It
is now possible for our patient's to fill out and sign their Patient Registration,
Financial Policy and HIPAA compliance forms with Pinnacle Internal Medicine
Associates prior to the date of their scheduled appointment.
Some
of you may be wondering what the HIPAA compliance forms are. HIPAA stands
for the Health Insurance Portablility and Accountability Act.The first-ever
federal privacy standards to protect patients' medical records and other
health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other
health care providers took effect on April 14, 2003. Developed by the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), these new standards provide
patients with access to their medical records and more control over how
their personal health information is used and disclosed. They represent
a uniform, federal floor of privacy protections for consumers across the
country.
Carefully review and fill out the Patient Registration Form below and
print it out along with the HIPAA compliance and Financial Policy forms
so that you can conveniently bring them to your appointment completed
and signed in advance.
Please
note: these forms are only to be filled out by patients with an existing
appointment. If you would like to request an appointment, please give
us a call at (412) 621-6166. |