Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 6/1/2024

Healthcare CyberAB (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, https://healthcarecyberab.org/, and use our services.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as your name, email address, phone number, and other contact details.

1.2 Usage Data

We may collect information about your interactions with our website, including your IP address, browser type, access times, and pages viewed. This information helps us understand how you use our website and improve our services.

2. Use of Your Information

2.1 To Provide Services

We use your personal information to provide, maintain, and improve our services, including processing your requests and communicating with you.

2.2 To Improve User Experience

We may use usage data to analyze trends, administer our website, and gather demographic information to enhance your experience.

2.3 Compliance and Enforcement

We may use your information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes, and to enforce our Terms of Use.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

3.1 Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, and customer service.

3.2 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

4. Information Blocking Penalties

Providers knowingly interfering or preventing patients from accessing medical information, EHR use, and information exchange will face penalties, including:

4.1 Hospitals, Physician Groups, and Clinicians

Stripped of meaningful use status for the calendar year of the EHR reporting period when the Office of Inspector General refers its determination to CMS. If one clinician within a group is blocking information, but not the whole group, the penalty will only apply to the offender.

4.2 Critical Access Hospitals

Risk seeing payment reduced to 100% of reasonable costs.

4.3 Clinicians in ACOs

May be ineligible to participate in the ACO for at least one year and may not receive revenue earned through the Shared Savings Program.

4.4 IT Companies and Developers

Face a fine of up to $1 million for information blocking. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reserves the right to create additional disincentives in the future.

5. Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Your Privacy Rights

You have the right to access, update, and delete your personal information. To exercise these rights, please contact us at [insert contact information].

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our website.