Privacy Notice

Summary – Notice of Privacy Practices

This is a summary of FHC’s Notice of Privacy Practices. As a patient of FHC, you have a right to receive a copy of the complete document. Click Here

FHC recognizes that your medical information is personal. FHC is also committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of your personal health information. This notice describes FHC’s privacy practices and the ways in which your medical information may be used and disclosed.

By law FHC is required to maintain a complete copy of your medical history, current condition, treatment plan and all treatment given, including the results of all tests, procedures, therapies and prescribed medications. Also by law FHC must maintain this information in a safe and secure manner that protects your privacy and confidentiality. You have the right to read or request a copy of your medical information.

FHC May Use and Disclose Medical Information
About You in the Following Ways:

For Treatment: Other health professionals within or outside of FHC who are involved
in your care may need to access your information.
For Payment: Your information may be disclosed to bill or collect for payment of services from you, your insurance company or a third party billing agency.
For normal Health Care Operations: FHC may use or disclose medical information about you to the extent necessary to run the facility or ensure the quality of care.
For Research: Information that may identify you will not be released to anyone outside of FHC without your prior written permission. FHC may remove information
that identifies you so that others may use it to study health care.
For Public Health Risks: FHC may disclose medical information about you for public health activities to prevent or control disease, injury or disability; to report births and deaths; to report child abuse and/or neglect; to report reactions to medications or problems with products; to notify people of recalls of products; to notify a person that they may have been exposed to a disease or may be at risk for contracting or spreading a disease; to notify a government agency about abuse, neglect or domestic violence as required by law.
For Law Enforcement Purposes: FHC may release information about you in response to a court order, subpoena, warrant, summons; to identify or locate a suspect, fugitive, material witness or missing person; about a victim of a crime
about a death as a result of a crime; about criminal conduct at one of our clinics; in emergency circumstances to report a crime.
To Coroners and Medical Examiners: FHC may release your medical information to the local Coroner or State Medical Examiner to identify a deceased person or determine cause of death.
As Required by Law: FHC may release your information as required by Kentucky Law. FHC does not allow others outside of its organization to access your medical information unless it has authorization from you to do so. Any authorization to use or disclose medical information may be revoked by you in writing at any time unless: (1) FHC has alreadytaken action in reliance on that authorization; or (2) if the authorization was obtained as a condition of obtaining insurance coverage.

You have the following rights regarding your medical information:

You have the right to inspect and receive a copy of your medical information.
You have the right to amend your medical information if you believe it is incorrect or incomplete (restrictions may apply).
You have the right to request restrictions or limitations of your medical information.
You have the right to request the method by which FHC communicates with you about medical matters so that the communication is kept confidential.
You have a right to receive an accounting of all disclosures of your medical
information.
You have a right to receive a paper copy of the FHC Notice of Privacy Practices.

FILING A COMPLAINT:

If you wish to request restrictions, amendments or accountings of your medical information, you may file such a request in writing with the located at 2215 Portland Avenue, Louisville, KY 40212-1094. You may also send an e-mail to privacyofficer@fhclouisville.org. or call 502.774.8631.

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with the FHC Privacy Officer, or with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. All complaints must be in writing. You will not be penalized in any way for filing a complaint.