If you have been to your doctor, dentist or had prescriptions
filled in the past few weeks, you have no doubt been informed of
new privacy rules regarding your personal health information.
All health care providers must now follow rules and regulations
contained in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act (HIPAA). This law, which went into effect last month, is
designed to give each one of us more control of our health
information and assures us that information about us will be
held in confidence by providers and only used for treatment of
billing purposes.
Our facility is covered under the HIPAA privacy rules and we
need to review this information with our family members who are
serving as Responsible Party. It would certainly help us out if
you would call your Social Worker or drop by their office when
you are in the facility. It will only take a few minutes and we
will ask that you acknowledge by your signature that we have
made you aware of our privacy rules. We thank you in advance for
your help.
Please make plans to be with us for the Eden Celebration and
please visit with us often.
