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Friendship Group – 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. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS NOTICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR PRIVACY CONTACT WHO IS BARBARA H. JOHNSON AT (540) 265-2250 or compliance@friendship.us . “Friendship Group” is an Affiliated Care Entity comprised of Friendship Health and Rehab Center, Incorporated; Eastwood Assisted Living, Incorporated; Friendship Apartment Village Corporation; Friendship Outpatient & Wellness Services, Incorporated; Professional Healthcare Services d/b/a Care Unlimited; and Friendship Pharmacy, Incorporated; all of whom are parties to this Notice. As a company responsible for your confidential medical information, your privacy is of utmost importance to us. This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how we may use and disclose your protected health information to carry out treatment, payment or health care operations and for other purposes that are permitted or required by law. It also describes your rights to access and control of your protected health information. “Protected health information” is information about you, including demographic information, that may identify you and that relates to your past, present or future physical or mental health or condition and related health care services. We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information and to provide you with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to protected health information, which are set out in this Notice of Privacy Practices. We are required to abide by the terms of this Notice of Privacy Practices. We reserve the right to change the terms of our notice at any time. The new notice will be effective for all protected health information that we maintain at that time. Copies of any new notices will be posted at various public locations at our facilities and on our website at www.friendship.us and will be available to be picked up at our facilities. Upon your request, we will provide you with any revised Notice of Privacy Practices by calling and requesting that a revised copy be sent to you in the mail. 1. Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information for Treatment, Payment, and Healthcare Operations You will be asked to sign a consent form upon admission or when you first become a resident or customer. We will use or disclose your protected health information as described in this Section 1. Your protected health information may be used and disclosed by members of our staff that are involved in your care and treatment for the purpose of providing health care services to you. Your protected health information may also be used and disclosed to pay your health care bills and to support the operation of the facility. Following are examples of the types of uses and disclosures of your protected health care information that we are permitted to make. These examples are not meant to be exhaustive, but to describe the types of uses and disclosures that may be made by us.

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