PATIENT PRIVACY
Notice of Privacy Practices
Draft for compliance/legal review before final adoption. Effective date: [TO BE ADOPTED]
Your rights
You may ask to inspect or obtain an electronic or paper copy of your health information; ask us to correct information you believe is incorrect or incomplete; request confidential communications or reasonable restrictions; request an accounting of certain disclosures; obtain a paper copy of this notice; choose someone to act for you when legally authorized; and raise a privacy concern without retaliation.
Our uses and disclosures
As permitted by law, Nexus Health PC may use or disclose protected health information for treatment, payment, and health care operations and for other purposes permitted or required by law. We may coordinate with pharmacies, laboratories, imaging facilities, insurers, and other health care providers when appropriate for your care, payment, or operations. Uses or disclosures requiring authorization will not be made without a valid authorization, except as otherwise permitted by law.
Additional privacy protections
Some records may receive additional protection under federal or Illinois law. Where a more protective law applies, Nexus Health PC will follow the applicable requirement. Privacy practices concerning substance use disorder records subject to 42 CFR Part 2 must comply with applicable federal requirements.
Our responsibilities
We are required to maintain the privacy and security of protected health information, provide this notice, follow the privacy practices described in the current notice, and provide required notification if a breach compromises protected information. We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards and limit access and disclosures as required by applicable law.
Electronic communications
Telephone, voicemail, text, patient portal, and secure electronic systems may be used for scheduling, prescriptions, care coordination, and billing as permitted by law and practice policy. Ordinary email should not be used to send medical records, insurance identifiers, or other sensitive health information unless specifically directed through an approved secure process.
Complaints and questions
You may contact Nexus Health PC with privacy questions or complaints. You may also submit a complaint to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Privacy Contact: [PRIVACY OFFICER/TITLE TO BE DESIGNATED]
Phone: (224) 666-0120
Email: info@nexushealthpc.com
Mailing address: [TO BE FINALIZED]
This web draft is not a substitute for practice-specific legal review. The final Notice of Privacy Practices should be formally adopted and updated when applicable privacy practices or law materially change.