HIPAA

Protecting our seniors and their healthcare information is important to us.

As an assisted living facility, protecting our seniors and their healthcare information is important to us. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) is federal legislation passed in 1996 by Congress. Due to the advancements in electronic technology, Congress recognized the need for federal privacy protections of individually identifiable health information and therefore has mandated privacy protections 

The HIPAA Privacy Rule, effective April 14, 2003, safeguards the privacy of our residents through increased accountability in the areas of privacy and security. The Privacy Rule establishes a foundation for federal protections for the privacy of Protected Health Information (PHI). The HIPAA Security Rule, effective April 20, 2005, becomes more specific and calls for protection of PHI in electronic formats.

HIPPA Resident Privacy Information

Silver Birch Living, LLC, is strongly committed to protecting your health information. Our 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 controls your protected health information. Protected health information is information about you that may identify you and that relates to your past, present or future physical or mental health or condition and related health care services.

HIPAA and What it Means to You

HIPPA became a federal law in 1996. HIPAA is complex and has many components. Two major areas addressed by HIPAA include:

1. Privacy. It provides rules regarding how your health information may be used and disclosed.
2. Security. It requires specific security measures to protect health information that is sent or stored electronically.

What do you do if you have any questions or would like further information?

Across all our locations, Silver Birch practices confidentiality and respect for resident privacy. If you have a question about our Notice of Privacy Practices or would like further information, please contact your Executive Director or the Corporate Privacy Officer at the email following address: info@silverbirchliving.com.