NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

SUMMARY NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

This notice is a summary of how your protected health information is used and disclosed and how you can obtain access to this information. 
Please advise KC's Home Health Care whenever you would like to have another copy of the agency’s notice.

Uses and Disclosures of Health Information

We use health information about you for treatment, to obtain payment for treatment, for administrative purposes, and to evaluate the quality
of care that you receive. We may use or disclose identifiable health information about you without your authorization for several other reasons.
Subject to certain requirements, we may give out health information without your authorization for public health purposes, for auditing purposes,

for research studies, and for emergencies. We provide information when otherwise required by law, such as for law enforcement in specific

circumstances. In any other situation, we will ask for your written authorization before using or disclosing any identifiable health information

about you. If you choose to sign an authorization to disclose information, you can later revoke that authorization to stop any future uses and

disclosures. We may change our policies at any time. Before we make a significant change in our policies, we will change our notice and post

the new notice on our corporate web site: www.hhca.com. You can also request a copy of our notice at any time.

Your Rights

Although your health record is the physical property of the healthcare practitioner or facility that compiled it, the information belongs to you.

According to the Federal Privacy Rule, you have the right to:

• request a restriction on certain uses and disclosures of your information as provided by 45 CFR 164.522
• obtain a paper copy of the notice of privacy practices upon request
• inspect and obtain a copy of your health record as provided for in 45 CFR 164.524
• amend your health record as provided in 45 CFR 164.528
• obtain an accounting of disclosures of your health information as provided in 45 CFR 164.528
• request communications of your health information by alternative means or at alternative locations
• revoke your authorization to use or disclose health information except to the extent that action has already been taken

Following is a statement of your rights with respect to your protected health information and a brief description of how you may

exercise these rights.

Complaints

If you are concerned that we have violated your privacy rights, or you disagree with a decision we made about access to your records,

you may contact the person listed below. You also may send a written complaint to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The person listed below can provide you with the appropriate address upon request.

Our Legal Duty

We are required by law to protect the privacy of your information, provide this notice about our information practices, and follow the 
information practices that are described in this notice.