How NeuLife Rehab Respects and Honors our Clients’ Privacy

A federal law protects the privacy of the medical information of individuals. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known commonly by the acronym HIPAA, was enacted in 1996. Because it is a federal law, it applies to all states. NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida not only complies with it but embraces the requirements of and the spirit behind the law.

Although HIPAA imposes many requirements, one of the main ones directly relates to the progression of an individual from a sub-acute care facility to a post-acute rehabilitation facility such as NeuLife Rehab. The law deals with protecting the privacy of personally identifiable health information coming into the possession of a “covered entity.”

Covered entities include:

• Health care providers (such as doctors and hospitals)
• Health plans (like an HMO or a PPO)
• Healthcare clearinghouses. These are entities that act as middlemen between health care providers and another entity that needs the information of a health care provider. The other entity might be, for example, an insurance company that has to pay the provider. The clearinghouse translates the information from the provider into a form that the insurance company can understand so that it can process payment. In the case of a Client of NeuLife Rehab for example, his or her challenging diagnosis, and the prescribed post-acute rehabilitation may have to be “translated” into a Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code.

NeuLife Rehab delivers innovative post-acute rehabilitation directly to its Clients. The post-acute rehabilitation may be needed because of one or more of these occurrences:

• Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Mild brain injury (MBI)
• Motor vehicle accidents (MVA)
• Neurological injuries
• Spinal cord injuries (SCI)
• Limb amputations

To develop a Client Goal Plan by which to deliver to our Clients clinically relevant services, NeuLife Rehab obtains personally identifiable health information from sub-acute medical providers. Those records are needed to assess the Clients’ rehabilitation requirements to achieve independence at NeuLife Rehab to the fullest extent of his or her physical and mental abilities. Therefore, NeuLife Rehab is a “covered entity” under HIPAA.

NeuLife Rehab implements the protections of HIPAA as the law requires. Some of the ways include:

• Health information is used only for health purposes. Without your express consent, we will not share it except as otherwise allowed by law.
• When your health information does get shared, only the minimum necessary amount of information will be disclosed.
• Psychotherapy records are given an extra level of protection.

When an individual becomes a Client of NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida, he or she undergoes an independent functional evaluation administered by a multidisciplinary team of professionals that may consist of:

• Board Certified Neurologist
• Board Certified Behavior Analyst
• Board Certified Physiatrist
• Neuropsychologist
• Psychologist
• Board Certified Psychiatrist
• Speech Language Pathologist/Cognitive Therapist
• Physical Therapist
• Occupational Therapist
• Nurses
• Certified Rehab Counselor

From the results of the independent functional evaluation, the professionals of NeuLife Rehab formulate a Client Goal Plan. The Client Goal Plan guides the clinically relevant services delivered by NeuLife Rehab. The Client Goal Plan guides the cognitive, psychiatric, neurologic, psychological and neuropsychological therapy of the Client. The goal of NeuLife Rehab’s innovative post-acute rehabilitation is the attainment for our Clients of independence to the fullest extent that his or her physical and mental abilities permit.

NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida consistently provides the highest standard of care in the delivery of clinically relevant services to achieve successful, sustained outcomes and exceed the expectations of all persons served.

Proper and timely post-acute rehabilitation that may determine the difference between disability and independence is what NeuLife refers to as the “platinum post-acute period” —  the crucial window following acute care that is needed to nurture the whole person to health with specialized, clinically relevant services.

NeuLife, in Mount Dora, Florida, is an accessible residential post-acute program providing specialized rehabilitation to individuals diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury
(TBI), Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Amputations, Burns and other Catastrophic Injuries and Challenging Diagnoses.

2725 Robie Avenue

Mount Dora, Florida 32757