Imaging Center at Baxter Village-Piedmont Medical Center-Rock Hill, SC

The Imaging Center at Baxter Village offers patients a variety of outpatient diagnostic services in a convenient and patient-friendly environment. Our state-of-the-art facility houses an open bore, high-field 1.2 Tesla MRI, 32-slice CT Scanner, Digital X-ray and Ultrasound. The dedicated outpatient focus is designed to provide ease of scheduling and reduced waiting times for patients while maintaining high standards for clinical quality.

The Imaging Center at Baxter Village offers the following diagnostic services and equipment:

MRI - Hitachi's newest generation Oasis 1.2 Tesla Open Magnetic Resonance Imaging system
CT Scan - Toshiba Medical System's Aquillion 32-slice Computed Tomography system
Digital X-Ray - GE Healthcare's Definium 5000 fixed digital X-Ray system
Ultrasound - GE Healthcare's Logiq 9 Ultrasound system

Want to learn more about our diagnostic imaging equipment or how to prepare for your scan?

Please see specific instructions below. Or you may visit http://www.imagingatbaxter.com/and click on the equipment’s link to find information specific to your type of scheduled exam and how to prepare for your visit.

Visit http://www.imagingatbaxter.comto schedule your appointment today at The Imaging Center at Baxter Village 509 Sixth Baxter CrossingFort Mill, South Carolina 29708

Phone: 803-802-4949

Business Fax: 803-802-4930

Para la información en español, por favor nos llama a 803-802-4949. ¡Gracias!

We offer a relaxed environment created with patient comfort in mind. Some of the special amenities include:

• Ample free parking

• Covered patient drop-off area

• Elegantly appointed seating area with magazines and large flat-screen television

• Men’s and women’s changing rooms (wheelchair accessible) with secure storage lockers

• Hospitality cart stocked with complimentary coffee, tea and hot chocolate

We are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. We accept most major credit cards, as well as debit cards, cash, checks and money orders.

Physicians performing services at The Imaging Center at Baxter Village are independent contractors and not employees, agents or representatives of The Imaging Center at Baxter Village or Piedmont Medical Center.

Our Radiologists: James Reinhardt, Jr., M.D.Geoffrey T. Gilleland, M.D.Howard F. Snyder, M.D.Peter A. Stangas, M.D.Edward D. McKinney, Jr., M.D.Lawrence P. Soderstrom, M.D. Bruce A. Leonard, M.D.Robert Reuter, M.D.Robert A. Salman, M.D. Mark R. Matthews, M.D.

At The Imaging Center at Baxter Village, we strive to ensure that every patient receives an appropriate level of service. Our caring staff will work to make your experience as comfortable and easy as possible.On the day of your appointment, you will need the following:

• Photo identification

• Insurance card

• Prescription from your doctor’s office with diagnosis*

• Form of payment for co-payment or co-insurance, if applicable

*Some insurance companies also require pre-authorization or a referral for your visit. Please check with your insurance provider to see if this is necessary.

Ready to make an appointment?

We look forward to serving you. Call us or visit http://www.imagingatbaxter.comto use a Secure Form and we will respond promptly.

Preparing for your MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a test that uses a magnetic field and pulses of radio wave energy to provide pictures of organs and structures inside the body. In many cases, MRI provides information that cannot be obtained from an X-ray, ultrasound or CT scan. For an MRI test, the area of the body being studied is positioned inside a strong magnetic field. The MRI can detect changes in the normal structure and characteristics of organs or other tissues. Sometimes, a contrast agent is used in conjunction with an MRI study, to produce more clearly defined images.

Prior to your visit:

• It is important to let our scheduler know if you have any metal implants, brain aneurysm clips, a heart pacemaker or defibrillator, ferrous metal in the eye or any other implanted material, as these may be contraindications to your exam. Your physician can consult with our radiologist to determine the appropriate test for you.

• Our staff will contact you prior to your scheduled appointment date to confirm your upcoming visit. To make your visit as quick as possible, we will make every effort to pre-register you for your visit. On the day of your visit:

• Please bring a photo ID, your insurance information and the prescription from your physician to your appointment.

• You may eat, drink and take medications as usual unless you are advised differently.

• Wear comfortable clothing that is free from any metal, such as buttons and zippers. If this is not possible, we will provide you with a gown to wear during your exam.

• We will try to make you as comfortable as possible during your exam. If you experience discomfort at any time, you will be able to communicate with the technologist through an intercom system.

• During the exam, you will hear humming, clicking and thumping sounds coming from the equipment. There is no need for alarm, as these sounds are part of the normal functioning of this type of equipment.

• For optimal imaging quality, it is important for you to remain as still as possible during the exam. Your technologist will provide pillows and pads to help you become comfortably positioned.

• If sedation is to be administered to you, you will need to have someone drive you to and from your appointment.

Following your visit:

• Our radiologists will interpret your images and send a report directly to your doctor. Your doctor will communicate the results of your exam to you. Preparing for your CT Scan) A computed tomography (CT) scan uses X-rays to produce detailed pictures of structures inside the body. A CT scan is also called a computed axial tomography (CAT) scan. A CT scanner directs a series of X-ray pulses through the body. Each X-ray pulse lasts only a fraction of a second and represents a “slice” of the organ or area being studied. The slices or pictures are recorded on a computer and can be saved for further study.

Prior to your visit:

Our staff will contact you prior to your scheduled appointment date to confirm your upcoming visit. To make your visit as quick as possible, we will make every effort to pre-register you for your visit.

On the day of your visit:

• Please bring a photo ID, your insurance information and the prescription from your physician to your appointment

• Wear comfortable clothing.

• You may eat, drink and take medications as usual unless you are advised differently. Some tests will require fasting; our staff will advise you if this is necessary.

Following your visit:

• Our radiologists will interpret your images and send a report directly to your doctor. Your doctor will communicate the results of your exam to you. (Preparing for your Digital X-Ray) An X-ray is a form of radiation, like light or radio waves, which can be focused into a beam. When X-rays strike a piece of photographic film or a screen, a picture is produced. Dense tissues in the body, such as bones, block (absorb) many of the X-rays and appear white on an X-ray picture. Less dense tissues, such as muscles and organs, appear in shades of gray, while X-rays that pass only through air, such as X-rays of the lungs or colon, appear black.Digital X-rays achieve the same high quality picture as with film. An added benefit to digital X-rays is that they can be enhanced and manipulated with computers and sent via a network to other workstations and computer monitors, allowing practitioners in remote locations to access the images and assist in diagnosis.

Prior to your visit our staff will contact you prior to your scheduled appointment date to confirm your upcoming visit. To make your visit as quick as possible, we will make every effort to pre-register you for your visit.

On the day of your visit:

• Please bring a photo ID, your insurance information and the prescription from your physician to your appointment.

• Wear comfortable clothing.

• You may eat, drink and take medications as usual unless you are advised differently.

• Our radiologists will interpret your images and send a report directly to your doctor. Your doctor will communicate the results of your exam to you.

Preparing for your Ultrasound

Ultrasound imaging, also called ultrasound scanning or sonography, obtains images from inside the human body through the use of high-frequency sound waves. The reflected sound wave echoes are recorded and displayed as real-time visual images. Radiation is not used in ultrasound imaging.

Prior to your visit:

On the day of your visit:

• Please bring a photo ID, your insurance information and the prescription from your physician to your appointment.

• Wear comfortable clothing.

• You may eat, drink and take medications as usual unless you are advised differently.

Following your visit:

• Our radiologists will interpret your images and send a report directly to your doctor. Your doctor will communicate the results of your exam to you.

Financial Arrangements

You are primarily and ultimately responsible for the bill for services you receive. As a courtesy to you, our billing department bills your primary insurance carrier. It is your responsibility to provide us with accurate and current information.

On the day of your appointment, you will need the following:

• Photo identification

• Insurance card

• Prescription from your doctor’s office with diagnosis

• Form of payment for co-payment or co-insurance, if applicable.

You will receive a separate bill from the radiologist for his or her professional fee, which covers the cost of reading your study and interpreting the results. The Imaging Center at Baxter Village accepts most major insurances. Please ask our Billing Department for more information about accepted insurances. For information regarding your covered services and benefits, we suggest you contact your insurance carrier. Any co-pay or deductible that your insurance plan requires you to pay is due at the time of services.

Billing questions?

Just call us. Our business office hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. We are closed on major holidays. The Business Office phone number is 866-529-4081.

Commitment to Quality

The Imaging Center at Baxter Village and Piedmont Medical Center are committed to providing each and every patient with quality care. It is our mission to deliver safe, cost-effective care to the community and patients we serve. We always strive to provide the best, and safest, medical care possible. For more information please click here.

Notice of Privacy Practices

NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICESVersion No.2 – December 8, 2003 THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY. I. Who Presents this Notice This Notice describes the privacy practices of The Imaging Center at Baxter Village (the “Center”) and members of its workforce, as well as the physician members of the medical staff and allied health professionals who practice at the Center. The Center and the individual health care providers together are sometimes called "the Center and Health Professionals" in this Notice. While the Center and Health Professionals engage in many joint activities and provide services in a clinically integrated care setting, the Center and Health Professionals each are separate legal entities. This Notice applies to services furnished to you at 409 Sixth Baxter Crossing, Ft. Mill, South Carolina 29708 as a Center inpatient or outpatient or any other services provided to you in a Center-affiliated program involving the use or disclosure of your health information.II. Privacy ObligationsThe Center and Health Professionals each are required by law to maintain the privacy of your health information ("Protected Health Information" or "PHI") and to provide you with this Notice of legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your Protected Health Information. When the Center and Health Professionals use or disclose your Protected Health Information, the Center and Health Professionals are required to abide by the terms of this Notice (or other notice in effect at the time of the use or disclosure). III. Permissible Uses and Disclosures Without Your Written Authorization In certain situations, which are described in Section IV below, your written authorization must be obtained in order to use and/or disclose your PHI. However, the Center and Health Professionals do not need any type of authorization from you for the following uses and disclosures: A. Uses and Disclosures For Treatment, Payment and Health Care Operations. Your PHI, but not your “Highly Confidential Information” (defined in Section IV.C below), may be used and disclosed to treat you, obtain payment for services provided to you and conduct “health care operations” as detailed below: • Treatment. Your PHI may be used and disclosed to provide treatment and other services to you--for example, to diagnose and treat your injury or illness. In addition, you may be contacted to provide you appointment reminders or information about treatment alternatives or other health-related benefits and services that may be of interest to you. Your PHI also may be disclosed to other providers involved in your treatment. • Payment. Your PHI may be used and disclosed to obtain payment for services provided to you--for example, disclosures to claim and obtain payment from your health insurer, HMO, or other company that arranges or pays the cost of some or all of your health care (“Your Payor”) to verify that Your Payor will pay for health care. • Health Care Operations. Your PHI may be used and disclosed for health care operations, which include internal administration and planning and various activities that improve the quality and cost effectiveness of the care delivered to you. For example, PHI may be used to evaluate the quality and competence of physicians, nurses and other health care workers. PHI may be disclosed to the Center Privacy Officer in order to resolve any complaints you may have and ensure that you have a comfortable visit. Your PHI also may be disclosed to your other health care providers when such PHI is required for them to treat you, receive payment for services they render to you, or conduct certain health care operations, such as quality assessment and improvement activities, reviewing the quality and competence of health care professionals, or for health care fraud and abuse detection or compliance. In addition, PHI may be shared with business associates who perform treatment, payment and healthcare operations services on behalf of the Center and Health Professionals. B. Use or Disclosure for Directory of Individuals in Center. The Center may include your name, location in clinic, general health condition and religious affiliation in a patient directory without obtaining your authorization unless you object to inclusion in the directory or are located in a specific ward, wing or unit the identification of which would reveal that you are receiving treatment for (1) mental health and developmental disabilities; (2) alcohol and drug abuse; or (3) genetic testing. Information in the directory may be disclosed to anyone who asks for you by name or members of the clergy; provided, however, that your religious affiliation will only be disclosed to members of the clergy. C. Disclosure to Relatives, Close Friends and Other Caregivers. Your PHI (except for Highly Confidential Information, as described in Section IV.C), may be disclosed to a family member, other relative, a close personal friend or any other person identified by you when you are present for, or otherwise available prior to, the disclosure, if (1) your agreement is obtained; (2) you do not object to the disclosure after being provided an opportunity to object; or (3) it can be reasonably inferred that you do not object to the disclosure. If you are not present, or the opportunity to agree or object to a use or disclosure cannot practicably be provided because of your incapacity or an emergency circumstance, the Center and/or Health Professionals may exercise professional judgment to determine whether a disclosure is in your best interests. If information is disclosed to a family member, other relative or a close personal friend, the Center and/or Health Professionals would disclose only information believed directly relevant to the person’s involvement with your health care or payment related to your health care. Your PHI also may be disclosed in order to notify (or assist in notifying) such persons of your location, general condition or death. D. Public Health Activities. Your PHI may be disclosed for the following public health activities: (1) to report health information to public health authorities for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury or disability; (2) to report child abuse and neglect to public health authorities or other government authorities authorized by law to receive such reports; (3) to report information about products and services under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; (4) to alert a person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or may otherwise be at risk of contracting or spreading a disease or condition; and (5) to report information to your employer as required under laws addressing work-related illnesses and injuries or workplace medical surveillance. E. Victims of Abuse, Neglect or Domestic Violence. Your PHI may be disclosed to a governmental authority, including a social service or protective services agency, authorized by law to receive reports of such abuse, neglect, or domestic violence if there is a reasonable belief that you are a victim of abuse, neglect or domestic violence. F. Health Oversight Activities. Your PHI may be disclosed to a health oversight agency that oversees the health care system and is charged with responsibility for ensuring compliance with the rules of government health programs such as Medicare or Medicaid. G. Judicial and Administrative Proceedings. Your PHI may be disclosed in the course of a judicial or administrative proceeding in response to a legal order or other lawful process. H. Law Enforcement Officials. Your PHI may be disclosed to the police or other law enforcement officials as required or permitted by law or in compliance with a court order or a grand jury or administrative subpoena. I. Deceased Patients. Your PHI may be disclosed to a coroner or medical examiner as authorized by law. J. Organ and Tissue Procurement. Your PHI may be disclosed to organizations that facilitate organ, eye or tissue procurement, banking or transplantation. K. Research. Your PHI may be used or disclosed without your consent or authorization if an Institutional Review Board approves a waiver of authorization for disclosure. L. Health or Safety. Your PHI may be used or disclosed to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to a person’s or the public’s health or safety. M. Specialized Government Functions. Your PHI may be used and disclosed to units of the government with special functions, such as the U.S. military or the U.S. Department of State under certain circumstances. N. Workers’ Compensation. Your PHI may be disclosed as authorized by and to the extent necessary to comply with South Carolina law relating to workers' compensation or other similar programs. O. As Required by Law. Your PHI may be used and disclosed when required to do so by any other law not already referred to in the preceding categories. IV. Uses and Disclosures Requiring Your Written Authorization A. Use or Disclosure with Your Authorization. For any purpose other than the ones described above in Section III, your PHI may be used or disclosed only when your written authorization is granted on an authorization form (“Your Authorization”). For instance, you will need to execute an authorization form before your PHI can be sent to your life insurance company or to the attorney representing the other party in litigation in which you are involved. B. Marketing. Your written authorization (“Your Marketing Authorization”) also must be obtained prior to using your PHI to send you any marketing materials. (However, marketing materials can be provided you in a face-to-face encounter without obtaining Your Marketing Authorization. The Center and/or Health Professionals are also permitted to give you a promotional gift of nominal value, if they so choose, without obtaining Your Marketing Authorization.) In addition, the Center and/or Health Professionals may communicate with you about products or services relating to your treatment, case management or care coordination, or alternative treatments, therapies, providers or care settings without Your Marketing Authorization. C. Uses and Disclosures of Your Highly Confidential Information. In addition, federal and state law requires special privacy protections for certain highly confidential information about you (“Highly Confidential Information”), including the subset of your PHI that: (1) is maintained in psychotherapy notes; (2) is about mental health and developmental disabilities services; (3) is about alcohol and drug abuse prevention, testing treatment, and referral; (4) is about sexually transmitted diseases, including but not limited, to HIV/AIDS testing; or (5) is genetic information. In order for your Highly Confidential Information to be disclosed for a purpose other than those permitted by law, your written authorization is required. V. Your Rights Regarding Your Protected Health Information A. For Further Information; Complaints. If you desire further information about your privacy rights, are concerned that your privacy rights have been violated or disagree with a decision made about access to your PHI, you may contact the Center Privacy Office. You may also file written complaints with the Director, Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Upon request, the Center Privacy Office will provide you with the correct address for the Director. The Center and Health Professionals will not retaliate against you if you file a complaint with the Center Privacy Office or the Director. B. Right to Request Additional Restrictions. You may request restrictions on the use and disclosure of your PHI (1) for treatment, payment and health care operations, (2) to individuals (such as a family member, other relative, close personal friend or any other person identified by you) involved with your care or with payment related to your care, or (3) to notify or assist in the notification of such individuals regarding your location and general condition. While all requests for additional restrictions will be carefully considered, the Center and Health Professionals are not required to agree to a requested restriction. If you wish to request additional restrictions, please obtain a request form from the Center Privacy Office and submit the completed form to the Center Privacy Office. A written response will be sent to you. C. Right to Receive Confidential Communications. You may request, and the Center and Health Professionals will accommodate, any reasonable written request for you to receive your PHI by alternative means of communication or at alternative locations. D. Right to Revoke Your Authorization. You may revoke Your Authorization, Your Marketing Authorization or any written authorization obtained in connection with your Highly Confidential Information, except to the extent that the Center and/or Health Professionals have taken action in reliance upon it, by delivering a written revocation statement to the Privacy Office identified below. A form of Written Revocation is available upon request from the Privacy Office. E. Right to Inspect and Copy Your Health Information. You may request access to your medical record file and billing records maintained by the Center and Health Professionals in order to inspect and request copies of the records. Under limited circumstances, you may be denied access to a portion of your records. If you are a parent or legal guardian of a minor, certain portions of the minor’s medical record may not be accessible to you if the child was permitted by state law to consent to medical care without your permission. If you desire access to your records, please obtain a record request form from the Privacy Office and submit the completed form to the Privacy Office. If you request copies, you will be charged in accordance with federal and state law. You also will be charged for the postage costs, if you request that the copies be mailed to you. F. Right to Amend Your Records. You have the right to request that PHI maintained in your medical record file or billing records be amended. If you desire to amend your records, please obtain an amendment request form from the Privacy Office and submit the completed form to the Privacy Office. Your request will be accommodated unless the Center and/or Health Professionals believe that the information that would be amended is accurate and complete or other special circumstances apply. G. Right to Receive an Accounting of Disclosures. Upon request, you may obtain an accounting of certain disclosures of your PHI made during any period of time prior to the date of your request provided such period does not exceed six years and does not apply to disclosures that occurred prior to April 14, 2003. If you request an accounting more than once during a twelve (12) month period, you will be charged $0.65 per page of the accounting statement. H. Right to Receive Paper Copy of this Notice. Upon request, you may obtain a paper copy of this Notice, even if you have agreed to receive such notice electronically. VI. Effective Date and Duration of This Notice A. Effective Date. This Notice is effective on October 1, 2008. B. Right to Change Terms of this Notice. The terms of this Notice may be changed at any time. If this Notice is changed, the new notice terms may be made effective for all PHI that the Center and Health Professionals maintain, including any information created or received prior to issuing the new notice. If this Notice is changed, the new notice will be posted in waiting areas around the Center and on the Center’s Internet site at www.imagingatbaxter.com. You also may obtain any new notice by contacting the Center Privacy Office. VII. Privacy Office

You may contact the Center Privacy Office at:

Privacy Office

The Imaging Center at Baxter Village

c/o Hospital Privacy Office

Piedmont Medical Center

222 South Herlong Avenue

Rock Hill SC 29732 Telephone Number:

803-323-6210

E-mail: pmc.privacy@tenethealth.com

Corporate Privacy Office

Tenet Health System

13737 Noel Road, Suite 100

Dallas, TX 75244

E-mail: PrivacySecurityOffice@tenethealth.com

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