HIPAA and Privacy

Privacy and Security Notice

Our Commitment To Privacy
Your privacy is crucial to AWA Collections. Maintaining your confidence is paramount in continuing to protect you as our client. To demonstrate our commitment to your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

The Information We Collect
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the awacoll.com web site. We may collect various forms of personally identifiable information and non-personally identifiable information while you use our Website.

"Personally identifiable information" refers to the information that tells us who you are when you visit us as a repeat visitor that has supplied personal information in a prior visit or interaction with us.

"Non-personally identifiable information" refers to information that does not of itself identify a specific individual. Certain information about visitors is gathered and collected in several ways. This information is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis. We may employ various methods of visitor analysis to better serve our client's needs, applications and dissemination of information.

The Way We Use Information
We use the information you provide about yourself when visiting our website but we do not share this information with outside parties.

We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.

We use non-personally identifiable information and aggregate information to better design our Website and enhance display features. We do not disclose anything that can be used to identify those individuals.

We use encrypted information stored in cookies only known to us to provide some features of our Web site. There is no personally identifiable information stored nor able to be accessed or understood outside of this Website and its systems.

Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

Our Commitment To Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access of your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared or public computer.

How To Contact Us
If you have additional questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please call us at 1-714-771-3690 or send us an email at info@awacoll.com .

HIPAA

AWA has made great accommodations as a result of the new privacy and security standards being promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

Per the proposed standards, all health plans, and healthcare providers must, at minimum, protect the privacy of this information, conduct a risk assessment and develop a security plan. They must also document these measures, keep them current, and train their employees on appropriate security procedures.

At AWA Collections, we understand that complying with these HIPAA standards is a key priority. AWA has studied the regulations and is taking appropriate action to comply in conjunction with assisting our clients’ compliance efforts. Our associates are expected to handle sensitive and personal information in a manner that ensures confidentiality.

The security, protection and integrity of our clients' patient information, frequently referred to as "Individually Identifiable Health Information (IASI)" will continue to be our standard business practice.