Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule
HIPAA is a federal law that gives you rights over your health information and sets rules and limits on who can look at and receive your health information.
Your Rights
You have the right to:
protected, you can:
HIPAA is a federal law that gives you rights over your health information and sets rules and limits on who can look at and receive your health information.
Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Ask to see and get a copy of your health records.
- Have corrections added to your health information.
- Receive a notice that tells you how your health information may be used and
- shared.
- Decide if you want to give your permission before your health information can be
- used or shared for certain purposes, such as marketing.
- Get a report on when and why your health information was shared for certain
- purposes.
protected, you can:
- File a complaint with your provider or health insurer, or
- File a complaint with the U.S. Government.
- You also have the right to ask your provider or health insurer questions about your
- rights. You also can learn more about your rights, including how to file a complaint
- from the Web site at www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/ or by calling 1-866-627-7748.
- Doctors, nurses, pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and many other
- healthcare providers.
- Health insurance companies, HMOs, most employer group health plans.
- Certain government programs that pay for healthcare, such as Medicare and
- Medicaid.
- Information your doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers put in your
- medical record.
- Conversations your doctor has had about your care or treatment with nurses and
- other healthcare professionals.
- Information about you in your health insurer's computer system.
- Billing information about you from your clinic/healthcare provider.
- Most other health information about you, held by those who must follow this law.