Privacy Policy

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION.

We know that keeping your personal information private is important to you. That’s why MedVantx wants you to know how we protect the information you share with us.

• MedVantx maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that meet state and federal regulations. Access to patient information is limited only to people that need the information for authorized pharmacy purposes.
• MedVantx may disclose information when required by law in order to respond to a subpoena, prevent fraud or comply with an inquiry by a government agency.
• We never share your health information with outside parties for marketing purposes unless a written consent has been signed by you and is on file with us.
• We never share your health information with a family member unless a written consent has been signed by you and is on file with us.

Types of information MedVantx collects

• Information requested on patient order forms including, but not limited to, names, addresses, credit card information, health conditions and allergies.
• Data pertaining to your prescription profile, such as: name of prescription medication, strength, dosing instructions, physician’s name.
• Information collected from your health care provider, such as: gender, height, weight, medical diagnosis. This information is needed in order for MedVantx pharmacists to utilize their clinical expertise while delivering the best quality of care and is consistent with the patient-doctor-pharmacist relationship.

Commitment to Privacy

• We collect only the information we need to help us deliver pharmacy products and services.
• We prevent unauthorized access to your information, including through the Internet.
• We refuse to provide your health information to outside parties, for purposes of marketing, unless a written consent has been signed by you and is on file with us.
• We refuse to sell your information to outside mailing list companies or telemarketers. MedVantx may contact you by phone to provide refill reminders, information on treatment alternatives, or other health-related benefits or services.

Individual Rights

Access - At any time you can request a copy of your prescription history with MedVantx. To do this, simply write to us at MedVantx, Inc, PO Box 5736, Sioux Falls SD 57117-5736, be sure to sign and date the request.

Amendment -You have the right to request that we amend your medical information. Your request must be in writing, and it must explain why the information should be amended. We may deny your request if we did not create the information you want amended and the originator remains available or for certain other reasons.

Disclosure Accounting – You have the right to receive a list of instances in which we or our business associates disclosed your medical information for purposes other than treatment, payment, health care operations, as authorized by you, and for certain other activities, since April 14, 2003. We will provide you with the date on which we made the disclosure, the name of the person or entity to whom we disclosed your medical information, a description of the medical information we disclosed, the reason for the disclosure, and certain other information.

Privacy Violation – If you feel that your privacy rights have been violated you can write to our Privacy Officer. Please indicate what violation occurred and the date(s) of occurrence. Send this to MedVantx, Inc Privacy Officer, PO Box 5736, Sioux Falls SD 57117-5736.