Privacy Notice
Scott R. Nygard, O.D.
7325 Greenback lane
Citrus Heights, Ca. 95621
916-723-2424
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. This notice is effective September 13, 2013 until further notice.
Right to Notice: As a patient, you have the right to adequate notice of the uses and disclosures of your protected health information. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility act (HIPPA), our office can use or disclose your protected health information for treatment (to a physician or other health care provider providing treatment to you), payment (to obtain payment for services we provide to you), and healthcare operations (quality assessment and improvement activities, reviewing the competency or qualifications of healthcare professionals, evaluating provider performance, conducting training programs, accreditation, certification, licensing or credentialing activities) Your information will never be sold.
Your Authorization: Most other uses and disclosures will require your written authorization. Upon signing, you may revoke your authorization (in writing) through our practice at any time.
Emergency Situations: In the event of your incapacity or emergency situation, we will disclose health information to a family member, or another person responsible for your care, using our professional judgment. We will only disclose health information that is directly relevant to the person's involvement in you healthcare.
Marketing/Fundraising : We will not use your health information for either of these without your written authorization.
Required by Law: We may use or disclose your health information when required to do so by the law.
Abuse or Neglect: We may disclose your health information to appropriate authorities if we reasonably believe that you are a possible victim of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence or victim of other crimes. We may disclose your health information to the extent necessary to avert a serious threat to you or other people health or safety.
National Security: We may disclose the health information of Armed forces personnel to military authorities under certain circumstances. We may disclose health information to authorized federal officials required for lawful intelligence, counterintelligence and other nation security activities. We may disclose health information of inmates or patients to the appropriate authorities under cert circumstances.
Appointment Reminders: We may use or disclose your health information to provide you with appointment reminders via phone, e-mail or letter.
Your Rights and a Patient: You have the right to restrict the disclosure of your protected health information (in writing).
The Request for restriction may be denied if the information is requited for treatment, payment, or health care operations.
You have the right to receive confidential communication's regarding your protected health information, to inspect and copy your protected health information to amen your protected health information, to receive an account of disclosures of your protected health information, and to a paper copy of this notice of privacy practices. You have a right and will receive notification of a breach to your unsecured protected health information.
Legal Requirements: Our office is required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information. We are required to abide by the terms of this notice as it is currently stated, and reserve the right to change this notice. The policies in any new notice will not be in effect until they are posted or available.
Complaints: If you have complaints regarding the way your protected health information was handled, you may submit a complaint in writing to our office. You will not re retaliated against in any manner for a complaint.
Contact Information: For further information about Dr. Scott Nygard's privacy policies, please contact Dr. Scott Nygard or Tawnya Miller at 7325 Greenback lane, Citrus Heights, Ca 95621, or at 916-723-2424
7325 Greenback lane
Citrus Heights, Ca. 95621
916-723-2424
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. This notice is effective September 13, 2013 until further notice.
Right to Notice: As a patient, you have the right to adequate notice of the uses and disclosures of your protected health information. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility act (HIPPA), our office can use or disclose your protected health information for treatment (to a physician or other health care provider providing treatment to you), payment (to obtain payment for services we provide to you), and healthcare operations (quality assessment and improvement activities, reviewing the competency or qualifications of healthcare professionals, evaluating provider performance, conducting training programs, accreditation, certification, licensing or credentialing activities) Your information will never be sold.
Your Authorization: Most other uses and disclosures will require your written authorization. Upon signing, you may revoke your authorization (in writing) through our practice at any time.
Emergency Situations: In the event of your incapacity or emergency situation, we will disclose health information to a family member, or another person responsible for your care, using our professional judgment. We will only disclose health information that is directly relevant to the person's involvement in you healthcare.
Marketing/Fundraising : We will not use your health information for either of these without your written authorization.
Required by Law: We may use or disclose your health information when required to do so by the law.
Abuse or Neglect: We may disclose your health information to appropriate authorities if we reasonably believe that you are a possible victim of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence or victim of other crimes. We may disclose your health information to the extent necessary to avert a serious threat to you or other people health or safety.
National Security: We may disclose the health information of Armed forces personnel to military authorities under certain circumstances. We may disclose health information to authorized federal officials required for lawful intelligence, counterintelligence and other nation security activities. We may disclose health information of inmates or patients to the appropriate authorities under cert circumstances.
Appointment Reminders: We may use or disclose your health information to provide you with appointment reminders via phone, e-mail or letter.
Your Rights and a Patient: You have the right to restrict the disclosure of your protected health information (in writing).
The Request for restriction may be denied if the information is requited for treatment, payment, or health care operations.
You have the right to receive confidential communication's regarding your protected health information, to inspect and copy your protected health information to amen your protected health information, to receive an account of disclosures of your protected health information, and to a paper copy of this notice of privacy practices. You have a right and will receive notification of a breach to your unsecured protected health information.
Legal Requirements: Our office is required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information. We are required to abide by the terms of this notice as it is currently stated, and reserve the right to change this notice. The policies in any new notice will not be in effect until they are posted or available.
Complaints: If you have complaints regarding the way your protected health information was handled, you may submit a complaint in writing to our office. You will not re retaliated against in any manner for a complaint.
Contact Information: For further information about Dr. Scott Nygard's privacy policies, please contact Dr. Scott Nygard or Tawnya Miller at 7325 Greenback lane, Citrus Heights, Ca 95621, or at 916-723-2424
