Privacy Policy
Effective Date April 14, 2003
At Brookhaven at Lexington, your privacy is a priority. We will follow federal and state laws and regulations, whichever are more strict, to maintain the confidentiality of your medical/clinical information. This brief summary of our Notice of Privacy Practices (Privacy Notice) discusses some of the ways that Brookhaven may use or disclose medical information about you in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and its Privacy Regulations.
It will also provide a brief summary of your rights and Brookhaven’s obligations to you regarding the use and disclosure of your medical information.
In general, we may use and disclose your information to provide you with treatment, to obtain payment for our services, and to conduct our business without obtaining your written authorization. We may also use your medical information to tell you about health benefits and services that we offer; to communicate with other health care providers about your treatment or payment for services; to communicate with family and friends involved in your care, unless you object; and to communicate with our business associates who carry out treatment, payment, or health care operations on our behalf. These business associates must agree to maintain the confidentiality of your medical information.
There are limited times when we are required or permitted by law to disclose medical/clinical information without your prior written authorization. These situations include participation in public health activities (e.g. reporting certain diseases or injuries), specialized government functions (e.g. in connection with our license to operate the facility or to respond to a government audit) and the reporting of certain types of violence and abuse. Other uses and disclosures listed in the attached Privacy Notice also will not require us to obtain your prior written authorization. In many cases, however, we will need your prior written authorization before we can use or disclose your protected health information. You may revoke your authorization at any time.
You have the right to request that we restrict how we use or disclose your medical/clinical information for most purposes. We may not be able to comply with all requests. You also have the right to tell us how to contact you, to ask to see and copy your medical/clinical information, to request additions or corrections to your information, and to receive an accounting of how we have disclosed your health information (with some limitations).
To obtain more information or if you have a complaint or concern regarding the use of your information you may call or write to our Privacy Officer. All complaints will be thoroughly investigated. You may also file a complaint with the Secretary of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C.
