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HIPAA Privacy Practices Notice

HIPAA Privacy Practices Notice

HIPAA Privacy Practices Notice

Effective Date: 01/01/2025

Your Privacy Is Important to Us

Wisdom Senior Care is committed to protecting the privacy of your health information. This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can access this information. Please review it carefully.

1. Purpose of This Notice

This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how Wisdom Senior Care may use and disclose your protected health information (PHI) to carry out treatment, payment, or healthcare operations and for other purposes permitted or required by law. It also describes your rights to access and control your PHI.

2. Your Rights

You have several rights concerning your PHI:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to look at or get copies of your health information, with limited exceptions. You may request your records electronically or on paper.
  • Right to Amend: If you believe that the information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, you can request an amendment.
  • Right to an Accounting of Disclosures: You have the right to request a list of disclosures of your PHI made by us for purposes other than treatment, payment, or healthcare operations.
  • Right to Request Restrictions: You may request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of your PHI. However, we are not required to agree to your request.
  • Right to Request Confidential Communications: You can ask us to contact you in a specific way or send mail to a different address.
  • Right to a Copy of This Notice: You have the right to receive a paper copy of this notice upon request.

3. How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We may use and disclose your PHI in the following ways:

a. For Treatment

We may use and share your PHI to provide, coordinate, or manage your healthcare and related services.

b. For Payment

We may use and share your PHI to obtain payment for healthcare services you receive.

c. For Healthcare Operations

We may use and disclose your PHI to support the daily activities related to healthcare services, such as quality assessment and improvement, and staff training.

d. Other Uses and Disclosures Permitted by Law

We may use and disclose your PHI without your authorization when required by law, including:

  • Public health activities
  • Reporting abuse, neglect, or domestic violence
  • Health oversight activities
  • Legal proceedings
  • Law enforcement purposes
  • Organ and tissue donation
  • Research (under certain conditions)
  • To prevent a serious threat to health or safety
  • Specialized government functions (e.g., military and national security)
  • Workers' compensation

e. With Your Authorization

For any uses and disclosures not listed above, we will obtain your written authorization before using or disclosing your PHI. You may revoke this authorization at any time.

4. Our Responsibilities

  • We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your PHI.
  • We will notify you promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.
  • We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice and give you a copy of it.
  • We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you provide written authorization.

5. Changes to This Notice

We reserve the right to change this Notice at any time. Any changes will apply to all PHI we maintain, including PHI created or received before the change. We will provide an updated notice on our website [Insert Website URL] and at our physical location.

6. Complaints

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

To file a complaint or for more information about our privacy practices, contact us at:

Wisdom Senior Care
Contact Person: Brand Standard
Address: 3622 Shannon Road, Suite 104, Durham NC 27707
Telephone: (919) 615-0020
Email: info@wisdomseniorcare.com

7. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Notice or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Wisdom Senior Care
Contact Person: Brand Standard
Address: 3622 Shannon Road, Suite 104, Durham NC 27707
Telephone: (919) 615-0020
Email: info@wisdomseniorcare.com

By using our website and services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Notice of Privacy Practices.

 

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