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IMPORTANT: THIS NOTICE
DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE
USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO
THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
As an
essential part of our commitment to you, American
Patient Transport Systems Inc. maintains the privacy
of certain confidential health care information about
you, known as Protected Health Information or PHI.
We are required by law to protect your health care
information and to provide you with the attached
Notice of Privacy Practices. The Notice outlines
our legal duties and privacy practices respect to
your PHI. It not only describes our privacy practices
and your legal rights, but lets you know, among other
things, how American Patient Transport Systems Inc.
is permitted to use and disclose PHI about you, how
you can access and copy that information, how you
may request amendment of that information, and how
you may request restrictions on our use and disclosure
of your PHI. American Patient Transport Systems Inc.
is also required to abide by the terms of the version
of this Notice currently in effect.
In most
situations we may use this information as described in this notice without your
permission, but there are some situations where we may use it only after we obtain
your written authorization, if we are required by law to do so. We respect your
privacy, and treat all health care information about our patients with care under
strict policies of confidentiality that all of our staff are committed to following
at all times.
PLEASE READ THE ATTACHED
DETAILED NOTICE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, PLEASE CONTACT
David Fatula, our privacy officer,
AT 119 East Holly Street
Hazleton PA 18201,
570-453-1445 Ext. 4.
Click Here
for the Notice of Privacy Practices (PDF)
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