Here at HealthSmart Holdings, Inc. (“HealthSmart”), your
privacy is of utmost importance to us. HealthSmart strives to
maintain high standards for the protection of your privacy on
our website and it is a top priority to keep the protected
health information you share with us secure. Below you will find
how HealthSmart might use and disclose information about you and
how you can get access to this information. Please read this
statement carefully and thoroughly.
Protected Health Information
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
has established standards to ensure the privacy of your
electronic protected health information. Protected Health
Information is information about your past, present, or future
health or medical condition. HealthSmart maintains full
compliance with HIPAA’s privacy and security regulations, and
has implemented various administrative, physical and technical
safeguards to comply with its provisions.
Measures to Safeguard Your Protected Health Information
It is HealthSmart's policy never to share nonpublic protected
health information with nonaffiliated third parties. We restrict
access to only those HealthSmart affiliates, subsidiaries,
employees and contractors who need to know this information in
order to provide you with HealthSmart’s products and services,
and who are under an obligation to keep such information
confidential. We also maintain physical, electronic, and
procedural safeguards that comply with federal and state
regulations to protect your information. In addition,
HealthSmart internally utilizes non-identifying personal
information for the proper management, administration and
development of our products and services. Unless you
specifically consent to a disclosure, your protected health
information will not be sold, shared, licensed, or rented to
third parties.
Customary Purposes for Disclosing Your Protected Health
Information
While it is HealthSmart's policy never to share nonpublic
protected health information with nonaffiliated third parties,
HealthSmart may use your protected health information for a
number of reasons as detailed below. ● Treatment: We may disclose
your protected health information to doctors, nurses, and
other licensed healthcare personnel who are involved in
providing your healthcare services.
● Payment: We may use or disclose your information to assist
in obtaining payment for healthcare services rendered to
you.
● For Healthcare Operations: We may disclose your
information in the course of administering our various
healthcare services.
● Care Reminders: We may use your contact information to
remind or notify you of the benefits of a health service.
● Legal Requirements: If necessary, we may be legally
required to disclose your protected health information to
comply with applicable laws, regulations, search warrants,
subpoenas, discovery requests, or court orders.
● Other Uses and Disclosures: We may use medical information
for other disclosures; however, this will only be done with
your prior written authorization. Your Rights Regarding Your
Protected Health Information
You have the following rights regarding your protected health
information:
● Right to Inspect and Copy:
Upon written request, you have the right to inspect your
health information.
● Right to Amend: If you feel there is a mistake or
oversight in any of our records, you may request in writing
that we amend your information.
● Right to Previously Disclosed Information: You may request
a list of when, to whom, and for what purpose your
information has been released over a six year period.
● Right to Receive Notice: You have the right to receive a
paper copy of this privacy notice and/or an electronic copy
by email upon your request.
● Right to Revoke Notice: You have the right to revoke prior
authorizations to disclose your information upon written
notice to HealthSmart.
● Right to Request Restrictions on Certain Uses &
Disclosures: You may request that we restrict the disclosure
of certain confidential information, subject to various
limitations.
● Right to Receive Protected Health Information by
Alternative Means or in Alternative Locations: You have the
right to request that your protected health information be
provided by alternative means or at alternative locations.
Cookies
HealthSmart uses “cookie” technology to obtain usage information
when you visit our website. "Cookies" are small computer files
we transfer to your computer's hard drive that measure the
number of times you visit the website and in what capacity. If
you wish to disable this feature, please consult the user manual
of your computer's operating system. However, please note that
disabling this feature may prevent you from utilizing certain
features on HealthSmart's website. Also, please remember that
cookies do not identify a specific user and are not used to
collect any personal information.
Changes
This privacy notice may be revised from time to time. Any new
notice will be effective immediately for any and all
confidential information we maintain. Upon revision, this notice
will be available upon request and displayed prominently on our
website and in our office locations.
For more information on your rights regarding protected health
information, please contact HealthSmart at 214.574.3546. |
