PRIVACY STATEMENT

FaranBilling.com, (Faran Billing) is committed to data security and
the importance of protecting your personal and your clients personal
and health information. The privacy practices of Faran Billing's online
medical records information and medical submission services were reviewed
to ensure Faran Billing's compliance with HIPAA standards.
1) What personal information is collected?
When registering as a user of online medical information and medical
billing services provided by Faran Medical Claims Inc. on FaranBilling.com
(the "Billing Service"), we will ask you to supply some personal
demographic information about yourself, data that includes things such
as your name and email address, your practice, and other business related
information.
2) What other types of information will be collected?
Cookies are elements of data that a website can send to your browser
and store on your computer's hard drive. They are used by us to determine
user activity throughout the Billing Service (such as specific pages
visited, time spent on those pages, and frequency of visits). We use
this information to analyze usage patterns and, more importantly, they
will be used to provide you with a more rewarding experience each time
you visit the Billing Service. We do not use cookies to store or transmit
any personally identifiable information about you on the Internet.
3) Is there third-party collection?
Faran Billing can assure you that no third-party collects personally
identifiable information through our Web site.
4) How will my information be protected?
Faran Billing will protect your information by restricting access to
your personal profile on the Billing Service. To enter the Billing Service
you must use your unique user name and password. When you are ready
to exit your account, we recommend that you Logoff/Signoff. To keep
your information secure, you should never share your unique username
or password with anyone.
5) How will my information be used?
Faran Billing will use the information collected to provide you with
personalized suggestions to help you reach your goals and address your
billing submission needs.
6) What type of information will be shared and with whom?
We will disclose and share with the carriers you select, all personally
identifiable billing information provided by you on the Billing Service.
Carriers will use your information in accordance with their privacy
policy and in ways that their structure and organization requires in
order to facilitate the processing of claims.
7) What choices do I have regarding collection, use, and
distribution of my information?
Faran Billing honors your right to control disclosure of your personal
information. However, some of your personally identifiable billing information
collected within the Billing Service will be shared with carriers (relevant
to their stated requirements) in accordance with HIPAA policy posted
at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/. If you prefer that we not disclose
nonpublic personal information about you to carriers, you may opt out
of those disclosures by terminating your use of the Billing Service.
8) How can I change or update my personal information?
While logged into the billing system, you can update your personal information
by editing the appropriate section of your profile.
9) Changes to our Privacy Policies
If our Privacy Policy practices change at some time in the future, we
will notify you via email if we plan to use your non-public data towards
such policy change. This will provide you with an opportunity to opt
out of these new uses if you so choose.
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