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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. Our goal is to take appropriate steps to attempt to safeguard any medical or other personal information that is provided to us. The Privacy Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") requires us to: (i) maintain the privacy of medical information provided to us; (ii) provide notice of our legal duties and privacy practices; and (iii) abide by the terms of our Notice of Privacy Practices currently in effect. WHO WILL FOLLOW THIS NOTICE • This notice describes the practices of our employees and staff. INFORMATION COLLECTED ABOUT YOU In the ordinary course of receiving treatment and health care services from us, you will be providing us with personal information such as: • Your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address. • Information relating to your medical history. • Your insurance information and coverage. • Information concerning your doctor, nurse or other medical providers. In addition, we will gather certain medical information about you and will create a record of the care provided to you. Some information also may be provided to us by other individuals or organizations that are part of your "circle of care" - such as the referring physician, your other doctors, your health plan, and close friends or family members. HOW WE MAY USE AND DISCLOSE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU We may use and disclose personal and identifiable health information about you for a variety of purposes. All of the types of uses and disclosures of information are described below, but not every use or disclosure in a category is listed. Required Disclosures. We are required to disclose health information about you to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon request, to determine our compliance with HIPAA and to you, in accordance with your right to access and right to receive an accounting of disclosures, as described below. For Treatment. We may use health information about you in your treatment. For example, we may use your medical history, such as any presence or absence of diabetes, to assess the health of your eyes. For Payment. We may use and disclose health information about you to bill for our services and to collect payment from you or your insurance company. For example, we may need to give a payer information about your current medical condition so that it will pay us for the eye examinations or other services that we have furnished you. We may also need to inform your payer of the treatment you are going to receive in order to obtain prior approval or to determine whether the service is covered. For Health Care Operations. We may use and disclose information about you for the general operation of our business. For example, we sometimes arrange for auditors or other consultants to review our practices, evaluate our operations, and tell us how to improve our services. Or, for example, we may use and disclose your health information to review the quality of services provided to you. Public Policy Uses and Disclosures.

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