Your HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices Unveiled!
Understanding the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices at MultiCare Physicians
At MultiCare Physicians, protecting your personal health information is a top priority. That’s why we provide our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices, a key document that outlines how we handle your medical data. This notice is more than just a legal requirement—it’s our commitment to transparency and trust. Whether you’re a longtime patient or new to our care, understanding the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices helps you feel confident about how your information is safeguarded.
What is the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices?
The HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices is a federally mandated statement that explains how healthcare providers, like MultiCare Physicians, use and protect your health information. HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, sets strict standards for privacy and security. Our HIPAA Privacy Statement details your rights, our responsibilities, and the steps we take to ensure MultiCare HIPAA Compliance. It’s designed to give you peace of mind while meeting legal obligations.
This Healthcare Privacy Notice covers everything from how we share your records with other providers for treatment to how we secure your data against unauthorized access. It’s a roadmap to understanding your Patient Privacy Rights MultiCare upholds every day.
How MultiCare Physicians Privacy Practices Protect You
Our MultiCare Physicians Privacy Practices are built around keeping your medical information confidential. When you visit one of our locations, we collect details like your medical history, test results, and insurance information—known as Protected Health Information (PHI). The HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices ensures this data is only used for legitimate purposes, such as coordinating your care or processing payments.
For example, we might share your PHI with a specialist for a referral, but only with your consent or as allowed by law. Our HIPAA Privacy Practices for Patients also limit who can access your records internally, ensuring only authorized staff handle your information. This focus on Medical Information Privacy Statement compliance reflects our dedication to your trust.
Your Patient Privacy Rights at MultiCare
The HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices isn’t just about what we do—it’s about what you’re entitled to. Under HIPAA, you have clear Patient Privacy Rights MultiCare honors. You can request a copy of your records, ask for corrections if something’s inaccurate, or even find out who we’ve shared your information with under certain conditions. Our Healthcare Privacy Notice spells out these rights in detail, empowering you to take control of your health data.
If you ever have questions about how we’re implementing MultiCare HIPAA Compliance, we’re here to help. You can contact our privacy officer, as noted in the HIPAA Privacy Statement, for clarification or to file a concern. We take every inquiry seriously because your confidence in our MultiCare Physicians Privacy Practices matters.
Why This Matters to You
Healthcare is personal, and so is your information. The HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices exists to bridge the gap between legal requirements and patient understanding. It’s not just a formality—it’s a promise that your medical details won’t be misused. Whether we’re billing your insurance or consulting with another provider, our HIPAA Privacy Practices for Patients ensure every step respects your privacy.
At MultiCare Physicians, we know privacy concerns can feel overwhelming. That’s why our Medical Information Privacy Statement is written to be clear and accessible. We want you to feel informed, not confused, about how we protect your data.
Staying Compliant and Transparent
Meeting MultiCare HIPAA Compliance standards isn’t a one-time task—it’s an ongoing process. We regularly train our staff, update our systems, and review our MultiCare Physicians Privacy Practices to stay ahead of regulations. The HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices reflects this effort, serving as both a legal document and a public pledge.
If you’d like to review the full Healthcare Privacy Notice, it’s available on our website or at any MultiCare location. We encourage you to read it, ask questions, and stay engaged with your Patient Privacy Rights MultiCare guarantees. Your health is our mission, and your privacy is our duty.
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Notice of Information Practices and Privacy Statement
For MultiCare Physicians
2605 West Lake Mary Blvd. Lake Mary FL, 32746
How We Collect Information About You: MultiCare Physicians. (Multicare Physicians) and its employees and volunteers collect data through a variety of means including but not necessarily limited to letters, phone calls, emails, voice mails, and from the submission of applications that is either required by law, or necessary to process applications or other requests for assistance through our organization.
What We Do Not Do With Your Information: Information about your financial situation and medical conditions and care that you provide to us in writing, via email, on the phone (including information left on voice mails), contained in or attached to applications, or directly or indirectly given to us, is held in strictest confidence.
We do not give out, exchange, barter, rent, sell, lend, or disseminate any information about applicants or clients who apply for or actually receive our services that is considered patient confidential, is restricted by law, or has been specifically restricted by a patient/client in a signed HIPAA consent form.
How We Do Use Your Information: Information is only used as is reasonably necessary to process your application or to provide you with health or counseling services which may require communication between IHSN and health care providers, medical product or service providers, pharmacies, insurance companies, and other providers necessary to: verify your medical information is accurate; determine the type of medical supplies or any health care services you need including, but not limited to; or to obtain or purchase any type of medical supplies, devices, medications, insurance,
If you apply or attempt to apply to receive assistance through us and provide information with the intent or purpose of fraud or that results in either an actual crime of fraud for any reason including willful or un-willful acts of negligence whether intended or not, or in any way demonstrates or indicates attempted fraud, your non-medical information can be given to legal authorities including police, investigators, courts, and/or attorneys or other legal professionals, as well as any other information as permitted by law.
Information We Do Not Collect: We do not use cookies on our website to collect date from our site visitors. We do not collect information about site visitors except for one hit counter on the main index page (www.multicaredocs.com) that simply records the number of visitors and no other data. We do use some affiliate programs that may or may not capture traffic date through our site. To avoid potential data capture that you visited a diabetes website simply do not click on any of our outside affiliate links.
Limited Right to Use Non-Identifying Personal Information From Biographies, Letters, Notes, and Other Sources: Any pictures, stories, letters, biographies, correspondence, or thank you notes sent to us become the exclusive property of IHSN. We reserve the right to use non-identifying information about our clients (those who receive services or goods from or through us) for fundraising and promotional purposes that are directly related to our mission.
Clients will not be compensated for use of this information and no identifying information (photos, addresses, phone numbers, contact information, last names or uniquely identifiable names) will be used without client’s express advance permission.
You may specifically request that NO information be used whatsoever for promotional purposes, but you must identify any requested restrictions in writing. We respect your right to privacy and assure you no identifying information or photos that you send to us will ever be publicly used without your direct or indirect consent.
PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.
What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app?
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address or other details to help you with your experience.
When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, fill out a form or enter information on our site.
How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features to allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
How do we protect your information?
We do not use vulnerability scanning and/or scanning to PCI standards. We only provide articles and information. We never ask for credit card numbers. We also use regular Malware Scanning.
However, we do not need an SSL because we only provide information about our services.
Do we use ‘cookies’?
We do not use cookies for tracking purposes. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If you turn cookies off, some features will be disabled. that make your site experience more efficient and may not function properly.
Third-party disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information.
Third-party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
We have implemented the following:
• Google Display Network Impression Reporting
We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
California Online Privacy Protection Act
CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf
According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
Users can visit our site anonymously.
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website. Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes:
• On our Privacy Policy Page
Can change your personal information:
• By logging in to your account
How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?
We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?
It’s also important to note that we do not allow third-party behavioral tracking
COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.
We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.
Fair Information Practices
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.
In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify you via email
• Within 7 business days
We will notify the users via in-site notification
We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
CAN SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.
We collect your email address in order to: • Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions
To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:
• Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
• Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
• Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
• Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
• Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
• Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at:
• Follow the instructions at the bottom of each email.
and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.
https://multicaredocs.com
2605 W Lake Mary Blvd, Suite 119
Lake May, Florida 32746
United States