Notice of Privacy Practices
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.
Our commitment
Wade's Care First Nurse Practitioner Services LLC is required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI), to give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and to follow the terms of the notice currently in effect.
How we may use and disclose your health information
- Treatment: to provide, coordinate or manage your care, including sharing information with laboratories, imaging centers, pharmacies, specialists and other clinicians involved in your care.
- Payment: to bill and collect payment for services, including verifying insurance benefits and submitting claims.
- Healthcare operations: for quality improvement, training, licensing, compliance and the administration of the practice.
- Appointment reminders and care information: to contact you about appointments, results and treatment options through the patient portal, phone, or NextPatient secure messaging.
- As required by law, for public health activities, to report abuse or neglect, for health oversight, in judicial or administrative proceedings, to law enforcement under specific conditions, to avert a serious threat to health or safety, and for other purposes permitted or required by law.
Other uses and disclosures, including most uses of psychotherapy notes, marketing uses and the sale of PHI, require your written authorization, which you may revoke at any time in writing.
Your rights
- Inspect and obtain a copy of your health record, usually within 30 days of a written request.
- Request an amendment to your record if you believe it is incorrect or incomplete.
- Receive an accounting of certain disclosures of your PHI.
- Request restrictions on how we use or disclose your PHI. We are not required to agree, except where you pay in full out of pocket and ask us not to disclose that service to your health plan.
- Request confidential communications by alternative means or at alternative locations.
- Receive a paper copy of this notice on request, even if you agreed to receive it electronically.
- Be notified following a breach of unsecured PHI.
Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with the practice using the contact information below, or with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Changes to this notice
We reserve the right to change this notice and to make the revised notice effective for PHI we already hold as well as information we receive in the future. The current notice is posted on this website and is available on request.
Contact
Privacy contact: Charles Wade, FNP-BC, Wade's Care First.
Wade's Care First · Indianapolis, IN · 317-765-0603 · care@wadescarefirst.com
Related: Privacy Policy · Notice of Privacy Practices · Terms of Use · Accessibility
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