Privacy Policy

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Privacy Promise
Instep Foot Clinic, P.A. understands protecting your medical and health information is important. We follow strict federal and state laws that require us to maintain the confidentiality of your health information.

How We Use Health Information
When you receive care from IFC, we may use your health information for treating you, billing for services and conducting our normal business known as health care operations. Examples of how we may use your information include:

• Treatment
  We keep records of the care and services provided to you. Health care providers use these records to deliver quality care to meet your needs. For example, Dr. Busch may share your health information with your primary care physician or with a specialist who will assist in your treatment. Some health records with a mental health professional and substance abuse records, may have additional restrictions under state and federal law.
• Payment
  We keep billing records that include payment information and documentation of the services provided to you. This information may be used to obtain payment from you, and/or insurance company to verify coverage for your care or to notify them of upcoming services that may need prior notice or approval. For example, we may disclose health information about the services provided to you to claim and obtain payment from your insurance company or Medicare/Medicaid.
• Health Care Options
  We use health information to improve the quality of care, train staff, provide customer service, manage costs, conduct required business duties, and make plans to better serve our patients.

Other Services We Provide
    • Recommend treatment alternatives.
    • Tell you about services and products that may benefit you.
    • Share information with family or friends directly involved in your care or in paying for your
      care.
    • Share information with third parties who assist us with treatment, payment, and health 
      care operations. Our business associates must follow our privacy practices.
    • Remind you of an appointment.

More Information
For more information about the practices and rights described in this notice, please contact our office during regular business hours at 952-926-3566.

Sharing Your Health Information
There are limited situations when we are permitted or required to disclose health information without your signed authorization (permission).
These situations are:

• For public health purposes such as reporting communicable diseases, work related illnesses, or other disease and injuries permitted by law; reporting births and deaths, reporting reactions to drugs and problems with medical devices.

• To protect victims of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence.

• For health oversight activities such as investigations, audits, and inspections.

• For lawsuits and similar proceedings.

• When required by law.

• When requested by law enforcement as required by law or court order.

• To coroners, medical examiners, and funeral directors.

• For organ and tissue donation.

• For research approved by our review process under strict federal guidelines.

• To reduce or prevent a serious threat to public health and safety.

• For worker’s compensation or other similar programs if you are injured at work.

• For specialized government functions such as intelligence and national security,

All other uses and disclosures, not described In this notice may require your signed authorization. You may revoke your authorization at any time with a written statement submitted to this clinic.

Our Privacy Responsibilities
Instep Foot Clinic, P.A. is required by law to:

• Maintain the privacy of your health information

• Provide this notice that describes the ways we may use and share your health information

• Follow the terms of the notice currently in effect.

We reserve the right to make changes to this notice any at time and apply the new privacy practices to all information we maintain.

Your Individual Rights
You have the right to:

• Request special restrictions on how we use and share your health information. We will consider all requests for special restrictions carefully but are not required to agree to any restriction.

• Request that we use a specific telephone number or address to communicate with you.

• Inspect and receive a copy of your health information including all medical and billing records. Fees may apply. Under limited circumstances, we may deny you access to a portion of your health information and you may request a review of the denial.

• Request an amendment to your health information.

• Request an accounting of certain disclosures we make of your health information. The list does not include disclosures made for treatment, payment, health care operations and some disclosures required by law. Your request must state the period of time requested for the accounting goes back only 6 years and does not cover disclosures made prior to April 14, 2003. The first accounting is free but a fee will apply if more than 1 request is made in a 12-month period.

Our Organization
This notice describes the privacy practices of the Instep Foot Clinic, P.A. This notice also describes the privacy practices of affiliated providers.

Contact Us
If you are concerned that your privacy rights may have been violated, or disagree with a decision that we made about access to your health information:

Contact the HIPPA Privacy Officer in writing at:

Instep Foot Clinic. PA

Edina Professional Building

7250 France Avenue South, Suite 415

Edina, MN 55435

Call us in Edina, Minnesota, at (952) 926-3566 for more details
about our diabetic foot care treatments.

Primary Clinic:
7250 France  Avenue S Suite 415
Edina, MN 55435
(952) 926-3566

Hours of Operation:
Monday, Wednesday,
& Friday
9 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Secondary Clinic:
4625 Churchill Street, Suite 201
Shoreview, MN 55126
(651) 766-9614

Hours of Operation:
Tuesday,
9 a.m.–12 p.m.
Thursday,
9 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Footprints
Newsletter
Fall 2011

Service Area:
 
South Metro Region
Bloomington
Eden Prairie
Edina
Minneapolis
Richfield

North Metro Region
Arden Hills
Circle Pines
Lino Lakes
North Oaks
Roseville
Shoreview