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The Website Privacy Policy and Website Terms & Conditions Policy cover the use of Samaritan’s four websites:
Privacy Policy: A legal document that explains how a website or organization collects, uses, stores, shares and protects users’ personal information.
Terms and Conditions: A legal agreement between the website owner and its users. It outlines the rules, responsibilities and limitations that users must agree to in order to use the website or its services.
Workforce Member: Any employee, contractor, vendor, volunteer, trainee and other person whose conduct, in the performance of work for SHS, is under the direct control of SHS, whether or not they are paid by SHS.
Samaritan Health Services (samhealth.org), Samaritan Health Plans (samhealthplans.org), InterCommunity Health Network Coordinated Care Organization (ihntogether.org), and SamFit (samfit.org) (collectively “Samaritan,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respect the privacy of your information. This Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use, share, and safeguard your information. This Privacy Policy applies to individuals who access samhealth.org, samhealthplans.org, ihntogether.org, and samfit.org (collectively “Sites”) and any of our online and, where required, offline services (collectively “Services”).
From time to time, we may change this Privacy Policy. If we do, we will post an amended version on this webpage. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically.
When using our Services, you may engage with those Services in a manner regulated by the HIPAA. This Privacy Policy is not the Notice of Privacy Practices required for compliance with HIPAA, nor should you take this policy as a reflection of your rights under HIPAA. If you are a patient, Samaritan Health Plan or IHN-CCO member, or a SamFit member, please review our Notice of Privacy Practices or contact the Samaritan Privacy Department ([email protected]) for information regarding your privacy rights.
Samaritan collects personal data from you through your use of the Sites and Services. Personal data is information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable individual.
We collect the following types of personal data:
Depending on how you interact with our Sites and Services, we may collect the following personal data that you voluntarily provide to us (please note some of the below information may be collected via third-party websites and subject to the privacy policy and terms of use of those websites):
We may automatically collect certain limited personal data through your use of our Sites in order for us to maintain basic operation of those Sites, such as the following:
For more information about additional cookie and tracking technology usage, see our “COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES” section below.
In some cases, we may receive personal data about you from other sources. This includes providers, government entities, operating systems and platforms, mailing list providers, social networks and advertising and marketing partners.
We may share the personal data that we collect about you in the following ways:
Like many other companies, we use cookies and other tracking technologies (collectively, “Cookies”). Cookies are small files of information that are stored by your web browser software on your computer hard drive, mobile or other devices (e.g., smartphones or tablets).
We may use Cookies to:
We set some Cookies ourselves, while separate entities set other Cookies. We use Cookies of other entities to provide us with useful information, to help us improve our Sites and Services, to conduct advertising, and to analyze the effectiveness of advertising.
You can block Cookies by changing your Internet browser settings to refuse all or some Cookies. If you choose to block all Cookies (including essential Cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of the Sites. You can find out more about Cookies and how to manage them by visiting www.AboutCookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
You can opt out of Cookies set by specific social media entities by following the instructions found at these links:
You can understand which entities have currently enabled Cookies for your browser or mobile device and how to opt out of some of those Cookies by accessing the Network Advertising Initiative’s website or the Digital Advertising Alliance’s website. For more information on mobile specific opt-out choices, visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s Mobile Choices website.
Please note these opt-out mechanisms are specific to the device or browser on which they are exercised. Therefore, you will need to opt out on every browser and device that you use.
The Sites and Services may use Cookies third-party vendors provide to collect information on user behavior (e.g., screens and pages visited, buttons and links clicked, limited information entered, and user taps and mouse movements). This information enables us to monitor and improve the user experience.
The Sites recognize the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) signal. If you are using a browser setting or plug-in that sends an opt-out preference signal to each website you visit, we will treat that as a valid request to opt out. To download and use a browser supporting the GPC browser signal, click here: https://globalprivacycontrol.org/orgs. If you choose to use the GPC signal, you will need to turn it on for each supported browser or browser extension you use.
Some internet browsers incorporate a “Do Not Track” feature that signals to websites you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. Given there is no uniform way that browsers communicate the “Do Not Track” signal, the Sites do not currently interpret, respond to or alter their practices when they receive “Do Not Track” signals.
We maintain commercially reasonable security measures to protect the personal data we collect and store from loss, misuse, destruction, or unauthorized access. However, no security measure or modality of data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. Although we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
The Sites contain links that will let you leave the Sites and access another website. Linked websites are not under our control. We accept no responsibility or liability for these other websites.
The Sites and Services are not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal data from children under 13.
Depending on the state in which you reside, you may have certain privacy rights regarding your personal data. Please note that our Services are provided solely in the state of Oregon, and if you are located outside Oregon, the privacy laws of the state in which you reside may not apply. Further, due to Samaritan’s position as an entity primarily regulated by HIPAA, Oregon’s privacy law(s) may also not apply to all Samaritan Sites and Services. While Samaritan may not have a specific legal or statutory obligation to do so, Samaritan will consider any privacy requests from users of the Sites and Service in order to make a case-by-case determination regarding our ability and legal obligation to fulfill any such request.
For certain state residents, your privacy rights may include (if applicable):
While we do not sell personal data as that term is typically understood, depending on how the applicable privacy law defines a “sale,” we may “sell” personal data to third parties. For example, we may use Cookies to display advertisements about our products to you on nonaffiliated websites, applications, and online services. This is “targeted advertising” under applicable privacy laws. We do not use personal data for profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning individuals.
For individuals located outside the United States (U.S.), in particular in Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area (EEA), please note that Samaritan is located exclusively in the United States. Samaritan does not market to or solicit customers from outside the United States, therefore, users of the Services should not expect to avail themselves of the rights provided under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) or similar international laws.
If you use the Services, all information, including personal data, will be transferred to Samaritan in the United States. By using the Services, you unambiguously consent to the transfer of your personal data and other information to the United States for the purposes and uses described in this Privacy Policy. Further, you acknowledge that Samaritan is not subject to the GDPR or similar international privacy laws, and, therefore, you will be unable to claim the privacy rights provided in those laws.
We are committed to ensuring this Privacy Policy is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you wish to access this Privacy Policy in an alternative format, please contact us as described below.
If you have a question or concern about compliance or privacy issues, please call the Compliance Hotline at 866-297-0489. You can also submit a concern online through our secure EthicsPoint reporting system.
Samaritan Health Services (samhealth.org), Samaritan Health Plans (samhealthplans.org), InterCommunity Health Network Coordinated Care Organization (ihntogether.org), and SamFit (samfit.org) (collectively “Samaritan,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) (the “Websites”) and the related online, mobile, and other interactive services (collectively, the “Services”) are made available by Samaritan subject to these Terms and Conditions (“Terms and Conditions” or “Terms”).
These Terms and Conditions apply to all users, including users who are simply viewing content available via the Services, users utilizing free Services, and users who have engaged for paid Services (collectively, “Users”). Not all terms shall apply to all types of Users where specified in the Terms and Conditions.
By accessing any part of the Services, you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions below AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OUR PRIVACY NOTICE (the “Privacy Notice”), WHICH ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. If you do not agree to any of these terms, you should not use the Services. If you are otherwise engaged with Samaritan for specific Services through a prior, subsequent, or different agreement, that agreement may control and supersede these Terms and Conditions. You can contact us as described herein to understand if the Terms apply.
Please read these terms and conditions carefully. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, do not continue to access or use the services and do not register for an account.
We reserve the right to refuse a User’s access to the Services for any reason at our sole discretion. In addition, at our sole discretion, we may suspend or terminate a User’s account for any reason. Such termination of your account will result in your loss of access to the Services. We will not be liable for any decision to suspend, terminate or refuse Services under any circumstances.
To ensure you remain in compliance with these Terms and Conditions, Samaritan recommends reviewing the current Terms and Conditions each time you access or use the Services. All access to and use of the Services, Accounts and the materials, content, information and data contained on or provided through the Services and Accounts are subject to compliance with these Terms and Conditions and all applicable laws, rules and regulations. If you have any questions or comments regarding these Terms and Conditions or the Services, please contact Samaritan at the contact information listed below.
The Services are made available, subject to these Terms and Conditions, to allow you to (i) obtain information about the Services, (ii) register for an Account (as defined below), and (iii) engage with the various interactive properties of the Services. Subject to these Terms and Conditions, Samaritan grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable license to download, access and use the Services solely for the applicable purposes described in these Terms and Conditions and for your personal, non-commercial benefit. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, you shall have no other rights to the Services, and no other rights shall be implied.
You can visit the public sections of the Service without identifying yourself or providing personal information. In order to access some features of the Service, you will have to provide personal information and register with the Services (create an “Account”). You may not have more than one (1) Account without Samaritan’s permission, and you must access the Services and non-public portions of the Websites through your Account. The security and confidentiality of your Account username and password is your sole responsibility. You shall ensure that no unauthorized person shall have access to your Account, username, or password and shall immediately notify Samaritan of any unauthorized access or use of which you become aware. You agree to bear all responsibility and liability for all actions under or through your Account as well as all fees and/or charges incurred from the use of your Account, whether authorized or unauthorized. You may update your Account by changing the Account settings.
All information and data provided to Samaritan in connection with registering for your Account (“Registration Data”) must be true, accurate, current and complete at all times. You must immediately update your Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, you hereby authorize Samaritan and its affiliates, contractors and suppliers to use, copy, sublicense and disclose Registration Data (i) as part of providing the Services, (ii) if required by applicable law, where necessary to enforce these Terms and Conditions and/or to protect any of Samaritan’s or other parties’ legal rights, (iii) in an aggregated form which does not include your identifying information, and (iv) as permitted by Samaritan’s Privacy Policy. You are solely responsible for obtaining any necessary rights, authorizations and consents with respect to your Registration Data, including, without limitation, to grant the foregoing rights to Samaritan and its affiliates, contractors and suppliers. If you provide Samaritan your email address, you hereby consent to and authorize Samaritan to (a) send notices regarding the Services to such email address, instead of notice by other means such as mail, and (b) send other messages to such email address, such as changes to features of the Services and special offers (collectively, “Other Messages”). If you do not want to receive Other Messages, you may opt out in response to those messages or by contacting us. Opting out of receiving Other Messages may prevent you from receiving email messages regarding updates, changes to the Services or offers.
We reserve the right, at any time, to change any fees or charges for Users (or to begin charging fees for any free service), provided that such changes will not apply to fees or charges paid prior to the time of the change. We will charge you sales tax as applicable to the Services or any order placed through the Services, based on your billing address. In addition, you will be responsible for all other taxes, levies, duties or similar charges, only excluding taxes based on our income.
The Services may contain User-generated or provided data, content, and materials (“User Content”), including content that was generated by User’s interaction with Samaritan on various social media platforms. User Content is the sole responsibility of the User that submitted that User Content. Samaritan does not control User Content generated or provided by Users and is under no circumstances responsible or liable in any way for any User Content that is made available through the Services. Samaritan does not endorse any User Content, and does not warrant or guarantee the integrity, truthfulness, accuracy or quality of any User Content. Samaritan reserves the right (but is not obligated) to edit or remove any User Content in whole or part, at any time and for any or no reason. You agree that Samaritan is not liable for any loss or damage of any kind resulting from availability, access and/or use of any User Content. You further agree that the User Content that you may generate or provide through the Services shall be truthful and not misleading. You acknowledge and agree that your submitted User Content will be made available to other Users of the Services (subject to the features of the Service which may restrict what Users can view and access your Content). You hereby grant to Samaritan and its affiliates, contractors, and suppliers a nonexclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide, royalty-free, assignable and sublicensable (through multiple tiers), license to reproduce, copy, use, host, store, sublicense, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform and display, including digitally or electronically, your submitted User Content and your name, voice and likeness (to the extent they are part of the User Content), (i) in connection with the Services, as specified under Third Party Licenses and/or for the interoperation of any third party products, (ii) if required by applicable law, where necessary to enforce these Terms and Conditions and/or to protect any of Samaritan’s or other parties’ legal rights, (iii) in an aggregated form which does not include your identifying information, and (iv) as permitted by Samaritan’s Privacy Policy. You are solely responsible to obtain any necessary rights, authorizations and consents with respect to your submitted User Content, including, without limitation, to grant the foregoing rights to Samaritan and its affiliates, contractors and suppliers.
You acknowledge and agree that (i) you are solely responsible and liable for your interactions with other Users of the Services, and (ii) Samaritan does not control the acts, omissions, policies or procedures of other Users of the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, you understand the risks associated with the access to and use of the Services and any User Content and other data, content and materials made available through the Services, and acknowledge that you are using the Services and such other data, content and materials at your own risk and that you are personally responsible for verifying their suitability for your needs through your own investigation. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Samaritan is not liable for, and you hereby waive, release, relinquish and forever discharge Samaritan, its employees, members, managers, governors, suppliers, agents, contractors, affiliates, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Samaritan Parties”), from any and all claims, counterclaims, demands, causes of action, suits, liabilities, injuries to person or property (including, but not limited to, death, incapacity and disability), damages, losses, costs and expenses, whether known or unknown, liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, direct or indirect, arising out of or related to (a) your access to and use of the Services, (b) access to and use of any User Content and other data, content and materials made available through the Services, and (c) and your interactions with other Users of the Services. You agree to not sue Samaritan and the other Samaritan Parties or assist any other person or entity in any suit against Samaritan and the other Samaritan Parties, with respect to any matters released in this Section. The terms of this release shall also apply to any of your relatives, next of kin, heirs, beneficiaries, employers, successors or assigns who assert or attempt to assert any claims on your or their behalf.
All material included on the Services, including (without limitation) the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive features and the like (“Content”) are owned by or licensed to us, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under United States and foreign laws and international conventions. You acknowledge and agree that as between you and Samaritan, Samaritan is and shall remain the exclusive owner of the Services, Samaritan’s data, information, and Content (expressly excluding User Content as otherwise described in these Terms and Conditions), and all patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark and other intellectual property rights therein. In addition, the compilation and presentation of the Content on the Service is subject to copyright owned exclusively by us. Content on the Service may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without our prior written consent. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to the Services and the Content. You agree to not engage in the use, copying, or distribution of any of the Content other than expressly permitted herein, including any use, copying, or distribution of User Content obtained through the Services for any commercial purposes. If you download or print a copy of the Content for personal use, you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein. You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of the Services or the Content therein. You shall not challenge or assist any third party to dispute or challenge Samaritan’s or its licensors’ ownership of such rights or the validity or enforceability of such rights. Samaritan expressly reserves all rights not expressly set forth in these Terms and Conditions.
If you find or suspect intellectual property infringement with respect to the Services or User Content, believe that the Services or any User Content otherwise violate these Terms and Conditions, or have questions, complaints or claims regarding the Services, please immediately notify Samaritan using the contact information located below. Upon receiving such information, Samaritan will investigate the matter, in its sole discretion.
In addition to uses otherwise prohibited by Samaritan, these Terms and Conditions or applicable law, you shall not, and you shall not allow any third party to, do any of the following:
To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Services, or which, as determined by us, may harm Samaritan or Users of the Services or expose them to liability.
Download, access, use or register for the Services if you are under thirteen (13) years old.
Change or delete any copyright or proprietary notices from the Services.
Use the Services other than as permitted by these Terms and Conditions and that you will not use the Services in a manner inconsistent with the original intent of its design.
To impersonate or attempt to impersonate Samaritan, a Samaritan employee, another authorized User, or any other person or entity.
Access or use the Services to send unsolicited commercial messages to any person, or to threaten, harm or harass another User’s Account, use and/or access of the Services, including, but not limited to, attempting to gain access to another User’s Account.
Access or use the Services by artificial means or in a manner that, in Samaritan’s sole discretion, would inflict an excessive load on Samaritan’s or its suppliers’ hardware or software.
Post, upload or transmit: (i) any data, content or materials meant to market or advertise services or products that are competitive with the Services, solicit any other Users of the Services for such purposes and/or use data, content or materials gathered from the Services for such purposes, (ii) any data, content or materials of any type that infringe or violate any rights of any party, including, but not limited to, any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or any proprietary or other right of Samaritan or a third party, (iii) any data, content or materials that are illegal, threatening, obscene, defamatory, harmful, invasive to privacy or otherwise violate the rights of Samaritan or a third party, and/or (iv) any disabling code (defined as computer code designed to interfere with the normal operation of the Services or Samaritan’s or a third party’s hardware or software) or any program routine, device or other undisclosed feature, including, but not limited to, a time bomb, virus, software lock, drop-dead device, malicious logic, worm, Trojan horse or trap door which is designed to delete, disable, deactivate, interfere with or otherwise harm the Services or Samaritan’s or a third party’s hardware or software.
Use the Services for any benchmarking, monitoring or testing availability or performance, or any other competitive use, including, but not limited to, creating services, products or software that are substantially similar to the Services.
Decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer or attempt to reconstruct or derive any source code (or underlying ideas, algorithms, structure or organization), modify or create a derivative work of the Services by any means whatsoever.
Distribute, disclose or allow use of any portion of the Services or your Account in any format through any timesharing device, service bureau, network or by any other means, to or by any third party.
Use or access any data, content or materials for any purpose or in any manner other than real-time viewing (which prohibits, for example, screenshots, downloading and storing), unless expressly permitted by the features of the Services.
Use or access the Services or any data, content or materials provided through the Services in violation of international, federal, state or local law or other applicable rules or regulations (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the United States and other countries). If you access the Services from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk and responsibility for compliance with laws of your jurisdiction.
You are solely responsible for providing, maintaining and ensuring compatibility with the access requirements for the Services, and all hardware, software, electrical or other physical requirements for use of the Services, including, without limitation, mobile devices, telecommunications and internet access, connections, web browsers or other equipment, programs and services required to download, access and use the Services.
The Services may contain links to third-party content and other third-party websites that are not owned or controlled by Samaritan. Links are provided to online Users solely as a convenience and our inclusion of such links does not imply any endorsement of the information by Samaritan. You acknowledge and agree that we have no control over such sites and resources, are not responsible for the availability of such sites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, features, services, information or other materials on or available from such sites or resources, or any websites that they may link to (collectively, “Third-Party Content”). We shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any Third-Party Content.
Access to the Services may include hardware, software, and other proprietary materials from Samaritan’s third-party suppliers that are subject to license rights, terms and restrictions (collectively, “Third-Party Licenses”). In such event, your rights to the Services are expressly subordinate and subject to the Third-Party Licenses and you must comply with Third-Party Licenses. If Samaritan’s rights provided by a third-party supplier are limited, suspended or terminated for any reason, your rights shall also be so limited, suspended or terminated. To the extent of any conflict between the terms of these Terms and Conditions and the terms of a Third-Party License, the terms of the Third Party-License shall control with respect to the applicable third-party product.
You represent and warrant that (i) these Terms and Conditions constitute your legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable against you in accordance with their terms, subject to the principles of equity, bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) you have all requisite authority to enter into these Terms and Conditions, (iii) your agreement to these Terms and Conditions and performance or compliance with the terms of these Terms and Conditions will not conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under or require the consent of any third party under any license, sublicense, lease, contract, agreement or instrument to which you or your affiliates are bound or to which your properties are subject, (iv) you are the lawful owner of any submitted User Content and your Registration Data, or to the extent you are not the lawful owner, you have all rights necessary for you to provide, upload and make available in submitted User Content and your Registration Data and license it as specified herein, and (v) your submitted User Content and your Registration Data will not violate or in any way infringe on any patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, intellectual property or other rights of a third party.
Access to the Services is provided at the discretion of Samaritan. Samaritan has the right at any time, with or without prior notice, to suspend or terminate your access to the Services or your Account, and to refuse any and all current or future use of all or any portion thereof, for any reason, including, but not limited to, if Samaritan believes that you are in violation of any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions, your Account is being used without your authorization, or the information you have provided is inaccurate, not current or incomplete. Samaritan shall also have the right, but not the obligation, at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the Services and/or change or remove any of the User Content from the Services, in its sole discretion. In the event you desire to terminate your Account you may do so through the Services or by contacting Samaritan as set forth below. Upon termination of your Account, all the information associated with your Account may be retained or deleted without notice, consistent with applicable law. Samaritan shall have no liability for such deletion.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, you shall indemnify, defend and hold Samaritan and the other Samaritan Parties harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, suits, actions, obligations, fines, damages, judgments, penalties, claims, causes of action, charges, costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees, disbursements and court costs prior to trial, at trial and on appeal) arising out of or resulting from, or alleged to result from (i) your breach of these Terms and Conditions, (ii) your access to and use of the Services, and/or (iii) your Content and your Registration Data; provided, the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not apply to the extent such losses, costs and expenses that arise out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Samaritan.
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, SAMARITAN DOES NOT MAKE AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND ENDORSEMENTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT) WITH REGARD TO THE SERVICES, USER CONTENT OR ANY OTHER DATA, CONTENT AND MATERIALS CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES. THE SERVICES AND USER CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SERVICES, USER CONTENT, THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OR ANY PORTION OF THE FOREGOING, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICES. SAMARITAN DOES NOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE ACCESS TO THE SERVICES, AND OPERATION OF THE SERVICES MAY BE INTERFERED WITH BY NUMEROUS FACTORS.
SUBJECT TO THE OTHER LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL SAMARITAN OR ANY OTHER SAMARITAN PARTIES BE LIABLE UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY FOR (I) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THE SERVICES OR USER CONTENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, INTEREST OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR (II) ANY DAMAGES EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT OF ACTUAL, DIRECT DAMAGES INCURRED BY YOU, NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($100.00) OR THE FEES PAID FOR THE SERVICE OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS, whichever is greater. THE EXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE CLAIMS SHALL NOT INCREASE THIS LIMIT. Any of your claims arising in connection with these Terms and Conditions, the Services or User Content must be brought within one (1) year of the date that the event giving rise to such action occurred.
Samaritan shall not be responsible for delays or failures of performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control. Such acts shall include, but are not limited to, acts of God, strikes, public internet and private internet connection failures, third party service providers, lockouts, riots, acts of war, acts of terror, epidemics, government regulations, fire, communication line failures, power failures, earthquakes and other disasters.
Samaritan may collect your personal and non-personal information when you download, register for, access and/or use the Services. You agree that Samaritan may collect, process, transfer, use and disclose your information in accordance with Samaritan’s Privacy Policy which is incorporated herein by reference and deemed a part hereof.
If you submit any ideas, concepts, feedback or related information concerning the Services to Samaritan through the Services or by other means, you hereby grant, and/or warrant that the owner of such content or intellectual property has expressly granted to Samaritan, a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) license to reproduce, copy, use, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform and display, including digitally or electronically, such content or intellectual property in any media or medium, or any form, format or forum now known or hereafter developed.
You may not assign or transfer these Terms and Conditions, or any of your rights or obligations hereunder, without the prior written consent of Samaritan, and any attempted assignment or transfer without Samaritan’s prior written consent shall be null and void. Samaritan may assign these Terms and Conditions to an affiliate or the surviving entity or its successor in the event of its merger or the sale of all or substantially all its assets. All the terms and provisions of these Terms and Conditions shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective personal representatives, estates, heirs, successors and permitted assigns.
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by, construed and enforced according to the laws of the State of Oregon, without regard to its conflict or choice of law principles. Any action arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions shall be brought only in the state or federal courts of Oregon, and all parties expressly consent to such courts’ jurisdiction and irrevocably waive any objection with respect to the same.
Except as otherwise provided, notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given three (3) business days after the date sent by certified mail, postage prepaid with return receipt requested, or when received via electronic mail, in each case to the respective party as set forth below.
To Samaritan:
Samaritan Health ServicesAttn: Legal Department2300 NW Walnut BlvdCorvallis, OR 97330
Email: [email protected]
To you: As specified in your Account information.
Section headings are not to be considered part of these Terms and Conditions. They are included solely for convenience and not intended to be full or accurate descriptions of the content hereof. Except as otherwise set forth herein, if any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found void or unenforceable, this will not affect the validity of the balance of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain valid and enforceable, and the invalid or unenforceable provision shall be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision. Except as stated herein, nothing in these Terms and Conditions is intended to confer upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective personal representatives, estates, heirs, successors and permitted assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of these Terms and Conditions. Any and all rights and obligations contained in these Terms and Conditions which by their nature and/or context are intended to survive termination of these Terms and Conditions shall so survive, including, but not limited to, perpetual license grants, indemnification, limitations of liability and disclaimers. No breach or right under these Terms and Conditions may be waived unless in writing signed by the waiving party.
Samaritan may modify these Terms and Conditions from time to time by posting an updated version of these Terms and Conditions and changing the “Date Last Modified” above. Such changes shall be effective immediately upon posting updated Terms and Conditions. If you continue to access or use the Services, you accept such modified terms. If you do not agree to such changes, do not continue to access or use the Services.
In healthcare, a compliance department focuses on ensuring adherence to all relevant laws, regulations, and standards. This can include things like billing, coding, and patient safety. For example:
A privacy department specifically focuses on protecting patient data and ensuring compliance with privacy regulations including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
HIPPA is a federal law that protects the privacy and security of individuals’ health information, also known as Protected Health Information (PHI).
If you have a question or concern about compliance or privacy issues, please call 541-768-2165 or our Compliance Hotline at 866-297-0489. You can also submit a concern online through our secure EthicsPoint reporting system.