Douglas County Health Department
Douglas County Health Department
1250 E US 36 Highway | Tuscola, Illinois 61953
(217) 253-4137
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HIPAA at DCHD

Home» HIPAA at DCHD

What is HIPAA?

HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. It is a federal law that requires the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information (PHI) from being disclosed without the patient’s consent or knowledge.

 

“For the average health care provider or health plan, the Privacy Rule [of this Act] requires activities, such as: Notifying patients about their privacy rights and how their information can be used; Adopting and implementing privacy procedures for its practice, hospital, or plan; Training employees so that they understand the privacy procedures; Designating an individual to be responsible for seeing that the privacy procedures are adopted and followed; and Securing patient records containing individually identifiable health information so that they are not readily available to those who do not need them.” [Source: Department of Health and Human Services]

 

View our notice of privacy practices:

Notice of Privacy Practices

 

For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about HIPPA:

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights – HIPPA Page


HIPAA Forms for DCHD

Authorization for Release of Medical Information

 

HIPAA Officers

April Kauffman
Chief Compliance Officer
Email CCO | Ext: 1203

Stacy Shonkwiler, MSN, RN
Chief Privacy Officer
Email CPO | Ext: 1205

Brandon Gast
Chief Security Officer
Email CSO | Ext: 1219

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HIPAA Committee Members

Amanda Minor
HIPAA Committee Member

 


Summer Phillips

HIPAA Committee Member

 

Colleen Lehmann
HIPAA Committee Member

 

Lisa Biehl, RHD
HIPAA Committee Member

 

Hannah Smothers
HIPAA Committee Member

 

Russell Anderson
HIPAA Committee Member

 

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Hours of Operation

Main Office:

Monday-Friday 8AM to 4:45PM

Dental Clinic:

Monday-Thursday 8AM to 4:45PM

COVID-19 Contact Tracing:

Monday-Thursday 8AM to 4:30PM

Friday-Sunday 8AM to 12PM

COVID-19 Testing @ Tuscola Outlet Mall:

Monday-Thursday 8:30AM to 11:30AM, 12:30PM to 3:30PM

Friday 8:30AM to 12PM

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