Our commitment to Protecting Your Privacy and Earning
Your Trust
Earning and maintaining your trust and
safeguarding your privacy is the cornerstone of our patient relationship
with you. The protection of your privacy is a key part of
maintaining your trust. This has been a fundamental operating
principle of Richmond Eye Associates since our founding and remains so
today. This Patient Privacy Notice Summary lets you know the
information we collect about you, and how we safeguard and use this
information to serve you.
Information We Collect About
You
We collect nonpublic information about you from the
following sources:
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Information you provide directly to use upon registration including
financial contracts.
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Information we obtain from others to verify information provided by you,
such as your insurance policy information and health history.
Richmond Eye Associates only collects and uses patient
information that is necessary to render our procedures, provide superior
service, and make you aware of services that we believe will be a benefit
and value to you.
Information We Disclose to Others
We
do not disclose any nonpublic, personal information about our patients or
former patients to non-affiliated third parties, without written consent
form the patient. Richmond Eye Associates is concerned about you and
your privacy, and carefully limits and controls the patient information we
share with others. We do not disclose information about our current
(active or inactive) patients to anyone, except as outlined in this notice
or as permitted or required by law.
Our Security Procedures
and Our Pledge to You
Richmond Eye Associates is
committed to protecting the security of our patient information. We
maintain strict internal policies regarding confidentiality of patient
information for both our current and former patients. We limit
access to this information to only those employees who need it in order to
perform their jobs. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural
safeguards that comply with federal guidelines to safeguard patient
information. Our employees are bound by our policies to access
patient information only for legitimate clinical and/or business purposes
and to keep such information confidential at all times. We pledge to
do all we can to protect your privacy. If you have nay questions
about our Privacy Policy, or about how your information is maintained,
safeguarded, or used, please contact our Privacy Officer at
(804) 270-033.
To read our full Privacy Policy, go to
Notice of Privacy Practices.
