Modern Medical Care PC (“we,” “us,” or “our practice”) is required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI), to provide you with this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and to notify you following a breach of unsecured PHI. We are required to abide by the terms of the Notice currently in effect.
How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information
The following categories describe the ways we may use and disclose your PHI. Not every use or disclosure will be listed, but all permitted uses and disclosures fall within one of the categories below.
- Treatment. We use your health information to provide, coordinate, and manage your medical care and any related services. This includes sharing information with physicians, nurses, technicians, and other personnel involved in your care, including specialists and laboratories to whom we refer you.
- Payment. We use and disclose your health information to obtain payment for the services we provide — for example, billing your insurance company, verifying coverage and eligibility, and obtaining prior authorizations.
- Health Care Operations. We may use and disclose your information to run our practice, assess the quality of care, train staff, conduct internal audits, and carry out administrative activities.
- Appointment Reminders & Health Communications. We may contact you to remind you of appointments or to tell you about treatment alternatives or health-related benefits and services.
- As Required by Law. We will disclose your information when required to do so by federal, state, or local law, including for public health activities, reporting of abuse or neglect, health oversight, judicial proceedings, and law-enforcement purposes.
Uses and Disclosures That Require Your Written Authorization
Most uses and disclosures of psychotherapy notes, uses and disclosures of PHI for marketing purposes, and disclosures that constitute a sale of PHI require your written authorization. Any other uses and disclosures not described in this Notice will be made only with your written authorization. You may revoke that authorization, in writing, at any time, except to the extent we have already acted in reliance on it.
Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information
- Right to Inspect and Copy. You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your PHI, including in an electronic format when it is maintained electronically.
- Right to Amend. You may request that we amend health information you believe is incorrect or incomplete.
- Right to an Accounting of Disclosures. You may request a list of certain disclosures we made of your PHI.
- Right to Request Restrictions. You may request a restriction on how we use or disclose your PHI. We will honor a request to restrict disclosure to a health plan when you have paid for the service in full, out of pocket.
- Right to Confidential Communications. You may request that we communicate with you in a specific way or at a specific location.
- Right to a Paper Copy. You have the right to a paper copy of this Notice, even if you agreed to receive it electronically.
- Right to Be Notified of a Breach. You have the right to be notified if a breach of your unsecured PHI occurs.
Our Safeguards
We protect your information with administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. Sensitive information is encrypted at rest, access to patient data is restricted to authorized workforce members based on their role, and access to protected health information is logged and audited.
Changes to This Notice
We reserve the right to change this Notice and to make the revised Notice effective for all PHI we maintain. The current Notice will be posted in our offices and on this website with its effective date.
Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our office using the contact information below, or with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Contact Us
To exercise any of your rights, or if you have questions about this Notice, please contact our Privacy Officer:
Modern Medical Care PC — Privacy Officer
2829 Ocean Parkway, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11235
Phone: 718-616-0500