| We are required by applicable federal
and state laws to maintain the privacy of your protected
health information. We are also required to give you
this notice about our privacy practices, our legal duties,
and your rights concerning your protected health information.
We must follow the privacy practices that are described
in this notice while it is in effect. This notice takes
effect April 14, 2003, and will remain in effect until
we replace it.
We reserve the right to change our privacy practices
and the terms of this notice at any time, provided that
such changes are permitted by applicable law. We reserve
the right to make the changes in our privacy practices
and the new terms of our notice effective for all protected
health information that we maintain, including medical
information we created or received before we made the
changes.
You can download our privacy policies here:
Patient Authorization to
Release Health Information
Notice of Privacy Practices
Quick Reference Regarding
Disclosures Requiring/Not Requiring Written Patient
Authorization
These files are in PDF format. You will need the Adobe
Acrobat Reader to view and print these forms. If you
do not have this program, you can download
it here for free.
HIPAA RESOURCES
Disclaimer
The existence of a link or organization reference in
any of the following materials should not be assumed
as an endorsement by the American Podiatric Medical
Association. The information provided here is for reference
use only and does not constitute the rendering of legal,
financial or other professional advice or recommendations.
Helpful General and Government Websites
Listed below are some valuable resources on the Internet
that provide general information about HIPAA:
American Podiatric Medical Association
http://www.apma.org
Accredited Standards Committee – X12N
http://www.x12.org
American Health Information Management Association
http://www.ahima.org
CMS HIPAA Site
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/hipaa2/default.asp
CMS’s Links to other Administrative Simplifications
Sites http://www.hcfa.gov/medicare/edi/hipaaedi.htm
HIPAAlert
http://www.hipaalert.com
Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Georgetown
University http://www.healthprivacy.org
Phoenix Health System
http://www.hipaadvisory.com
SNIP
http://snip.wedi.org
WEDI
http://www.wedi.org
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