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Privacy Policy:

Skin Speaks and Advancements in Dermatology is committed to protecting
your privacy online. We make every effort to safeguard your personal
data. We comply with all HIPAA requirements with the use of our
website, including the gathering of personal information and online
security.

Many major websites use cookies to gather data and provide other
useful features for visitors, however, this website does not use
cookies to gather personal information.

Skin Speaks and Advancements in Dermatology will not send you any
unsolicited information via email or any other form or means regarding
commercial offers or advertisements without prior consent. We value
our patient's privacy and relationship and will make every attempt to
safeguard this.

Because email is not a completely secure means of communication,
please do not use email if you wish to keep your communications
private and confidential.

HIPAA Compliant

This website resource allows you to learn information related to
certain health topics and find health service providers in your area
by linking you to individual health service provider's web sites. Due
to the nature of this web site, Skin Speaks and Advancements in
Dermatology cannot check or verify the accuracy of information
contained on health service provider's web sites. The inclusion of any
link to such sites does not imply endorsement, sponsorship, or
recommendation by Skin Speaks and Advancements in Dermatology of these
sites.

Skin Speaks and Advancements in Dermatology does not warrant the
accuracy of information obtained from these web sites. You are advised
to conduct your own thorough review of the health service provider
("provider") prior to retaining or taking advice from that provider.
Advice given and opinions expressed throughout providers' sites are
those of the provider, not of Skin Speaks and Advancements in
Dermatology. Skin Speaks and Advancements in Dermatology expressly
disclaims all liability for any actions taken or not taken by you
based upon any or all advice given or any service provided by the
provider to you.

Links

This site contains links to other sites. Skin Speaks and Advancements
in Dermatology is not responsible for the privacy practices of other
sites that are linked to us.

Copyright

All materials on this server and this Internet site, including the
site's design, layout, and organization, are owned and copyrighted by
Skin Speaks and Advancements in Dermatology and are protected by U.S.
and international copyrights.

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.

As of April 14, 2003, we are required under the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and currently under
Massachusetts law to maintain the privacy of your health information,
and to provide you with this Notice of Privacy Rights & Practices.

This document explains in detail how we use your Protected Health
Information (PHI) which is any information about you that could
identify you, your past, present, or future physical or mental health
condition(s). Examples of how we can use and disclose your information
without your authorization include:

Treatment - we keep a record of each visit and/or admission. These
 records may include your test results, diagnoses, medications or
 other therapies. These records are used and disclosed to allow
 doctors, nurses, spiritual care and other health care and clinical
 staff providers to offer high quality care to meet your needs.

Payment - we maintain a record of and may use and disclose
 information related to, services and supplies you receive at each
 visit and/or admission, so that we can be paid by you, an
 insurance company, or a third party. We may tell your health plan
 and other payors about an upcoming treatment or service, which
 requires their prior approval and authorization.

Health Care Operations - we use and disclose your medical
information to improve the services we provide, to train staff and
students, for business management, and for customer service
purposes.

Your information may be shared amongst Skin Speaks and
 Advancements in Dermatology, , other health care providers, third
 party payors and our Business Associates to facilitate treatment,
 payment or health care operations.

ADDITIONAL USES AND DISCLOSURES:

There are additional times when we are permitted or required to
use/disclose medical information without your permission. These
circumstances are listed below:

In emergency treatment situations

If required by law

To assist incommunicative patients

For law enforcement

For reporting child/elder/disabled persons abuse or neglect

For public health activities (tracking diseases or medical devices)

For organ donations

For health oversight activities such as fraud investigations

To Workers' Compensation if you are injured at work

For certain judicial or administrative proceedings

To coroners, medical examiners and funeral directors

For government functions such as national security & intelligence

To a correctional institution if you are an inmate

For research following an appropriate review or waiver of
authorization for subject rercruitment application

To avert serious threat to public health or safety authorization by an
institutional review board to ensure protection of information

We may also use your information without your permission to:

Recommend treatment alternatives

Tell you about health benefits and/or services

Send or call you with appointment reminders

Ask you to make a charitable gift

List your name, location, and general condition in the patient
directory for the duration of your stay

List your religious affiliation in the patient directory provided to
clergy for the duration of your stay

To communicate with those involved in your care

Except as otherwise permitted by law, all other uses and disclosures
not described above will require your signed authorization. You may
revoke any authorization you provide at any time by delivering a
written statement directly to the Privacy Officer, except to the
extent that we have already taken action in reliance on your
authorization.

Please know that federal and state law requires special privacy
protections for certain highly confidential information about you
including but not limited to:

Psychotherapy notes

Mental health and developmental disabilities services

Alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment and referral

HIV/AIDS testing, diagnosis or treatment

Venereal disease(s)

Genetic testing

Child, elder and disabled persons abuse and neglect, and sexual
assault.

In order for us to disclose your Highly Confidential Information for a
purpose other than those permitted by law, we must obtain your written
authorization.

YOUR RIGHTS: Under HIPAA, you have the right to request in writing:

Restrictions on how we use or disclose your medical information.

Confidential communications to an alternate phone or address other
than your home.

Access to your medical information to review and obtain a copy,
subject to federal and state laws (fees may apply).

An amendment to your medical information if you feel you or your
health care provider need to make additions or corrections.

An accounting of disclosures of your medical information for purposes
other than treatment, payment, health care operations or made pursuant
to an authorization.

A paper copy of this Notice even if you have received it
electronically.

A revocation of any specific authorization obtained in connection with
your privacy, such as for marketing and research.

While we will consider all requests for privacy restrictions
carefully, we are not required to agree to any requested restrictions.

OUR RESPONSIBILITIES: We are required by law to maintain the privacy
of your medical information, to provide you with this written Notice
of Privacy Rights and Practices, and to abide by the terms of the
Notice currently in effect. We reserve the right to change this Notice
and our privacy practices and make the new provisions effective for
all information we maintain. Revised Notices will be posted in our
facilities and offices, and will be available from your direct
treatment provider.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: If you would like further information about your
privacy rights, are concerned that we have violated your privacy
rights or disagree with a decision that we made about access to your
PHI, you may contact our Privacy Officer at the address or phone
number below. You may also file written complaints with the Director,
Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. Upon request, the Privacy Officer will provide you with the
correct address for the Director. We will not retaliate against you if
you file a complaint with us or with the Director.

Skin Speaks and Advancements in Dermatology and its employees are
committed to protecting patient privacy.

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Patrick S. Carney, MD
Skin Speaks Spa M.D.
Advancements in Dermatology

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