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This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information.
P L E A S E R E A D C A R E F U L L Y
Dr. Davies is required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information. This Notice of Privacy Practices tells you how your protected health information may be used and how Dr. Davies keeps your information private and confidential. This notice explains the legal duties and practices relating to your protected health information should you schedule a consultation. As part of Dr. Davies’ legal duties this Notice of Privacy Practices must be given to you. Dr. Davies is required to follow the terms of the Notice of Privacy Practices currently in effect. Dr. Davies may change the terms of its notice. The change, if made, will be effective for all protected health information that her practice maintains. New or revised notices of privacy practices will be posted on her website at
www.lauradaviesmd.com and will be available at all office visits.
Uses and Disclosures of your protected health information
Protected health information includes demographic and medical information that concerns the past, present, or future physical or mental health of an individual. Demographic information could include your name, address, telephone number, social security number and any other means of identifying you as a specific person. Protected health information contains specific information that identifies a person or can be used to identify a person. Protected health information is health information created or received by a health care provider, health plan, employer, or health care clearinghouse.
Your protected health information may be used or disclosed by Dr. Davies for purposes of treatment, payment, and health care operations. Health care professionals use medical information to take care of you. Your protected health information may be shared, with or without your consent, with another health care provider for purposes of your treatment. Dr. Davies will need to send your information to insurance companies or other entities to pay for the services provided to you.
Some protected health information can be disclosed without your written authorization as allowed by law. Those circumstances include: reporting emergent suicidal thoughts or plans, reporting risk of specific harm to others, reporting abuse of children, adults, or disabled persons; investigations related to a missing child; court orders, warrants, or subpoenas; law enforcement purposes, administrative investigations; and judicial and administrative proceedings.
Other uses and disclosures of your protected health information by Dr. Davies will require your written authorization. This authorization will have an expiration date that can be revoked by you in writing.
Individual Rights
You have the right to be assured that your information will be kept confidential. You may provide an address other than your residence where you can receive mail and where we may contact you. You have the right to inspect and receive a copy of your protected health information. You may be denied access as specified by law. If access is denied, you have the right to request a review by a licensed health care professional who was not involved in the decision to deny access. This licensed health care professional will be designated by Dr. Davies.
You have the right to correct your protected health information. Your request to correct your protected health information must be in writing and provide a reason to support your requested correction. Dr. Davies may deny your request, in whole or part, if it finds the protected health information: was not created by her; is not protected health information; is by law not available for your inspection, or is accurate and complete.
If your correction is accepted, Dr. Davies will make the correction and tell you and others who need to know about the correction. If your request is denied, you may send a letter detailing the reason you disagree with the decision. Dr. Davies will respond to your letter in writing. You also may file a complaint, as described below in the section titled Complaints.
You have the right to receive a summary of certain disclosures Dr. Davies may have made of your protected health information. This summary does not include: disclosures made to you; disclosures to individuals involved with your care; disclosures authorized by you; disclosures made to carry out treatment, payment, and health care operations; disclosures for public health; disclosures for health professional regulatory purposes; disclosures to report abuse of children, adults, or disabled, disclosures for risk of immediate harm to self or others.
This summary does include disclosures made for: responses to court orders, subpoenas, or warrants.
You may request a summary for not more than a 6-year period from the date of your request.
If there is a data breach, Dr. Davies will make every attempt to rectify it and will also attempt to contact you to inform you of what may have been disclosed.
For Further Information
Requests for further information about the matters covered by this notice may be directed to Dr. Davies.
Complaints
The complaint must be in writing, describe the acts or omissions that you believe violate your privacy rights, and be filed within 180 days of when you knew or should have known that the act or omission occurred.
Office of Civil Rights U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW, HHH Bldg., Room 509H
Washington, D.C. 20201
Phone: (886) 637-7748 TTY: (996) 78804989
Email: www.hhs.gov/ocr