Privacy Policy
This notice describes how your medical information may be used or disclosed and how you can gain access to it. Please read this notice carefully.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 is a federal program that requires strict confidentiality for all your personal health information. That includes all your medical and dental information used or disclosed by us in any form, whether electronic, written or verbal. The Act gives you significant rights to understand and control how your health information is used. The Act also provides penalties for the misuse of Protected Health Information (PHI).
PHI is any information about you, including demographic data that identifies you and your past, present or future physical or mental health condition, as well as related healthcare services. This Privacy Policy describes how we may use or disclose your PHI to provide treatment, payment or healthcare operations or other purposes that are permitted or required by law. This policy also describes your rights to access and control your PHI.
Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information
Your PHI may be used or disclosed by our physician, office staff or others involved in your care and treatment, whether providing healthcare services to you, paying your healthcare bills, supporting the operation of our practice or any other lawful use.
Treatment: We will use and disclose your PHI to provide, coordinate or manage your healthcare and related services. This includes the coordination or management of your healthcare by a third party. For example, your PHI may be given to a physician you have been referred to in order to ensure that he or she has the necessary information to diagnose or treat you.
Healthcare Operations: We may use or disclose your PHI to support our business activities. These activities may include quality assessment, employee review and conducting or arranging other business activities. We may also use a sign-in sheet at the registration desk where you will be asked to sign your name and indicate your physician. We may call you by name in our reception area when your physician is ready to see you. We may use or disclose your PHI, as necessary, to contact you to remind you of your appointment. We may phone your home and leave a message (on an answering machine or with the person answering the phone) to remind you of an upcoming appointment, the need to schedule a new appointment or to call our office. We may also mail a postcard reminder or letter to your home address. Please tell us if you prefer that we call or contact you at another phone number or location.
We may use or disclose your PHI under the following circumstances without your authorization. These include, as required by law:
- public health issues
- communicable diseases
- health oversight
- abuse or neglect
- Food and Drug Administration requirements
- legal proceedings
- law enforcement
- coroners, funeral directors and organ donation
- medical research
- criminal activity; prison inmates
- military activity and national security
- Workers’ Compensation
Required Uses and Disclosures: The law requires us to disclose to you when we are investigated by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to determine our compliance with HIPAA. Other permitted and required uses and disclosures will be made only with your consent, authorization or opportunity to object unless required by law. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time except to the extent that your physician or the physician’s practice has taken action in reliance on the use or disclosure indicated in your authorization.
Payment: Your PHI will be used, as needed, to obtain payment for healthcare services. For example, obtaining approval for a hospital stay may require that your relevant PHI be disclosed to your health insurance plan to obtain approval for a hospital admission or a health-related procedure.
Your Rights
You have the right to inspect and copy your PHI. Under federal law, however, you may not inspect or copy the following records:
- psychotherapy notes
- information compiled in reasonable anticipation of, or use in civil, criminal or administrative actions or proceedings
- PHI that is subject to law prohibiting access to said PHI
You have the right to request a restriction of your health information. This means you may ask us not to use or disclose any part of your PHI for the purposes of treatment, payment or healthcare operations. You may also request nondisclosure of any part of your PHI to family members or friends who may be involved in your care or for notification purposes described in these Privacy Practices. Your request must state the specific restriction and to whom you want the restriction to apply.
Your physician is not required to agree to your requested restriction. If your physician believes it is in your best interests to permit use and disclosure of your PHI, your PHI will not be restricted. You then have the right to use another healthcare professional.
You have the right to request to receive confidential communications from us by alternative means or at an alternative location. You have the right to obtain a paper copy of this Notice from us, upon request, even if you have agreed to accept this Notice alternatively (e.g., electronically).
You have the right to have your physician amend your PHI. If we deny your request for amendment, you have the right to file a statement of disagreement with us and we may prepare a rebuttal to your statement and provide you with a copy of any such rebuttal. You have the right to receive an accounting of certain disclosures we have made, if any, of your PHI.
We reserve the right to change the terms of this Notice and will inform you of any changes. You then have the right to object or withdraw as provided in this Notice.
Complaints
You may complain to us or to the Secretary of Health and Human Services if you believe your privacy rights have been violated by us. You may file a complaint by notifying our privacy officer at our office and main telephone number. We will not retaliate against you for exercising your right to file a complaint.
This Notice was published and is effective on or before 6/1/2010.
Rose (Rosie) Obregon-Greco, OTR/L
Focus on Kids Too
425 Huehl Road, Building 14A
Northbrook, IL 60062
(At Dundee and Huehl Road)
Tel: 847-412-9772
Fax: 847-412-9773
www.focusonkidstoo.com
Occupational Therapy
Helping children with sensory processing disorders through occupational therapy.
The goal of occupational therapy (OT) is to help children improve their ability to perform their occupations in the home environment, the community, and in school. We help children to identify, regulate, interpret, and execute appropriate physical and behavioral responses to various sensations so they can perform everyday “occupations” properly. Such occupations include: playing with friends, participating in school activities, and completing daily routines like getting dressed, using the bathroom, and knowing how to eat with a spoon, fork, and knife.
OT that is specifically designed for children with sensory processing disorders (SPD) and sensory integration disorders is surprisingly fun! In fact, to the untrained observer, it looks like nothing more than child’s play. Our center has lots of toys and equipment for swinging, spinning, and climbing. We also expose children with many tactile, visual, and listening opportunities. To your child, we will appear much more like a big playground than an occupational therapy center.
We are incredibly patient and understanding. We will treat you and your child with highly personalized care, concern, and respect. The goal of Focus on Kids Too is to help your child develop the automatic and appropriate responses to all kinds of sensations. This will allow your child to perform all kinds of daily occupations (activities) and social interactions. As your child becomes more competent, he or she will enjoy an increase in self-esteem and independence. You will also see improvements in self-regulation and sensorimotor abilities.
Additional benefits include:
- Improved sensory processing skills
- Improved management of surroundings and work space
- Improved participation in social situations
- Improved self-control in classroom
- Increased interest in peers, toys, and activities
- Reduced aggression toward peers
- Reduced clumsiness and awkwardness in physical activity
To learn more about how our unique and highly personalized brand of OT (occupational therapy) can help your child, call Focus on Kids Too today.
We can help your child overcome his/her sensory processing disorders. Call Focus on Kids Too at 847-412-9772 or fill out our online Request an Appointment form to schedule your free telephone consultation with our board-certified pediatric occupational therapists. Se habla español!
Meet Our Team
Occupational Therapy Director
Occupational Therapist
Integrated Listening SpecialistHelp your kids overcome sensory and integration disorders. Let our board-certified, licensed specialists help you. Come to Focus on Kids Too here in Northbrook, IL. Schedule a free telephone consultation with our therapists by calling us at 847-412-9772. For your added convenience, you can also fill out our online Request an Appointment form. Se habla español!
Listening Therapy
Passively listening to music has been demonstrated in numerous studies to increase
performance in math skills, spatial reasoning, verbal recall, language development,
emotional intelligence, and interpersonal skills. When children passively listen to
music, they are undergoing physiological changes in the brain. The brain is entering a
state called “alpha” where learning is most efficient. Research has found that the ideal
state for learning is when the brain is in a relaxed, but still aware.
The Listening Program and Integrated Listening Systems Intervention
These professionally designed auditory stimulation tools cause the brain to reach an alpha
level. Children who suffer from motor and sensory deficits have difficulty reaching this
level on their own. Through the integration of music intervention and occupational
therapy, children will perform at a significantly higher level. This occurs because the child’s
brain is re-training itself by increasing the efficiency of neural connections. Occupational
therapy is the primary tool for establishing more efficient connections as it relates to
motor control and sensory processing. The Listening Program and Integrated Listening
Systems Intervention help children better understand their emotions (emotional
intelligence), spatial reasoning (thinking about their movements), and interpersonal skills
(how well they interact with their peers).
Early diagnosis and treatment is the key
Here at Focus on Kids Too, our experienced and highly qualified occupational
therapists provide personalized sensory integration therapy for children of all ages.
In some cases, we can eliminate sensory processing problems. In other cases, we can
teach children how to cope with their problems in a less disruptive, more appropriate
and more socially acceptable manner.
To take the first step and learn how we can help your child reach his or her potential, call Focus on Kids Too at 847-412-9772 today! For your added convenience, you can also fill out our online Request an Appointment form to schedule your free telephone consultation with our board certified pediatric occupational therapists. Se habla español!
