This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed as well as how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
This Notice of Privacy Practices is being provided to you as a requirement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). It describes how the area agency may use and disclose your protected health information to carry out treatment/services, payment, health care and case management operations or for other purposes that are permitted or required by law. It also describes your rights, in certain cases, to access and control your protected health information. Your protected health information means any of your written and oral health information, including demographic data that can be used to identify you. This is health information that is created or received by your health care provider, and that relates to your past, present or future physical or mental health or condition.
