SPRINGFIELD HEART SURGEONS, LLC PRIVACY PRACTICES AKNOWLEDGEMENT Thank you for choosing Springfield Heart Surgeons, LLC to provide your care. We are required to provide you with a copy of our Notice of Privacy Practices. To ensure that our records are accurate, please sign this form and return it to the receptionist to acknowledge that you have been provided with a copy of our Notice of Privacy Practices. Please be aware, you may request a copy of our Notice of Privacy Practices at any time. _______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________ PRINT Name Date Signature of Patient (or parent if under 18 or legal guardian) __________ Staff Initials ________________________________________________________________________________________________ FINANCIAL & BILLING POLICY AKNOWLEDGEMENT Our financial and billing policy explains our billing procedures and outlines your financial responsibility. We ask that each patient read this policy and sign below to acknowledge you have received a copy. If the patient is a minor (under 18) or is incapacitated, we ask that the patient’s parent or legal guardian sign on the patient’s behalf. ________________________________________________ Signature of Patient (or parent if under 18 or legal guardian) _______________________________ Date ________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONSENT TO MEDICAL TREATMENT I give my consent for the physicians and staff of Springfield Heart Surgeons, LLC to administer diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of my illness and/or injuries and to perform minor operative procedures, as deemed necessary by the physician and staff. I consent to a physical examination as necessary to diagnosis and treat my illnesses and /or injury. I understand that I am responsible for payment of services rendered to me for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment. ________________________________________________ _______________________________ Signature of Patient (or parent if under 18 or legal guardian) Date _______________________________________________________________________________________________ MEDICARE POLICY HOLDERS ONLY: (Please read and sign authorization below) I authorize Springfield Heart Surgeons, LLC and any other holder of medical and other information about me to release to the Social Security Administration and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and its intermediaries and associates, any information needed for this or a related Medicare claim. I permit a copy of this authorization to be used in place of the original and request payment of medical insurance benefits be made to Springfield Heart Surgeons, LLC and its business partners. I assign payment of Medicare benefits directly to Springfield Heart Surgeons, LLC for any service provided to me by its physicians and staff. I authorize any holder of medical information about me to release any information needed to determine these benefits payable for related services. ___________________________________________ Signature of Patient (or parent if under 18 or legal guardian) _______________________________ Date __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ALL OTHER Insurance Policy Holders (NON MEDICARE): (Please read and sign the authorization below) I authorize my insurance company to pay benefits on my behalf directly to Springfield Heart Surgeons, LLC. I authorize the release of any information needed to process my claim to my insurance company and to the business partners of Springfield Heart Surgeons, LLC as needed to process my claim. I authorize Springfield Heart Surgeons, LLC to release pertinent medical information to my insurance company, when requested. ________________________________________________ Signature of Patient (or parent if under 18 or legal guardian) ________________________________ Date