HIPAA NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
We understand that health information about you and your health is personal. Winding Path Acupuncture is committed to protecting your personal health information. We create a record of the care and services you receive from us. We need this record to provide you with quality care and to comply with certain legal requirements. This Notice applies to all of the records of your care generated by this office. This tells you the ways in which we may use and disclose health information about you. We also describe your rights to the health information we keep about you, and describe certain obligations we have regarding the use and disclosure of your health information.
We are required by law to:
• Make sure that health information that identifies you is kept private
• Give you this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to health information about you
• Follow the terms of the Notice that is currently in effect
How we may use and disclose health information about you:
• For treatment
• For payment
• For health care operations
• For appointment reminders
• As required by Law
• To avert a serious threat to health and safety
• Health oversight activities
• Lawsuits and disputes
Your rights regarding Health Information about you:
• Right to Inspect and copy
• Right to Amend
• Right to an Accounting of Disclosures
• Right to Request Restrictions
• Right to Request Confidential Communications
• Right to a Paper copy of this Notice. Notice is available upon request.
Effective date, November 1st, 2019