Merry Heart Senior Care Services
NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
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.
We have summarized our responsibilities and your rights on this document. For a complete description of our privacy practices, please review the entire notice available from the Privacy Officer in your facility. Phone numbers are listed below.
Our facilities are required to:
- Maintain the privacy of your health information
- Provide you with this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to information we collect and maintain about you
- Abide by the terms of this notice
As a resident of one of our facilities, you have several rights with regard to your health information, including the following
- The right to request that we not use or disclose your health information in certain ways.
- The right to request to receive communications in an alternative manner or location.
- The right to access and obtain a copy of your health information.
- The right to request an amendment to your health information.
- The right to an accounting of disclosures of your health information.
We reserve the right to change our privacy practices and to make the new provisions effective for all health information we maintain. Should our privacy practices change, we will post the changes on the bulletin board in our facility, as well as on our web site. A copy of the revised notice will be available after the effective date of the changes upon request.
We will not use or disclose your health information without your authorization, except as described in this notice.
If you have questions and would like additional information, you may contact the Privacy Officer for your facility:
Merry Heart Health Care Center - 973-584-4000 extension 1420
Merry Heart Assisted Living - 973-584-4000 extension 2420
Merry Heart of Boonton Township - 973-334-2454 extension 404
Beverwyck House of Merry Heart - 973-584-4000 extension 1186
Merry Heart Homecare - 973-584-4000 extension 1186
Updated May 20, 2008