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HIPAA Policies
Joint Notice
Of Privacy
This Joint Notice
applies to the privacy practices of the Affiliated Entities and the
entities participating in the Organized Health Care Arrangement described
below for the sole purpose of complying with the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), HIPAA Privacy Rules and with
the Texas Medical Privacy Act, Tex Health & Safety Code § 181.
These entities are viewed as participating in a joint arrangement for
the sole purpose of using and disclosing your health information created
within or received by any one or more Affiliated Entities for your treatment,
entity payment and entity operations. These Affiliated Entities include:
- Memorial Hermann
Hospital System
- Memorial Hermann
Continuing Care Corporation
- Memorial Hermann
Affiliated Services
- Memorial Hermann
Physicians of Texas
- Memorial Hermann
Ventures, Inc.
- Memorial Hermann
Health Network Providers, Inc.
The Affiliated
Entities and the Physicians and Allied Professionals who have privileges
to practice at such entities participate in an Organized Health Care
Arrangement (OHCA) for the sole purpose of complying with the HIPAA
Privacy Rule. The entities participating in the OHCA may share your
medical information with each other as necessary to carry out treatment,
payment and health care operations as described in this Notice. This
Notice does not apply to your information in the custody of or the information
practices of your Physician or Allied Professional in his or her private
office. For the purposes of complying with the Texas Medical Privacy
Act, Tex Health & Safety Code, § 181, the following Memorial
Hermann entities shall also be subject to the privacy practices described
in this Notice.
- Memorial Hermann
Healthcare System
- Memorial Hermann
Foundation, and
- Memorial Hermann
Professional Insurance Co. Ltd.
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