This section explains your rights and some of our responsibilities to help you.
If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situations described below, talk to us. Tell us what you want us to do, and we will follow your instructions.
If you are not able to tell us your preference, for example if you are unconscious, we may go ahead and share your information if we believe it is in your best interest. We may also share your information when needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.
We may contact you for fundraising efforts, but you can tell us not to contact you again.
We typically use or share your health information in the following ways.
We are allowed or required to share your information in other ways – usually in ways that contribute to the public good, such as public health and research. We have to meet many conditions in the law before we can share your information for these purposes. For more information see: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/index.html.
We may change this notice and our privacy practices at any time, as long as the change is consistent with state and federal law. Any revised notice will apply both to the PHI we already have about you at the time of the change, and any PHI created or received after the change takes effect. If we make an important change to our privacy practices, we will promptly post the new Notice in waiting rooms and registration areas and will make the new notice available on our website at www.hmwellness.org. You can request a written copy of this notice at anytime.
IntraCare may deny you access to certain health information if a licensed healthcare provider determines that releasing it could endanger you or someone else.
Psychotherapy Notes: On rare occasions, we may ask for your authorization to use and disclose “psychotherapy notes”. Federal privacy law defines “psychotherapy notes” very specifically to mean notes made by a mental health professional recording conversations during private or group counseling sessions that are maintained separately from the rest of your medical record. Generally, we do not maintain psychotherapy notes, as defined by federal privacy law. (not sure if we need to include this, but I know we had the discussion with the mental health evals being sent from pain management)
For more information see: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/noticepp.html.
We can change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The new notice will be available upon request, in our office, and on our website.
Effective October 4, 2022
IntraCare
2340 East Trinity Mills Road, Suite 250, Carrollton, TX, 75006
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