Communication Consent:
HIPPA is an acronym for Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 a federal law.
The Administrative Simplification section of the act is of concern to our practice and requires us to comply with specific rules regarding:
- Unique Identifiers for health plans, providers, individuals and employers.
- Healthcare Transactions & Code Sets for transmitting electronic data.
- Privacy Regulations over disclosures and use of health information.
- Security Regulations over protections of electronic health information.
All of these rules have been developed by the Department of Health & Human Services and will become final in a staged manner. It will be the policy of North Ga. Urology Center to not release confidential and/or unauthorized information by phone, answering machine, work telephone, voicemail, postal mail, cell phone or fax. Whenever returning phone calls and an answering machine pick up, we will not leave messages if the name or telephone number is not on the recorded message to identify the residence. Information will not be left with an unauthorized person who answers the phone.
If you would like to have your medical information released to someone other than yourself, please complete the following: I authorize North Ga. Urology Center to release medical information to the following people including my listed emergency contact.