Privacy and Sharing of Information: This office is committed to providing patients with quality health care services delivered with dignity and concern. Fulfilling this commitment requires the efforts of the doctors, therapists, staff and patient working together as a team to obtain the maximum results. Patient satisfaction is a vital interest to Uprise Chiropractic, PLLC.
This Facility is required by law to abide by the terms of this Health Care Privacy Notice as well as other applicable federal and state laws governing privacy practices in health care. Our Facility may change and/or modify the terms of this notice at any time without additional notice to you except to publicly post in our Facility and/or make any updated notices available to patients. Photocopy of this notice is available to you upon request. The term Facility refers to this office or clinic. The term Provider refers to doctors and/or licensed professionals of this Facility.
Our Facility and Staff are committed to maintaining the privacy of your Protected Health Information (PHI). PHI is information about you, including demographic information that may identify you and that may be related to your present, future and past physical or mental health or condition and the care and treatment you receive at our Facility. This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can obtain access to this information. Please read this notice and direct questions, misunderstandings or concerns to the Compliance Officer of this Facility.
Our Facility may use and disclose your PHI for health care delivery purposes. Your PHI may be used and/or disclosed, without your written authorization, by the doctors and staff of this Facility for the purposes of your care and treatment, paying your health care bills, and to support the operations of this practice. Your doctor and the staff will take all reasonable measures to maintain the confidentiality of you PHI.
The Privacy Rule allows you the right to review and receive copies of your health care records as it relates to your health care. The request must be in writing, allowing your provider 30 days to respond. Your provider may deny your request if it will cause harm to you or to another person. Your provider may charge a copy fee, which will be in compliance with state law. Your provider will comply with any reasonable request to have confidential communication by alternative means or at an alternative location if not doing so endangers you.
You may request to have an amendment placed in your record if you disagree with anything in your record. This does not mean that anything will be removed or changed and the provider has the right to respond with a rebuttal statement if he/she feels it is necessary. You may revoke authorization, in writing, at any time, except in the event that the provider has acted as indicated in the doctor’s Authorization Notice.
You have the right to file a written complaint with our Compliance Officer if you believe that any of your privacy rights have been violated. You can obtain a complaint form from the Compliance Officer and/or the Office of Civil Right. All complaints must be filed within 180 days of when you knew or should have known that a violation occurred. The Privacy Law prohibits our Facility from taking any retaliatory actions against anyone who files a complaint. A more detailed, updated and comprehensive Health Care Privacy Notice is available for your review in this facility.
This office transmits protected health information electronically.
Patient Notice
- Request for your Records
- Talk to Dr. Meghan
- Requesting your records
- Rule §76.2
- (a) A patient may request patient records be disclosed to another person or to the patient.
- (b) A patient shall make the request for disclosure of patient records in writing.
- (c) In a written request for disclosure of patient records, a patient shall include:
- (1) the specific information or records to be disclosed; and
- (2) the person to whom the records are to be disclosed.
- (d) A patient or other person legally authorized to act on the patient’s behalf shall sign the written request for disclosure of patient records.
- (g) A licensee or other person may honor an oral request for disclosure if the licensee or other person documents:
- (1) the patient’s identity by valid government identification or legal documents that identify a person as the patient’s legal representative; and
- (2) the information required by subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
- (h) A licensee or other person shall disclose patient records, after receiving any applicable fees for the records, within 15 business days from the date of the request, unless the request is denied under subsection (j) of this section.
- Talk to Dr. Meghan
- Contact the Applicable Licensing or Disciplinary Authority
- Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners – https://www.tbce.state.tx.us – (512) 305-6700
- Office for Civil Rights (OCR) – https://www.hhs.gov/ocr/index.html
- How to File a Consumer Complaint
- Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners – 1801 Congress Avenue Suite 10.500, Austin, Texas 78701 – 512-305-6700 – https://db.tbce.texas.gov/fmi/webd/TBCE_Complaint_Portal?homeurl=https:// tbce.state.tx.us
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