Privacy Notice
EYES PLUS, INC.
590 FARRINGTON HWY. #220
KAPOLEI, HI. 96707
PH 808-6740744
FAX 808-333-3744
CONTACT PERSON: DR. HENRY MAKINI
________________
when a state or federal low mandates that certain health information be reported for a specific purpose
-for public health purposes, such as contagious disease reporting, investigation or surveillance and notices to and from the federal Food and Drug Administration regarding drugs or medical devices.
-disclosures to governmental authorities about victims of suspected abuse, neglect or domestic violence
-uses and disclosures for health oversight activites, such as for the licensing for doctors for audits by Medicare or Medicaid: or for investigation of possible violations of health care laws
-disclosures for judicial and administrative proceedings such as in response to subpoenas or orders of courts or administrative agencies
-disclosures for law enforcement purposes, such as to provide information about someone who is or is suspected to be a victim of a crime to provide information about a crime at our office or to report a crime that happened somewhere else
-disclosure to a medical examiner to identify a dead person or to determine the cause of death or to funeral directors to aid in burial or to organizations that handle organ or tissue donations
-uses or disclosures for health related research
-uses and disclosures to prevent a serious threat to health or safety
-uses or disclosures for specialized government functions, such as for the protection of the president or high ranking government officials for lawful national intelligence activities for military purposes or for the evaluation and health of members of the foreign service
-disclosures of de-identified information
-disclosures relating to worker's compensation programs
-disclosures of a "limited data set" for research, public health, or health care operations
-incidental disclosures that are an unavoidable by-product of permitted uses or disclosures
-disclosures to "business associates" who perform health care operations for us and who commit to respect the privacy of your health information
-[specify other uses and disclosures affected by state law].
Unless you object, we will also share relevent information about your care with your family ar friends who are helping you with your eye care.
APPOINTMENT REMINDERS
OTHER USES AND DISCLOSURES
We will not make any other uses or disclosures of your health information unless you sign a written "authorization form." The content of an "authorization form" is determined by federal law. Sometimes, we may initiate the authorization process if the use or disclosure is our idea. Sometimes, you may initiate the process if it's your idea for us to send your information to someone else. Typically, in this situation you will give us a properly authorization form, or you can use one of ours.
If we initiate the process and ask you to sign an authorization form, you do not have to sign it. If you do not sign the authorization, we cannot make the use or disclosure. If you do sign one, you may revoke it at any time unless we have already acted in reliance upon it. Revocations must be writing. Send them to the office contact person named at the beginning fo this Notice.
YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION
The law give you many rights regarding your health information. You can:
-ask us to restrict our uses and disclosures for purposes fo treatment (except imergency treatment), payment or health care operations. We do not have to agree to do this, but if we agree, we must honor the restrictions that you want. To ask for a restriction, send a written request to the office contact at the address, fax or Email shown at the beginning of this Notice.
-ask us to communicate with you in a confidential way, such as by phoning you at work rather than at home , by mailing health information to a different address, or by using E mail to your personal E mail address. We will accommodate these requests if they are reasonable, and if you pay us for any extra cost. If you want to ask for confidential communications, send a written request to the office contact person at the address, fax or Email shown at the beginning of this Notice.
-ask to see or get photocopies of your health information. By law, there are a few limited situations in which we can refuse to permit access or copying. For the most part, however, you will be able to review or have a copy of your health information within 30 days of asking us (or sixty days if the information is stored off-site). You may have to pay for photocopies in advance. If we deny your request, we will send you a written explanation, and instructions about how to get an impartial review of our denial if one is legally available. By law, we can have one 30 day extension of the time for us to give you access or photocopies if we send you a written notice of the extension. If you want to review or get photocopies of your health information, send a written request to the office contact person at the address, fax or E mail shown at the beginning of this Notice.
-ask us to amend our health information if you think that it is incorrect or incomplete. If we agree, we will amend the information within 60 days from when you ask us. We will send the corrected information to persons who we know got the wrong information, and otheres that you specify. If we do not agree, you can write a statement of your position, and we will include it with your health information along with any rebuttal statement that we may write. Once your statement of position and/or our rebuttal is included in your health information, we will sent it along whenever we make a permitted disclosure of your health information. By law, we can have one 30 day extension of time to consider a request for amendment if we notify you in writing of the extension. If you wnat to ask us to amend your health information, send a written request, including your reasons for the amendment, to the office contact person at the address, fax or E mail shown at the beginning of this Notice.
-get a list of the disclosures that we have made of your health information within the past six years (or a shorter period if ou want). By law, the list will not include: disclosures for purposes of treatment, payment or health care operations disclosures with your authorization incidental disclosures disclosures required by law and some other limited disclosures. You are entitled to one such list per year without charge. If you want more frequent lists, you will have to pay for them in advance. We will usually respond to your request within 60 days of receiving it, but by law we can have one 30 day extension of time if we notify you of the extension in writing. If you want a list, send a written request to the office contact person at the address, fax or E mail shown at the beginning of this Notice.
-get additional paper copies of this Notice of Privacy Practices upon request. It does not matter whether you got one electronically or in paper form already. If you want additional paper copies, sent a written request to the office person at the address, fax or E mail shown at the beginning of this Notice.
OUR NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
By law, we must abide by the terms of this Notice of Privacy Practices until we choose to change it. We reserve the right to change this notice at any time as allowed by law. If we change this Notice, the new privacy practices will apply to your health information that we already have as well as to such information that we may generate in the future. If we change our Notice of Privacy Practices, we will post the new notice in our office, have copies available in our office, and post it on our Web site.
COMPLAINTS
If you think that we have not properly respected the privacy of your health information, you are free to complain to us or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. We will not retaliate against you if you make a complaint. If you want to complain to us, send a written complaint to the office contact person at the address, fax or E mail shown at the beginning of this Notice. If you prefer, you can discuss our complaint in person or by phone.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
If you want more information about our privacy practices, call or visit the office contact person at the address or phone number shown at the beginning of this Notice.
NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
590 FARRINGTON HWY. #220
KAPOLEI, HI. 96707
PH 808-6740744
FAX 808-333-3744
CONTACT PERSON: DR. HENRY MAKINI
________________
when a state or federal low mandates that certain health information be reported for a specific purpose
-for public health purposes, such as contagious disease reporting, investigation or surveillance and notices to and from the federal Food and Drug Administration regarding drugs or medical devices.
-disclosures to governmental authorities about victims of suspected abuse, neglect or domestic violence
-uses and disclosures for health oversight activites, such as for the licensing for doctors for audits by Medicare or Medicaid: or for investigation of possible violations of health care laws
-disclosures for judicial and administrative proceedings such as in response to subpoenas or orders of courts or administrative agencies
-disclosures for law enforcement purposes, such as to provide information about someone who is or is suspected to be a victim of a crime to provide information about a crime at our office or to report a crime that happened somewhere else
-disclosure to a medical examiner to identify a dead person or to determine the cause of death or to funeral directors to aid in burial or to organizations that handle organ or tissue donations
-uses or disclosures for health related research
-uses and disclosures to prevent a serious threat to health or safety
-uses or disclosures for specialized government functions, such as for the protection of the president or high ranking government officials for lawful national intelligence activities for military purposes or for the evaluation and health of members of the foreign service
-disclosures of de-identified information
-disclosures relating to worker's compensation programs
-disclosures of a "limited data set" for research, public health, or health care operations
-incidental disclosures that are an unavoidable by-product of permitted uses or disclosures
-disclosures to "business associates" who perform health care operations for us and who commit to respect the privacy of your health information
-[specify other uses and disclosures affected by state law].
Unless you object, we will also share relevent information about your care with your family ar friends who are helping you with your eye care.
APPOINTMENT REMINDERS
OTHER USES AND DISCLOSURES
We will not make any other uses or disclosures of your health information unless you sign a written "authorization form." The content of an "authorization form" is determined by federal law. Sometimes, we may initiate the authorization process if the use or disclosure is our idea. Sometimes, you may initiate the process if it's your idea for us to send your information to someone else. Typically, in this situation you will give us a properly authorization form, or you can use one of ours.
If we initiate the process and ask you to sign an authorization form, you do not have to sign it. If you do not sign the authorization, we cannot make the use or disclosure. If you do sign one, you may revoke it at any time unless we have already acted in reliance upon it. Revocations must be writing. Send them to the office contact person named at the beginning fo this Notice.
YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION
The law give you many rights regarding your health information. You can:
-ask us to restrict our uses and disclosures for purposes fo treatment (except imergency treatment), payment or health care operations. We do not have to agree to do this, but if we agree, we must honor the restrictions that you want. To ask for a restriction, send a written request to the office contact at the address, fax or Email shown at the beginning of this Notice.
-ask us to communicate with you in a confidential way, such as by phoning you at work rather than at home , by mailing health information to a different address, or by using E mail to your personal E mail address. We will accommodate these requests if they are reasonable, and if you pay us for any extra cost. If you want to ask for confidential communications, send a written request to the office contact person at the address, fax or Email shown at the beginning of this Notice.
-ask to see or get photocopies of your health information. By law, there are a few limited situations in which we can refuse to permit access or copying. For the most part, however, you will be able to review or have a copy of your health information within 30 days of asking us (or sixty days if the information is stored off-site). You may have to pay for photocopies in advance. If we deny your request, we will send you a written explanation, and instructions about how to get an impartial review of our denial if one is legally available. By law, we can have one 30 day extension of the time for us to give you access or photocopies if we send you a written notice of the extension. If you want to review or get photocopies of your health information, send a written request to the office contact person at the address, fax or E mail shown at the beginning of this Notice.
-ask us to amend our health information if you think that it is incorrect or incomplete. If we agree, we will amend the information within 60 days from when you ask us. We will send the corrected information to persons who we know got the wrong information, and otheres that you specify. If we do not agree, you can write a statement of your position, and we will include it with your health information along with any rebuttal statement that we may write. Once your statement of position and/or our rebuttal is included in your health information, we will sent it along whenever we make a permitted disclosure of your health information. By law, we can have one 30 day extension of time to consider a request for amendment if we notify you in writing of the extension. If you wnat to ask us to amend your health information, send a written request, including your reasons for the amendment, to the office contact person at the address, fax or E mail shown at the beginning of this Notice.
-get a list of the disclosures that we have made of your health information within the past six years (or a shorter period if ou want). By law, the list will not include: disclosures for purposes of treatment, payment or health care operations disclosures with your authorization incidental disclosures disclosures required by law and some other limited disclosures. You are entitled to one such list per year without charge. If you want more frequent lists, you will have to pay for them in advance. We will usually respond to your request within 60 days of receiving it, but by law we can have one 30 day extension of time if we notify you of the extension in writing. If you want a list, send a written request to the office contact person at the address, fax or E mail shown at the beginning of this Notice.
-get additional paper copies of this Notice of Privacy Practices upon request. It does not matter whether you got one electronically or in paper form already. If you want additional paper copies, sent a written request to the office person at the address, fax or E mail shown at the beginning of this Notice.
OUR NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
By law, we must abide by the terms of this Notice of Privacy Practices until we choose to change it. We reserve the right to change this notice at any time as allowed by law. If we change this Notice, the new privacy practices will apply to your health information that we already have as well as to such information that we may generate in the future. If we change our Notice of Privacy Practices, we will post the new notice in our office, have copies available in our office, and post it on our Web site.
COMPLAINTS
If you think that we have not properly respected the privacy of your health information, you are free to complain to us or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. We will not retaliate against you if you make a complaint. If you want to complain to us, send a written complaint to the office contact person at the address, fax or E mail shown at the beginning of this Notice. If you prefer, you can discuss our complaint in person or by phone.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
If you want more information about our privacy practices, call or visit the office contact person at the address or phone number shown at the beginning of this Notice.
NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
This Notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review carefully.
________________
We respect our legal obligation tokeep health information that identifies you private. We are obligated by law to give you notice of our privacy practices. This Notice describes how we protect your health information and what rights you have regarding it.
TREATMENT, PAYMENT AND HEALTH CARE OPERATIONS
The most common reason why we use or disclose your health information is for treatment purposes are: setting up an appointment for you testing or examining your eyes, prescribing glasses, contact lenses, or eye medications and faxing them to be filled showing you low vision aids referring you to another doctor or clinic for eye care or low vision aids or services or getting copies of your health information from another professional that you may have seen before us. Examples of how we use or disclose you health information for payment purposes are: asking you about your health or vision care plans, or other sources of payment preparing and sending bills or claims and collecting unpaid amounts (either ourselves or through a collection agency or attorney). "Health care operations" mean those administrative and managerial functions that we have to do in order to run our office. Examples of how we use or disclose your health information for health care operations are: financial or billing audits internal quality assurance personnel decisions participation in managed care plans defense of legal matters business planning and outside storage of our records. We routinely use you health information inside our office for these purposes without any special permission.
USES AND DISCLOSURES FOR OTHER REASONS WITHOUT PERMISSION
In some limited situations, the law allows or requires us to use or disclose you health information without your permission. Not all of these situations will apply to us some may never come up at our office at all. Such uses or disclosures are:
________________
We respect our legal obligation tokeep health information that identifies you private. We are obligated by law to give you notice of our privacy practices. This Notice describes how we protect your health information and what rights you have regarding it.
TREATMENT, PAYMENT AND HEALTH CARE OPERATIONS
The most common reason why we use or disclose your health information is for treatment purposes are: setting up an appointment for you testing or examining your eyes, prescribing glasses, contact lenses, or eye medications and faxing them to be filled showing you low vision aids referring you to another doctor or clinic for eye care or low vision aids or services or getting copies of your health information from another professional that you may have seen before us. Examples of how we use or disclose you health information for payment purposes are: asking you about your health or vision care plans, or other sources of payment preparing and sending bills or claims and collecting unpaid amounts (either ourselves or through a collection agency or attorney). "Health care operations" mean those administrative and managerial functions that we have to do in order to run our office. Examples of how we use or disclose your health information for health care operations are: financial or billing audits internal quality assurance personnel decisions participation in managed care plans defense of legal matters business planning and outside storage of our records. We routinely use you health information inside our office for these purposes without any special permission.
USES AND DISCLOSURES FOR OTHER REASONS WITHOUT PERMISSION
In some limited situations, the law allows or requires us to use or disclose you health information without your permission. Not all of these situations will apply to us some may never come up at our office at all. Such uses or disclosures are:
