POLICY
Northland Hospice & Palliative Care
implements policies and procedures to accommodate patient privacy rights as required by
and specified in the Privacy Rule of the Administrative Simplification provisions of the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
PROCEDURE
To receive a paper copy
of the hospice’s Notice of
Privacy Practices
To lodge complaints
about the hospice’s privacy practices
To request restrictions
on the uses and disclosures of health information
To request to receive
confidential communication
To access their
protected health information for inspection and/or copying
To amend their health
care information
To request an
accounting of disclosures of health information
The privacy
policies of Northland Hospice detail the requirements for each of these rights and
provide procedures for implementation
Staff at Northland
Hospice are provided with annual training regarding patient rights with respect to their
health information
Information related
to patient privacy rights is included in the orientation program for new staff.
The hospice’s
Patient Rights and Responsibilities Statement includes patient privacy rights.
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