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VNA Health
at Home, Inc.
PATIENT PRIVACY PROTECTION POLICY
In compliance with the
law and VNA Health At Home, Inc.’s
commitment to its patients, it is the policy
of VNA Health At Home, Inc., Inc. to protect
its patients’ privacy.
VNA Health At Home,
Inc., Inc. will take reasonable steps, in
accordance with the law to:
1)
Protect the confidentiality of Social
Security numbers and nonpublic personal and
medical information;
2)
Prohibit unlawful disclosure of
Social Security numbers and nonpublic
personal and medical information; and
3)
Limit access to Social Security
numbers and nonpublic personal and medical
information.
VNA Health At Home,
Inc. will not authorize or condone the
disclosure of any nonpublic personal
information or medical information about our
patients or former patients, except as
permitted or required by law, or as
authorized by our patients. Although
complete security cannot be guaranteed, VNA
Health At Home, Inc. has implemented
procedures to minimize the risk of access or
disclosure of nonpublic personal and medical
information. Nonpublic personal and medical
information includes,
any
personally identifiable information relating
to a patient’s physical or mental condition,
medical history or medical treatment,
including names, addresses, photos,
diagnoses, Social Security and other
identification, registration, and account
numbers, and any other nonpublic
identifiable information that can be traced
back to a patient. It includes all claims
and financial information on a patient,
whether such information is maintained in
written, oral or electronic form.
VNA Health At Home,
Inc. has updated its policies to restrict
access to nonpublic personal and medical
information to those employees who need to
know that information in order to provide
services to our patients as well as to train
its employees to protect the privacy of our
patients. VNA Health At Home, Inc.
maintains physical, electronic, and
procedural safeguards that comply with
federal and state law to guard our patients’
nonpublic personal information.
VNA Health At Home,
Inc. will destroy, erase or make unreadable
nonpublic personal and medical information
prior to disposal, in accordance with the
retention obligation of Connecticut and
Federal law, governing agencies or third
party payors. VNA Health At Home, Inc. may
contract with a business that disposes of
confidential patient information.
VNA Health At Home,
Inc. will take disciplinary and other
measures for noncompliance with the policy.
All complaints will be investigated and VNA
Health At Home, Inc. will take appropriate
action where such action violates the law of
VNA policy.
Enacted:
10/09
Reviewed/Approved by PAC: 11/09
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