Your Privacy and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

On April 14, 2003, new privacy rules were in acted by the U.S. government. This new rule is called the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA for short.

Here at the Center for Disabilities and Development, we have always taken patient privacy very seriously. Now there are new federal regulations to protect our patients and their families even further.

The HIPAA policy describes what we can and cannot do as health care providers related to a patient's health information. That information is protected from anyone other than the patient. This new regulation gives patients more privacy and more control over who can see their medical information.

You will be given a HIPAA Privacy notice at registration.

If you have questions about this policy or your privacy, you can contact:

Elayne Sexsmith, Assistant Administrator
Sandy Kray, Supervisor, Report Processing/Medical Records.

877-686-0031 (toll-free, voice)
877-686-0032 (toll-free, TTY)
319-353-6900 (locally)

 

For more detailed information on the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Privacy Policy, you can go to:

UIHC and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act