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HIPAA PRIVACY NOTICE

AnazaoHealth HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

 

This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how AnazaoHealth may use and disclose your medical information, and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.

 

Effective Date: April 1, 2023

 

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires that Covered Entities protect individually identifiable health information, called protected health information (“PHI”) and/or electronic PHI (“ePHI”), from unauthorized use and/or disclosure. As a patient receiving services AnazaoHealth, please note the following:
 

Your Rights

When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights. This section explains your rights and some of our responsibilities to help you.

 

Get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record

  • You can ask to see or get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record and other health information we have about you. Ask us how to do this.

  • We will provide a copy or a summary of your health information, usually within 30 days of your request. We may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee.

 

Ask us to correct your medical record

  • You can ask us to correct health information about you that you think is incorrect or incomplete. Ask us how to do this. We may say “no” to your request, but we’ll tell you why in writing within 60 days.
     

Request confidential communications

  • You can ask us to contact you in a specific way (for example, home or office phone) or to send mail to a different address. We will say “yes” to all reasonable requests.
     

Ask us to limit what we use or share

  • You can ask us not to use or share certain health information for treatment, payment, or our operations. We are not required to agree to your request, and we may say “no” if it would affect your care.
     

Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared information

  • You can ask for a list (accounting) of the times we have shared your health information for six years prior to the date you ask, whom we shared it with, and why.

  • We will include all the disclosures except for those about treatment, payment, and health care operations, and certain other disclosures (such as any you asked us to make). Get a copy of this privacy notice

  • You can ask for a paper copy of this notice at any time, even if you have agreed to receive the notice electronically. We will provide you with a paper copy promptly.

 

Choose someone to act for you

  • If you have given someone medical power of attorney or if someone is your legal guardian, that person can exercise your rights and make choices about your health information.

  • We will make sure the person has this authority and can act for you before we take any action.

 

File a complaint if you feel your rights are violated

  • You can complain if you feel we have violated your rights by contacting our customer service or our HIPAA Officer at
     

Attn: Kim Yost, PharmD

AnazaoHealth Corporation

5710 Hoover Boulevard

Tampa, FL 33634

+1 813 460 6243

 

  • You can file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights by sending a letter to 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, calling 1-877-696-6775, or visiting www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
     

Your Choices

You have some choices in the way that we use and share information.

 

You have the right and choice to tell us to:

  • Share information with your family, close friends or others involved in your care

  • Share information in a disaster relief situation

  • Include your information in a hospital directory

  • Contact you for fundraising efforts (you can tell us not to contact you again)
     

If you are not able to tell us your preference, for example if you are unconscious, we may go ahead and share your information if we believe it is in your best interest. We may also share your information when needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.

 

We never share your information in the following situations, unless you give us permission:

  • Marketing purposes

  • Sale of your information

  • Most sharing of psychotherapy notes
     

Our Uses and Disclosures

We may use and share your information as we:

  • Treat you, and share it with other professionals treating you as well

  • Run our organization, improve your care, and contact you when necessary

  • Bill for your services and get payment from health plans or other entities

  • Help with public health and safety issues, including but not limited to:

    • preventing disease,

    • helping with product recalls,

    • reporting adverse reactions to medications,

    • reporting suspected abuse, neglect or domestic violence,

    • preventing or reducing a serious threat to anyone’s health or safety

  • Do health research

  • Comply with the law, if federal or state laws require it. This includes with the Department of Health and Human Services to confirm that we are complying with federal privacy laws

  • Respond to organ and tissue donation requests

  • Work with a coroner, medical examiner or funeral director

  • Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests

  • Respond to lawsuits and legal actions in response to a court or administrative order, or in response to a subpoena
     

Our RESPONSIBILITIES

  • We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information.

  • We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.
    We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice and give you a copy of it.

  • We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you tell us we can in writing. If you tell us we can, you may change your mind at any time. Let us know in writing if you change your mind.


For more information see: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/noticepp.html.

 

Changes to the Terms of this Notice

We can change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The new notice will be available upon request, in our office, and on our website.

 

The Florida Information Protection Act (FIPA)

As required by HIPAA Privacy Rule, we must follow stricter notification rules in FIPA.  

Your Rights
Your Choices
Our Uses and Disclosures
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