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.
CoreHealth Wellness 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 regarding your PHI, and follow the terms of the notice currently in effect.
How we may use and disclose your PHI
For treatment
We may use your PHI to provide chiropractic and wellness care and to coordinate care with other providers when needed.
For payment
We may use and disclose your PHI to bill and collect payment for the services you receive, including with your health insurer.
For health care operations
We may use your PHI for our internal operations — quality assessment, staff training, business planning, and similar functions necessary to run the practice.
Other uses and disclosures
- To remind you of an appointment.
- To inform you of treatment alternatives or health-related benefits and services.
- To public health authorities, when required by law (for example, to report communicable diseases or workplace injuries).
- For health oversight, judicial proceedings, or law enforcement.
- To avert a serious threat to health or safety.
- For workers' compensation cases.
Uses requiring your written authorization
We will obtain your written authorization before using or disclosing your PHI for marketing, before selling your PHI, or for most uses or disclosures of psychotherapy notes (where applicable). You may revoke your authorization in writing at any time.
Your rights
- Right to inspect and copy. You have the right to inspect and copy your PHI maintained in a designated record set, with limited exceptions.
- Right to amend. You may request that we amend PHI you believe is incorrect or incomplete.
- Right to an accounting of disclosures. You may request a list of certain disclosures we have made of your PHI.
- Right to request restrictions. You may ask us to restrict how we use or disclose your PHI for treatment, payment, or operations. We are not required to agree to all restrictions.
- Right to confidential communications. You may request that we communicate with you in a specific way or at a specific location (for example, only by mail or only at home).
- Right to a paper copy of this notice, even if you have agreed to receive it electronically.
- Right to be notified of a breach of your unsecured PHI.
Our duties
- We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your PHI.
- We must provide you with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices.
- We must abide by the terms of the notice currently in effect. We reserve the right to change this notice and apply revised practices to all PHI we maintain.
Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Contact
CoreHealth Wellness Center — Privacy Officer
3500 Oak Lawn Ave., Suite 650
Dallas, TX 75219
(214) 219-3300 · info@corehealthwellness.com
Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint
Questions about this page? info@corehealthwellness.com · (214) 219-3300