Notice of Privacy Practices (HIPAA)

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.

1. Our Legal Duty

Citrin Chiropractic Center 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, and follow the terms of the Notice currently in effect.

2. How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information

Treatment

We may use your PHI to provide chiropractic care, coordinate with your other healthcare providers, refer you to specialists, and discuss treatment alternatives with you.

Payment

We may use and disclose PHI to obtain payment for services — for example, by submitting claims to your insurance carrier or auto accident attorney.

Healthcare Operations

We may use PHI for internal operations like quality improvement, staff training, and case review.

Other permitted uses

• Appointment reminders and treatment recommendations.
• Required disclosures to public health authorities, law enforcement, or in response to court orders, as required by law.
• Disclosures to family or others involved in your care, with your verbal agreement or as appropriate under the circumstances.

3. Uses That Require Your Written Authorization

We will obtain your written authorization before using or disclosing your PHI for marketing, before selling your PHI, and for most uses involving psychotherapy notes (if any). You may revoke an authorization at any time, in writing.

4. Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information

• Right to inspect and copy: You may request access to your medical records. We may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
• Right to amend: You may request a correction to information you believe is inaccurate.
• Right to an accounting of disclosures: You may request a list of certain disclosures we have made.
• Right to request restrictions: You may ask us to limit how we use or disclose your information. We are not always required to agree.
• Right to confidential communications: You may request that we communicate with you a particular way (e.g., by phone instead of email).
• Right to a paper copy of this Notice: Even if you have agreed to receive it electronically, you may request a paper copy.

5. Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our office or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

6. Changes to This Notice

We reserve the right to change this Notice and to make the new terms apply to all PHI we maintain. The most current version will always be posted on this page and made available in our office.

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