Uses and Disclosures for Treatment, Payment, and Health Care Operations
BIRDVIEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES LLC may use or disclose your protected health information (PHI), for treatment, payment, and health care operations purposes with your written authorization.
Uses and Disclosures Requiring Authorization
BIRDVIEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES LLC may use or disclose PHI for purposes outside of treatment, payment, or health care operations when your appropriate authorization is obtained. In those instances when we are asked for information for purposes outside of treatment, payment, or health care operations, we will obtain authorization from you before releasing this information.
BIRDVIEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES LLC will also need to obtain authorization before releasing your Psychotherapy Notes that have been made about a conversation during a private, group, joint, or family counseling session, which has been kept separate from the rest of your medical record. These notes are given a greater degree of protection than PHI. You may revoke all such authorizations at any time, provided each revocation is in writing.
Uses and Disclosures without Authorization
BIRDVIEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES LLC may use or disclose PHI without your consent or authorization in the following circumstances:
- Child Abuse
- Adult and Domestic Abuse
- Health Oversight Activities
- Judicial and Administrative Proceedings
- Serious Threat to Health or Safety
Patient’s Rights and Clinical Staff’s Duties
- Right to Request Restrictions
- Right to Receive Confidential Communications by Alternative Means and at Alternative Locations
- Right to Inspect and Copy
- Right to Amend
- Right to Accounting
- Right to a Paper Copy
Staff Duties
- BIRDVIEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES LLC is required by law to maintain the privacy of PHI and to provide you with a notice of our legal duties and privacy practices concerning PHI.
- We reserve the right to change the privacy policies and practices described in this notice. Unless we notify you of such changes, however, we are required to abide by the terms currently in effect.
- If we revise our policies and procedures, we will inform you verbally and/or in writing during the session following the revision.
Questions and Complaints
- If you have questions about this notice, disagree with a decision made about access to your records, or have other concerns about your privacy rights, you may contact the Clinical Director at the above number.
- If you believe that your privacy rights have been violated and wish to file a complaint with the clinic, you may send your written complaint to the above address.
- You may also send a written complaint to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The person listed above can provide you with the appropriate address upon request.
- You have specific rights under the Privacy Rule. BIRDVIEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES LLC will not retaliate against you for exercising your right to file a complaint.
Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information is encrypted and securely transmitted to us.
Effectivity, Restrictions, and Changes to the Privacy Policy
BIRDVIEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES LLC reserves the right to change the terms of this notice provisions effective for all PHI that we maintain. We will provide you with a revised notice either verbally and/or in writing, at the latest, during the session following the time of the revision.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, please contact us immediately at info@birdviewcares.com.