Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
Effective Date: January 2026
This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can access this information. Please review it carefully.
1. Our Legal Duty
Refine You is required by law to:
Maintain the privacy of your Protected Health Information (PHI)
Provide you with this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices
Follow the terms of this Notice currently in effect
2. How We May Use and Disclose Your PHI
a. Treatment
We may use and disclose your PHI to provide, coordinate, or manage your medical aesthetic care.
b. Payment
We may use and disclose PHI to obtain payment for services rendered. Refine You is a cash-only practice and does not bill insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid.
c. Healthcare Operations
We may use PHI for practice operations, quality assessment, training, licensing, and compliance activities.
d. Business Associates
We may disclose PHI to trusted third parties (e.g., EHR systems, billing or payment processors) who are required to safeguard your information.
e. Legal and Public Health Requirements
We may disclose PHI when required by law, court order, or regulatory authority, or to prevent serious threats to health or safety.
3. Uses and Disclosures Requiring Authorization
We will not use or disclose your PHI for marketing, sale of information, or non-care-related purposes without your written authorization, unless permitted or required by law.
4. Your Rights
You have the right to:
Inspect and obtain copies of your medical records
Request amendments to your PHI
Request restrictions on certain uses or disclosures (not all requests must be honored)
Request confidential communications
Receive an accounting of disclosures
Receive a paper copy of this Notice
Requests must be submitted in writing.
5. Our Responsibilities
We are required to notify you following a breach of unsecured PHI.
6. Changes to This Notice
We reserve the right to change this Notice at any time. The revised Notice will apply to all PHI we maintain and will be available in our office and on our website.
7. Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with:
Refine You, or
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights
You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint.
8. Contact Information
Refine You
Bend, Oregon
Contact information as listed on our website
Acknowledgment
By using our website or receiving services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to this Notice of Privacy Practices.