Please
read this agreement carefully before accessing or using our
Internet service.
All
users are strictly prohibited from sharing, copying, distributing
or otherwise using or disclosing the contents of this web site
and the information contained herein. Soteria reserves all rights
to take appropriate civil, criminal or injunctive action to
enforce these terms of use.
By
accessing or using our service, you agree to be bound by the
terms, and conditions set forth herein, and acknowledge that
you understand all terms including the disclaimer statements.
If
you do not agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of
this agreement, you are prohibited from accessing or using our
service.
We
may modify this agreement at any time with or without notice
to you, and such modification will become effective immediately.
By
using Soteria Healthcare's Web Site, Search Engine, Virtual
Provider World and/or all other information contained in this
site, you acknowledge and agree that all of the data contained
in this system belongs exclusively to Soteria Healthcare Network,
Inc. and is protected by copyright and other law.
By
using Soteria Healthcare's Virtual World for Soteria credentialed
providers, you acknowledge and agree that all of the data contained
in this system belongs exclusively to Soteria Healthcare Network,
Inc. and is protected by copyright and other law. The information
contained in Soteria Healthcare's Virtual Provider World is
intended solely for the personal, use of current contracted/credentialed
Soteria chiropractic provider and your office staff. . Use of
any robot, spider or other intelligent agent to copy content
from Soteria's Virtual Provider World, extract any portion of
it or otherwise cause Soteria's Virtual Provider World to be
burdened with unwarranted high access or transaction activity
is strictly prohibited. All users are strictly prohibited
from sharing, copying, distributing or otherwise using or disclosing
the contents of our Virtual Provider World. Soteria reserves
all rights to take appropriate civil, criminal or injunctive
action to enforce these terms of use.
Our
Search Engine is provided solely for the personal, use of current
and sometimes prospective health plan members, its representatives
and providers. Use of any robot, spider or other intelligent
agent to copy content from Soteria's Search Engine, extract
any portion of it or otherwise cause Soteria's Search Engine
to be burdened with unwarranted high access or transaction activity
is strictly prohibited. All users are strictly prohibited from
sharing, copying, distributing or otherwise using or disclosing
the contents of our search engine. Soteria reserves all rights
to take appropriate civil, criminal or injunctive action to
enforce these terms of use.
To
ensure you only see this message every 90 days, cookies should
be enabled. To learn more about cookies, please visit Microsoft
Internet Explorer, or Netscape website. Links to various non-Soteria
sites are provided for your convenience only. Soteria Healthcare
Network, Inc. is not responsible or liable for the content,
accuracy, or privacy practices of linked sites, or for products
or services described on these sites.
Information
in our all of our directories is subject to change without notice.
Your plan may or may not include coverage for, or offer a discount
on, the services you will be seeking. Additionally, not all
providers listed may participate with your plan. Prior to receiving
treatment, confirm that your provider participates with your
health plan and verify what your financial responsibility will
include.
If
a particular provider is not located in your area or a member
of our network, please 'Recommend' him/her to be part of Soteria
by following the instructions to join. 'Starter Kits' for any
provider in our eleven state region and among our multiple disciplines
are FREE. Providing someone's practice name and address for
a free 'Starter Kit' does not put them on a routine mailing
list. Soteria Healthcare is committed to protecting you and
your privacy. We will not sell, trade or rent personal information
on mailing lists to others in any way.
If
you would like to nominate a provider to join Soteria Healthcare
please call our Application Hotline at: (800) 816-2671 x 137
or e-mail us their name(s) and address(es) and we'll mail them
a 'Starter Kit' for free. All recommended providers are sent
credentialing materials and invited to join Soteria. Once Soteria
receives completed credentialing materials, the credentialing
process will take approximately 5-60 days to complete, dependent
upon how complete the application materials are. If a provider
is approved to participate, Soteria will notify them with welcoming
materials and specific information regarding participation.
Providers that are approved for network participation are activated
immediately once credentialing is completed.
We
maintain this site for your information, education and use.
Use of the terms "our" or "us" or "we"
throughout this document shall include Soteria Healthcare Network
and/or any of our subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, agents,
and contractors involved in creating, producing, or delivering
the site to your computer.
SOTERIA
HEALTHCARE PRIVACY POLICY
Soteria
Healthcare has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate
our firm commitment to user privacy.
Soteria
Healthcare intends for www.SoteriaHealthcare.com and all affiliated
domains to complement the healthcare services of our physician
clients. Soteria Healthcare believes that online privacy is
important to the success of the Internet and electronic commerce.
This statement sets forth Soteria Healthcare's privacy policy
for www.SoteriaHealthcare.com and affiliated domains and describes
the practices Soteria Healthcare follows to respect the privacy
of all visitors to this site.
By
using this web site, you signify your acceptance of the terms
of Soteria Healthcare's privacy policy. Your continued use of
Soteria Healthcare's web sites following the posting of any
changes to these terms will mean that you accept those changes
as well.
Soteria
Healthcare uses IP addresses to conduct system administration,
report aggregate information and to conduct site analysis. Soteria
Healthcare has security measures in place to protect the loss,
misuse and alteration of the information under our control.
BROWSER
INFORMATION
Our
Web server automatically recognizes domain names and e-mail
addresses (where possible). We use this information to help
diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web
site. Your address may also be used to gather broad demographic
information about our user community.
CONTACTING
THE WEB SITE
If
you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices
of this website, or your interaction with this website, contact:
Web
Site Privacy Department
Soteria Healthcare
3440 Preston Ridge Road, Suite 130
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Email:
LegalandPrivacyNotice@SoteriaHealthcare.com
CHANGES
TO PRIVACY POLICY
This
privacy statement was last modified on February 6, 2008. If
we change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on
our web site so you are always aware of what information we
collect, how we use it, how we protect it and under what circumstances,
if any, we disclose it. Unless we clearly express otherwise,
we will use information in accordance with the Privacy Policy
under which the information was collected.
YOU
ARE HEREBY ADVISED THAT YOUR CONTINUED USE OF OUR SITE CONSTITUTES
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF ANY AMENDMENTS TO AND THE MOST RECENT VERSION
OF THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT.
COOKIES
Some
sites place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser
files of your computer. Cookies are pieces of information that
a website transfers to an individual's hard disk for record
keeping purposes. At this time Soteria Healthcare and affiliated
sites does not use cookies.
E-MAIL
Soteria
Healthcare uses e-mail to allow our customers to ask questions
about our services and programs. This information is only used
by the department where the e-mail is sent. These departments
might use this information to communicate recurring programs
or services back to the sender. If at any time the customer
wishes to cancel these requests they may do so by either e-mailing
or calling Soteria Healthcare directly.
We
will make every attempt to protect the personal information
that you share with us. However, it is important to note that
electronic mail (e-mail) is not secured against interception.
If your communication is extremely sensitive, you may want to
send it by postal mail instead.
PUBLIC
FORUMS
At
this time Soteria Healthcare and affiliated web sites have no
public forums.
SECURITY
The
Soteria Healthcare websites have security measures in place
to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information
under our control. Soteria Healthcare and affiliated web sites
employ strict security measures to safeguard online transactions;
personal information is stored in a secured database and always
sent via an encrypted Internet channel. Uses of Information
Submitted and Collected We may collect personally identifiable
information (name, e-mail address, physical address, and other
unique identifiers) only if you specifically and knowingly provide
it to us. Soteria Healthcare will not sell your personally identifiable
information (your e-mail address and any contact information
you provide), but we reserve the right to share certain demographic
and profile data with business partners solely on an aggregated
basis When you actively submit User Information through the
web site, we will use that information in one or more of the
following ways:
- To
process, complete or otherwise act upon or respond to your
request or reason for submitting that information;
- To
register and/or verify you in connection with a service or
feature that you are attempting to access or obtain;
- To
communicate with you about your request or reason for submitting
that information;
- To
provide additional information to you about Soteria Healthcare
and its services that we believe may interest you;
- To
study and analyze the use of the information and features
available on our website;
- and
To assist, when necessary, in protecting our rights or property,
enforcing the provisions of our Privacy Statement and Terms
of Use, and/or preventing harm to you or others.
IP
ADDRESSES
An
IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer
whenever you access the Internet. All computer identification
on the Internet is conducted with IP addresses, which allow
computers and servers to recognize and communicate with each
other. Soteria Healthcare and affiliated web sites collect IP
addresses in order to conduct system administration, report
aggregate information and to conduct site analysis. If a visitor
requests pages from one of our web sites, our Internet server
enters the visitor's IP address into a log. To maintain visitor
anonymity, Soteria Healthcare does not associate IP addresses
with records containing personal information. However, Soteria
Healthcare will use IP addresses to identify any visitors who
threaten our service, site, customers or others.
OTHER
LINKS
Any
information available through this site, including information
accessed through a linked or referenced web site, is provided
for your information and convenience only. Links to non-Soteria
Healthcare web sites do not constitute an endorsement or recommendation
by Soteria Healthcare and Soteria Healthcare does not accept
any responsibility, obligation or liability for the content,
or the use, of such non-Soteria Healthcare web site or an Soteria
Healthcare owned, operated or affiliated web site(s). We do
not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any such information
and do not assume responsibility for the privacy practices of
those sites. The linked sites may collect personal information
from you when you link to them. This collection of information
is not subject to Soteria Healthcare's control. To ensure protection
of your privacy, we encourage you to review the privacy policies
of any web sites you visit.
CHOICE/OPT-IN
Our
site gives users the opportunity to opt-in to receive communications
from at the point where we request information about the visitor.
This site also gives users the option of removing their information
from our database in order to stop receiving communications
or our service. You can send e-mail to:
LegalandPrivacyNotice@SoteriaHealthcare.com
ACCESS
TO AND MANAGING YOUR USER INFORMATION
We
believe it is important for you to be able to find out what
User Information you have provided to us through our site. If
you have provided us with User Information, you can contact
us to request that we provide you with the User Information
we have in our records about you. We reserve the right to limit
the number of times such a request can be made and to charge
you for responding to such requests if this process is misused
or abused. You may contact us using the contact information
provided below to inquire about your User Information, and to
correct, amend, or delete such information. We want the User
Information we have on record about you to be as complete and
accurate as possible. If you believe that any User Information
we have in our records about you is inaccurate, incomplete,
or incompatible with the purposes for which it was provided
or subsequently authorized by you, please notify us using the
contact information provided below.