Joint Notice of Privacy Practices
Your Information. Our Responsibilities.Your Rights.
Care Edition is passionately committed to assisting patients of all ages and their families in achieving optimal health, independence, and comfort through high quality, cost-effective home health and companionship-related services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Our Uses & Disclosures
Care Edition may use and share your information as we:
Do research and Survey analysis
Respond to organ and tissue donation requests
Work with a medical examiner or funeral director
Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests
Respond to lawsuits and legal actions
Provide care to you
Engage in our diverse business’s activities
Comply with the federal and State law
Encounter an emergency, such as to prevent a serious or imminent threat to a person or the public
Bill for your services
Help with public health and safety issues
Your Choices
For certain health information, you can tell us your choices about what we share.
In these cases, you have both the right and choice to tell us how to:
Include your information in our, and/or another health provider’s directory, such as an insurance company
Tell family, close friends, or others involved in your care about your condition
Share information in a disaster relief situation
In these cases, you have both the right and choice to tell us how to:
Most marketing purposes
Most sharing of psychotherapy notes, specialized substance abuse program records, and HIV-related testing and treatment
We may contact you for fundraising efforts, but you can tell us not to contact you again
Your Rights
You have the right to:
Get a paper copy of this privacy notice
Get a copy of your paper or electronic medical record
Choose someone to act for you
File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated
Request confidential communications
Ask us to correct your paper or electronic medical record
Ask us to limit the information we share
Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared your information
To be notified of a breach
COMPLAINTS
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint by contacting the Care Edition Privacy Officer. You may also file a complaint with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. All complaints must be made in writing and in no way will affect the quality of care you received from us.
For Further Information. If you have questions or need further assistance regarding this Notice, including with exercising your rights described in this Notice, you may contact the Care Edition Privacy Officer by telephone at (973) 837-8654 or by email at complaints@careedition.com
This Notice is effective as of April11, 2021.