NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
Effective Date: August 2024
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.
WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROTECT MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU.
BSIM Healthcare Group is required by law to protect the privacy of medical information that identifies you. We are also required to provide you with this Notice about our privacy practices, our legal duties, and your rights concerning your health information. We must follow the privacy practices described in this Notice while it is in effect. We reserve the right to change our privacy practices and the terms of this Notice at any time, provided such changes are permitted by applicable law. We reserve the right to make changes in our privacy practices and the new terms of our Notice effective for all health information we maintain, including health information we created or received before we made the changes. Before we make a significant change in our privacy practices, we will change this Notice and make the new Notice available upon request.
HOW WE MAY USE AND DISCLOSE MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
We use and disclose health information about you for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations.
Treatment: We may use or disclose your health information to a physician or other healthcare provider providing treatment to you.
Payment: We may use or disclose your health information to obtain payment for services we provide to you.
Healthcare Operations: We may use and disclose your health information in connection with our healthcare operations. Healthcare operations include quality assessment and improvement activities, reviewing the competence or qualifications of healthcare professionals, evaluating practitioner and provider performance, conducting training programs, accreditation, certification, licensing, or credentialing activities.
Your Authorization: Unless you give us written authorization, we cannot use or disclose your health information for any reason except those described in this Notice. In addition to our use of your health information for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations, you may give us written authorization to use your health information for other purposes.
Contact Information:
BSIM Healthcare Group
