Healthcare information may be released to any person or entity liable for payment on the Patient’s behalf to verify coverage or payment questions, or for any other purpose related to benefit payment. I hereby permit this practice and the health professionals involved in my care to release healthcare information for purposes of treatment, payment, or healthcare operations. As provided by Privacy Rule Section 164.522(b), I hereby allow the Practice to communicate via phone, email, postal mail and text to the address, email address and phone numbers provided on my intake form.
Consent to Treatment: I understand that a medical practitioner at my request will order all test and treatment at CommunityMed Urgent Care. I understand that medicine is not an exact science and that there is no guarantee that the outcome of my treatment will be what I want it to be. Knowing this, and agreeing to this, I request to be a patient at CommunityMed Urgent Care. I consent to all necessary testing and treatment, including procedures and routine immunizations, while I am a patient at CommunityMed Urgent Care on this date through a full calendar year from this date. If this paperwork is being completed for my minor child I consent to all necessary testing and treatment while he / she is a patient at CommunityMed Urgent Care on this date through a full calendar year from this date. I consent to photographs being taken for the purpose of medical treatment and diagnosis. I authorize CommunityMed Urgent Care to retain for testing and/or dispose of any specimen or tissue taken from the above-named patient.
Notice of Privacy Practices: I acknowledge that I have reviewed the clinic’s posted Notice of Privacy Practices, which describes the ways in which the practice may use and disclose my healthcare information for its treatment, payment, healthcare operations and other described and permitted uses and disclosures, I understand that I may contact the Privacy Officer designated on the notice if I have a question or complaint. To the extent permitted by law, I consent to the use and disclosure of my information for the purposes described in the practice’s Notice of Privacy Practices.
Accidental Exposure of Healthcare Workers: I understand that state law provides for, and I agree, that if any healthcare worker is exposed to my blood or other bodily fluids to allow CommunityMed Urgent Care to perform tests on my blood or other bodily fluids to determine the presence of any communicable diseases, including but not limited to, hepatitis, human immunodeficiency virus (AIDS), and syphilis. I understand that such testing is necessary to protect those who will be caring for me while I am a patient at CommunityMed Urgent Care. I understand that the results of test taken under these circumstances do not become part of my medical record.