The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule describes privacy standards that protect your medical and health information. It identifies your rights to access and control your health information. It outlines how various health providers may use and disclose your protected health information to carry out treatment, payment or health care operations and for other purposes that are permitted or required by law. Effective April 14, 2003, all health care facilities and physicians will be required to comply with the new federal privacy rules concerning how your health information is shared, stored and utilized. Our Surgical Center considers protecting your privacy an important part of caring for you. If you have any questions regarding these privacy policies, you may contact our staff via telephone at (973) 243-1062.

The HIPAA documents for our Surgical Center are available to you for download and printing if you wish. They are in Adobe Acrobat format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 or higher, you can download it for free from Adobe by clicking on the link below. To view the HIPAA documents, click the HIPAA links below. The NOTICE is the actual HIPAA Privacy Practices. The RECEIPT is an acknowledgement that you have received the Notice. The CONSENT is needed for use and disclosure of health information. Feel free to review these documents, print them, sign them and hand them in at the time of your procedure.

For more information regarding the HIPAA regulations, you can browse the government Website at www.hhs.gov/ocr/hippa.com