care operations. Protected health information is the information we create and obtain in providing our services to you. The health information about you is documented in a medical record and on a computer. Such information may include documenting your symptoms, medical history, examination and test results, diagnoses, treatment, and applying for future care or treatment. It also includes billing documents for those services. This notice covers all of our locations and subsidiaries. |
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Uses of your health information are:
- Treatment information: During the course of your treatment, the physician determines he/she will need to consult with another specialist in the area. He/she will share the information with such specialist and obtain his/her input.
- Payment purposes: The health insurance company (or other business associate helping us obtain payment) requests health information from us regarding medical care given.
- Health care operations: We obtain services from our insurers or other business associates such as protocol and clinical guidelines development, credentialing and medical transcription. We will share health information about you with our insurers or other business associates as necessary to obtain these services. We require our insurers and other business associates to protect the confidentiality of your health information.
For a complete copy of the HIPAA privacy act,
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