Minimale
Skin
131
Thompson St
Effective
June 1, 2022
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.
This notice describes the practices of Minimale Skin and the
practices that will be followed by all Minimale Skin workforce members who
handle your medical information.
OUR PLEDGE REGARDING YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION
Minimale Skin
understands that medical information about you and your health is
personal. We are committed to protecting medical information about you. We
maintain our records and conduct our treatment environment with a goal of
providing a robust level of protection for your medical information, while
still providing you with a high level of medical care. This notice applies to
all of the records of your medical care which are received or created by Minimale
Skin.
Your other medical treatment providers (e.g. doctors,
nurses, hospitals, home health agencies, etc.) may have different policies or
notices regarding the use and disclosure of your medical information.
This notice will tell you about the ways in which Minimale
Skin may use and disclose medical information about you. Your medical
information, also referred to as “protected health information” is that
information about you, including demographic information, that may identify you
and that relates to your past, present or future physical or mental health
information and related health care services.
In this notice, we also describe your rights and certain
obligations Minimale Skin has regarding the use and disclosure of your
protected health information. We are required to:
1. Make sure that medical and other
information that identifies you (protected health information) is kept private.
2. Give this notice of our legal duties and
privacy practices with respect to protected health information about you.
3. Follow the terms of the notice that is
currently in effect.
4. To request
your records, please send Minimale Skin a written request for your medical records.
USES AND DISCLOSURES FOR TREATMENT, PAYMENT AND HEALTH CARE
OPERATIONS
By becoming a patient at Minimale Skin, you are giving
consent for Minimale Skin to use your
protected health information for certain activities, including treatment,
payment and other health care operations.
We may use and disclose protected health information about
you so that Minimale Skin and its medical professionals can treat you. For
example, we may use your past medical information in order to diagnose your
present condition or we may provide information regarding your medical
condition to another doctor to whom we refer you for additional care. We may
also use and disclose protected health information about you so that we may be
paid for the medical treatment we provide you.
We may also use and disclose protected health information
about you for Minimale Skin health care operations, in other words, those other
tasks that we need to perform to make sure that you are provided a high quality
of medical care. For example, we may use your protected health information to
evaluate how we can better meet your needs.
We may also share your protected health information with third parties
in connection with services that we provide or if required by law or upon
regulatory request.
Other uses and disclosures of your protected health
information
The following uses of your protected health information may
be made without any additional authorization from you. (Not every use or
disclosure is listed, but be assured that all uses and disclosures made by Minimale
Skin are only those which are permitted under the law).
Uses and disclosures for appointment reminders. Furthermore,
any pictures, stories, letters, biographies,
correspondence, or thank you notes sent to us become the exclusive property of Minimale
Skin. We reserve the right to use non-identifying
information about our clients (those who receive services or goods from or
through us)