Legal
Notice of Privacy Practices
Effective as of
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.
Fenix Medical Center is required by law to protect the privacy of your health information, to give you this notice, and to follow the practices described in it.
How we use and disclose your health information
For your treatment: so the professionals caring for you can coordinate your care, including referrals to other specialists.
For payment: to bill and collect for the services provided, including dealing with your insurer where applicable.
For our health care operations: internal activities such as quality improvement, staff training and running the clinic.
Other uses permitted or required by law
We may use or disclose your information without your authorization where the law permits or requires it, including for public health activities, to report suspected abuse or neglect, for health oversight, in judicial or administrative proceedings, to law enforcement in the circumstances provided for, for coroner and funeral director functions, for organ donation, for research with the required safeguards, and to avert a serious threat to health or safety.
Uses that require your written authorization
Most marketing uses, the sale of your health information and the disclosure of psychotherapy notes require your prior written authorization. You may revoke that authorization at any time, and the revocation does not affect what has already been disclosed.
Your rights
Inspect and get a copy of your record, on paper or electronically.
Ask us to correct information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
Get a list of certain disclosures of your information.
Request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures. If you pay for a service entirely out of pocket, you may ask us not to share it with your insurer, and we are required to agree.
Ask us to contact you by a particular means or at a particular address.
Receive a paper copy of this notice, even if you have read it here.
Be notified if a breach occurs that affects your unsecured health information.
Name someone to act for you, including your legal representative.
Our responsibilities
We are required to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information, to let you know promptly if a breach occurs that affects it, and to follow the terms of this notice while it is in effect.
We will not use or share your information other than as described here without your written authorization.
Changes to this notice
We may change this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we already hold. The current version will always be available at this address and at the clinic.
How to file a complaint
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may complain to the clinic through the contact page, stating that your message is for the privacy officer.
You may also complain to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights at 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20201, or at hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints.
We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
How to reach us
Fenix Medical Center · 3547 Peachtree Industrial Blvd Suite 9-10, Duluth, GA 30096. For anything related to privacy, write to us from the contact page and ask for your message to be directed to the privacy officer.