Privacy Policy

This Notice of Privacy Practices is provided to you as a requirement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). It describes how we may use or disclose your protected health information, with whom that information may be shared, and the safeguards we have in place to protect it. This notice also describes your rights to access and amend your protected health care information. You have the right to approve or refuse the release of specific information outside of our hospice agency except when the release is required or authorized by law or regulation.

If you have any questions about this notice, please call the Privacy Officer or the Executive Director of Hospice of the North Coast at 760.431.4100.