Privacy Policies

CPAP Station HIPAA Policies

Electronic Privacy Policies

CPAP Station HIPAA POLICIES

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 IT CAREFULLY.

The Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) is a federal program that requires that all medical records and other individually identifiable health information used or disclosed by us in any form, whether electronically, on paper or orally, are kept properly confidential. This Act gives you, the patient, significant new rights to understand and control how your health information is used. “HIPAA” provides penalties for covered entities that misuse personal health information.

Uses and Disclosures

Treatment
Your health information may be used by staff members or disclosed to other health care professionals for the purpose of evaluating your health, diagnosing medical conditions, and providing treatment. For example, results of tests and procedures will be available in your medical record to all health professionals who may provide treatment or who may be consulted by staff members.

Payment
Your health information may be used to seek payment from your health plan, from other sources of coverage such as an automobile insurer, or from credit card companies that you may use to pay for services. For example, your health plan may request and receive information on dates of service, the services provided, and the medical condition being treated.

Health care operations
Your health information may be used, as necessary, to support the day-to-day activities and management of California Home Medical Equipment & Affiliates. For example, information on the services you received that may be used to support budgeting and financial reporting, and activities to evaluate and promote quality.

Business Associates
Your health information may be disclosed to our business associates, such as subcontractors, so they can perform the jobs we have asked them to do. To protect your health information, we require the business associate to appropriately safeguard your health information.

Law enforcement
Your health information may be disclosed to law enforcement agencies to support government audits and inspections, to facilitate law-enforcement investigations, and to comply with government-mandated reporting.

Worker’s Compensation
Your health information may be disclosed to comply with worker’s compensation laws and other similar programs that provide benefits for work-related injuries or illnesses.

Other uses and disclosures require your authorization. Disclosure of your health information or its use for any purpose other than those listed above requires your specific written authorization. If you change your mind after authorizing a use or disclosure of your information, you may submit a written revocation of the authorization. However, your decision to revoke the authorization will not affect or undo any use or disclosure of information that occurred before you notified us of your decision to revoke your authorization.

Individual Rights

You have certain rights under the federal privacy standards. These include:

• The right to request restrictions on the use and disclosure of your protected health information
• The right to receive confidential communications concerning your medical condition and treatment
• The right to inspect and copy your protected health information
• The right to amend or submit corrections to your protected health information
• The right to receive an accounting of how and to whom your protected health information has been disclosed
• The right to receive a printed copy of this notice

California Home Medical Equipment & Affiliates Duties

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information and to provide you with this notice of privacy practices.

We also are required to abide by the privacy policies and practices that are outlined in this notice.

Right to Revise Privacy Practices

As permitted by law, we reserve the right to amend or modify our privacy policies and practices. These changes in our policies and practices may be required by changes in federal and state laws and regulations. Upon request, we will provide you with the most recently revised notice on any office visit. The revised policies and practices will be applied to all protected health information we maintain.

Requests to Inspect Protected Health Information

You may generally inspect or copy the protected health information that we maintain. As permitted by federal regulation, we require that requests to inspect or copy protected health information be submitted in writing. You may obtain a form to request access to your records by contacting Customer Service or the Privacy Officer. Your request will be reviewed and will generally be approved unless there are legal or medical reasons to deny the request.

Electronic Privacy Policies

Information Provided by you

We store all information you enter on our web site, via email and via phone, except for credit card numbers. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you will not be able to take advantage of many of our services. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as sending our newsletter, site notices, promotions and order information.

We do not share your personal information

The information provided by you is for our use only. We do not make this information available to third parties or share the information outside of this company.

Information security

We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.

Credit Card information is discarded once it has been processed at our office. We only keep the last 4 digits of your card number in our transaction records. Credit Cards are not transmitted to bank via the Internet.

It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to close all browser windows when finished using a shared computer.

Your Options

You can always choose not to provide information, even though it might be needed to make a purchase or to take advantage of insurance qualifications.

If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please login to your account and unsubscribe from the services you do not wish to receive. You are in control.

Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions

If you choose to visit our web site, you do so at your own will. If you have any concern about privacy, send us a thorough description. Check our Web site frequently to see recent changes.