HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

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.

At Woods Chiropractic Center, we are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI) and to provide you with this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your PHI.

How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information

For Treatment

We may use and disclose your PHI to provide, coordinate, or manage your healthcare and any related services. For example, your chiropractor may share your information with another healthcare provider who is treating you.

For Payment

We may use and disclose your PHI so that the treatment and services you receive may be billed to and payment may be collected from you, an insurance company, or a third party.

For Healthcare Operations

We may use and disclose your PHI for our healthcare operations. These uses and disclosures are necessary to run our clinic and make sure that all of our patients receive quality care.

Appointment Reminders

We may use and disclose your PHI to contact you as a reminder that you have an appointment for treatment or medical care at our clinic.

Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information

• Right to Inspect and Copy: You have the right to inspect and copy your PHI that may be used to make decisions about your care.
• Right to Amend: If you feel that the PHI we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may ask us to amend the information.
• Right to an Accounting of Disclosures: You have the right to request a list of certain disclosures we made of your PHI.
• Right to Request Restrictions: You have the right to request a restriction or limitation on the PHI we use or disclose about you for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations.
• Right to Request Confidential Communications: You have the right to request that we communicate with you about medical matters in a certain way or at a certain location.
• Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice: You have the right to a paper copy of this notice at any time.

Changes to This Notice

We reserve the right to change this notice. We reserve the right to make the revised or changed notice effective for PHI we already have about you as well as any information we receive in the future.

Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our clinic or with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. All complaints must be submitted in writing. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.