At Gem Vision Clinic, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the confidentiality of your protected health information (PHI). This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how we may use and disclose your PHI and your rights regarding this information.
We are required by law to:
We may use and disclose your PHI to provide, coordinate, or manage your healthcare and related services. This includes sharing your information with other healthcare providers involved in your care.
We may use and disclose your PHI to obtain payment for the healthcare services we provide to you.
We may use and disclose your PHI for our healthcare operations. These uses and disclosures are necessary to run our practice and ensure that our patients receive quality care.
We may use or disclose your PHI when required to do so by federal, state, or local law.
We may disclose your PHI for public health activities, such as reporting diseases, injuries, or vital events (e.g., births, deaths), and for preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability.
We may disclose your PHI to a health oversight agency for activities authorized by law, such as audits, investigations, and inspections.
We may disclose your PHI in response to a court order, subpoena, or other lawful process.
We may disclose your PHI for law enforcement purposes as permitted by HIPAA, such as responding to a subpoena or providing information to help locate a missing person.
We may use or disclose your PHI for research purposes under certain circumstances, and only when approved by an institutional review board.
You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your PHI. This right does not apply to certain information, such as psychotherapy notes.
If you believe that your PHI is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to request an amendment. We may deny your request under certain circumstances.
You have the right to request an accounting of certain disclosures of your PHI that we have made.
You have the right to request restrictions on the use or disclosure of your PHI for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations. We are not required to agree to your request, but we will consider it.
You have the right to request that we communicate with you about medical matters in a certain way or at a certain location.
You have the right to obtain a paper copy of this notice upon request.
We reserve the right to change this notice and make the new notice applicable to PHI we already have, as well as any information we receive in the future. We will post a copy of the current notice in our office and on our website. The notice will contain the effective date on the first page.
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our office or with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. To file a complaint with our office, contact [Contact Information]. All complaints must be submitted in writing. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.
If you have any questions about this notice or need further information, please contact: