Notice of Privacy Practices

At HUES Women's Health Advocacy Institute, we are committed to protecting your health information. This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how we may use and disclose your protected health information for treatment, payment, healthcare operations, and other purposes permitted or required by law.

Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information

Your protected health information may be used and disclosed by our organization, our office staff, and others outside of our office involved in your care and treatment for the purpose of providing healthcare services to you.

Your Rights

You have certain rights under the federal privacy standards. These include:

• The right to request restrictions on the use and disclosure of your protected health information

• The right to receive confidential communications concerning your medical condition and treatment

• The right to inspect and copy your protected health information

• The right to amend or submit corrections to your protected health information

• The right to receive an accounting of how and to whom your protected health information has been disclosed

• The right to receive a printed copy of this notice.

Our Duties

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information and provide you with this notice of privacy practices. We must also abide by this notice's privacy policies and practices.

Changes to this Notice of Privacy Practices

We reserve the right to amend this Notice of Privacy Practices at anytime. Until such amendment is made, we are required by law to comply with this notice.

Complaints

Complaints about your Privacy rights or how we have handled your health information should be directed to our office by calling 937-540-4313. If you are unsatisfied with how this office handles your complaint, you may submit a formal complaint to the Department of Health and Human Services.