HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

Seaside Skilled Rehabilitation Center is required by law to maintain the privacy of your health information (Protected Health Information or PHI) and to provide you with this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices. We are committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of your health information.

1. How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information

• For Treatment: We may use your health information to provide you with medical treatment or services. We may disclose your health information to doctors, nurses, technicians, and other healthcare personnel who are involved in taking care of you.
• For Payment: We may use and disclose your health information so that the treatment and services you receive may be billed to and payment may be collected from you, an insurance company, or a third party.
• For Health Care Operations: We may use and disclose your health information for our healthcare operations. These uses and disclosures are necessary to run our facility and make sure that all of our residents receive quality care.

2. Special Situations

We may also use or disclose your health information without your permission in the following circumstances, subject to all applicable legal requirements and limitations:

• To avert a serious threat to health or safety
• As required by federal, state, or local law
• For workers' compensation or similar programs
• For public health risks (e.g., preventing or controlling disease)
• To health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law

3. Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information

You have the following rights regarding health information we maintain about you:

• The right to inspect and copy your health record
• The right to request an amendment to your health care information
• The right to an accounting of disclosures
• The right to request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures
• The right to request confidential communications
• The right to a paper copy of this notice

4. Changes to This Notice

We reserve the right to change this notice. We reserve the right to make the revised or changed notice effective for health information we already have about you as well as any information we receive in the future. We will post a copy of the current notice in our facility and on our website.

5. Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.