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This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can access it.

Please review it carefully.

I. Who We Are

This notice describes the privacy practices of the OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. (OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. ). This notice applies to all of these primary care physicians and specialists, nurses, residents, researchers and Physician Assistants of OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC.

OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. is required by law to maintain the privacy of your health information ("Protected Health Information" or "PHI") and to provide you with this notice.

II. How We May Use and Disclose Health Information, Treatment, Payments and Healthcare Operations

We will take precautions to protect information necessary to your care. We will use your health information for treatment, to run our healthcare network and to obtain payment.

A. Treatment. We may use and disclose (give out) your PHI in connection with your treatment and/or other services provided to you for example, to diagnose and treat you. In addition, we may contact you to provide appointment reminders or information about treatment alternatives or other health related benefits and services. We may record your information at the nurse’s stations, provided in bedside charts and collect it in sign-in sheets in order to coordinate your care.

B. Payment. We may disclose your PHI to obtain payment for services that we provide to you, for example, to request payment from your health insurer and to verify that your health insurer will pay for your healthcare services.

C. Healthcare Operations. We may use and disclose your PHI for healthcare operations. These include internal administration and planning and various activities that improve the quality and cost effectiveness of healthcare services. We may use your PHI to evaluate our physicians, nurses and other healthcare workers or to support training of these professionals. We may also use PHI to address patient concerns, to provide patient education and to assess patient satisfaction. We may provide licensing and accrediting organizations with your PHI to maintain approvals we need to continue our services.

D. Other Healthcare Providers. We may also disclose PHI to other healthcare providers when such PHI is required for them to treat you (e.g., specialists, pharmacists), receive payment for services they provide to you, or conduct certain healthcare operations. For example, emergency ambulance companies use PHI to request payment for services in bringing you to the hospital.

III. Other Uses and Disclosures of Your PHI That Don't Require Your Written Authorization

A. Use or Disclosure of Our Hospital Directory. We may include your name and general health condition and religious affiliation in our directory without obtaining your written authorization unless you object after reading this notice. Information in the directory (other than religious affiliation) may be disclosed to anyone who asks for you by name, either in person or by telephone. This information (including religious affiliation) may also be disclosed to members of the clergy.

B. Disclosure to Relatives, Friends and Other Caregivers. We may disclose your PHI to a family member, other relative, friend or any other person if we: 1) obtain your agreement; 2) provide you with the opportunity to object to the disclosure, and you do not object; 3) we reasonably assume that you do not object. If we provide information and any individual(s) listed above we will release only information that we believe is directly relevant to that person's involvement with your healthcare or payment related to your healthcare. We may also disclose your PHI in the event of an emergency or to notify (or assist in notifying) such persons of your location, general condition or death.

C. Marketing. We may use PHI to communicate with you about products or services relating to your treatment, case management or care coordination, or alternative treatments, therapies, providers or care settings without your written authorization. We offer you help in finding a physician and look at how this referral service is used. We may send you newsletters or informational mailers regarding our services, programs and community events. If you have taken part in one of our health screenings or other community events, we may follow up with you by telephone or mail about services that may benefit you.

D. Public Health Activities. We may disclose your PHI for the following public health activities: 1) reporting births or deaths; 2) preventing or controlling disease 3: reporting child abuse and neglect to public health or other government authorities authorized by law to receive such reports; 4) reporting information about products and services under the jurisdiction of the United States Food and Drug Administration, such as reactions to medications and problems with products; 5) alerting a person who may have been exposed to an infectious disease or may be at risk of contracting or spreading disease or condition; 6) notifying people of recalls of products they may be using; and 7) reporting information to your employer as required by laws addressing work related illnesses and injuries or workplace medical surveillance.

E. Victims of Abuse, Neglect or Domestic Violence. If we reasonably believe you are a victim of abuse, neglect or domestic violence, we may disclose your PHI to a governmental authority, including a social service or protective agency, authorized by law to receive reports of such abuse, neglect or domestic violence.

F. Health Oversight Activities. We may disclose your PHI to a health oversight agency that is responsible for ensuring compliance with rules of government health programs such as Medicare or Medicaid.

G. Legal Proceedings and Law Enforcement. We may disclose your PHI in response to a court order, subpoena, or other lawful process.

H. Deceased Persons. We may disclose PHI of deceased individuals to a coroner or medical examiner authorized by law to receive such information.

I. Obtaining Organs and Tissues. We may disclose your PHI to organizations that obtain organs or tissues for banking and/or transplantations.

J. Research. When conducting research, in most cases, we will ask for your written authorization before PHI is used. However, we may use or disclose your PHI without your specific authorization in certain circumstances (for example, if we believe that because of your illness or medical condition you might benefit from or have interest in learning about a particular research study).

K. Public Safety. We may use or disclose your PHI to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to personal or public safety.

L. Specialized Government Functions. We may release your PHI to government units with special functions, such as the U.S. Department of State, under certain circumstances, such as for intelligence, counterintelligence or national security activities.

M. Workers' Compensation. We may disclose your PHI as authorized by state law relating to workers' compensation or other similar government programs.

N. Inmates. If you are or become a correctional institution inmate or you are in custody of a law enforcement official, we may release your PHI to the institution or official if required to provide you with healthcare or to protect the health and safety of others.

O. As Required By Law. We may use and disclose your PHI when required to do so by any other laws not already referenced above.

P. Business Associates. If a business associate assists OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. operations. OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. will disclose PHI as needed, but only if the business associate has signed a privacy addendum agreeing to maintain the privacy of PHI.

IV. Uses and Disclosures Requiring Your Specific Written Authorization
For any purpose other than the ones described above, we may use or disclose your PHI only when you give OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. your specific written authorization. For instance, you will need to sign an authorization form before we can send your PHI to a life insurance company.

A. Highly Confidential Information. Federal and state laws require special privacy protections for certain highly confidential information about you. This includes PHI: 1) maintained in psychotherapy notes; 2) documenting mental health and developmental disabilities services; 3) about drug and alcohol abuse, prevention, treatment and referral; 4) relating to HIV/AIDS testing, diagnosis or treatment and other sexually transmitted diseases; and 5) genetic testing.

Generally we must obtain your written authorization to release this type of information. However, there are limited circumstances under the law when this information may be released without your consent.

V. Your Rights Regarding Your Protected Health Information

A. Right to Inspect and Copy Your Health Information. You may request to see and obtain copies of your medical and billing records and to have copies sent to others. To do so, please submit a written request to the appropriate OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. office or department. We will charge you for copies according to Florida law. If you are a parent or legal guardian of a minor who is an OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. patient, certain portions of the minors medical record may be inaccessible to you (for example, records relating to abortion, contraception and/or family planning services) unless the patient authorizes OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. to give you access to PHI. Additionally, under limited circumstances defined by law, we may deny you access to a portion of your records.

B. Right to Request Restrictions. You may request additional restrictions on OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. ' use and disclosure of your PHI 1) for treatment, payment and healthcare operations; 2) to individuals (such as family members, or other relatives, close friends or any other person identified by you) involved with your care or with payment related to your care; and 3) to notify or assist in the notification of such individuals regarding your location in the hospital and your general condition. You will need to make a separate request for each OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. department or facility that uses or discloses your PHI. While we will consider all requests for restrictions carefully, we are not required to agree to a request.

C. Right to Receive Confidential Communications. You may request to receive you PHI by alternate means of communication or at alternate locations. For example, you may instruct us not to contact you by telephone at home, or you may give us a mailing address other than your home for test results. You will need to make a separate written request in each OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. department or facility.

D. Right to Revoke Your Authorization. You may revoke (take back) your authorization by delivering a written form requesting us to stop using your authorization. The request will be effective once agreed to by as set forth above. A revocation form is available upon request from OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC.

E. Right to Amend Your Records. You have the right to request that we amend (change) PHI maintained in your medical or billing records. To do so, you must submit a written request to the appropriate OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. office or department. We may deny your request if OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. reasonably believes that the information is accurate and complete, if the PHI was not created by OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. , or other special circumstances apply.

F. Right to Receive and Accounting of Disclosures. You may request a record of certain disclosures made in the six years prior to the date of your request. However, we are not required to give you a record of disclosures that occurred before January 27th, 2006.

G. Right to Stop Receiving Fundraising or Marketing Materials. You may request that your name be removed from our fundraising and marketing lists. Please contact our customer service at OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC.

H. For Further Information or Complaints. If you want further information about your privacy rights, are concerned that your privacy rights were violated, or disagree with a decision that we made about access to your PHI, you may contact our Privacy Officer at:

OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC. , LLC
5944 Coral Ridge Drive, Suite 229
Coral Springs, FL 33076
1(866) 500-6348
OnLineDoctorsUSA, LLC.
Email: mdwiz1@gmail.com

Additionally, you may file a written complaint with the Director, Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Upon request, the Privacy Officer will provide you with contact information.

VI. Effective Date and Duration of This Notice

A. Effective Date: This notice is effective April 22, 2007

B. Right to change Terms of this Notice. We may change the terms of this notice at any time. If we change this notice, we will post the revised list online at www.onlinedoctorsusa.com.  You may obtain any revised notice by contacting the Privacy Officer.

 


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