HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices
Introduction
Mobile RN SCV, Inc., a California corporation, doing business as Sculpt Rx (“Sculpt Rx,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), is a covered entity under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). This Notice of Privacy Practices (“Notice”) describes how we may use and disclose your protected health information (“PHI”) and explains your legal rights regarding that information.
Our Legal Duties
We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your PHI, to provide you with this Notice explaining our legal duties and privacy practices, and to follow the terms of this Notice currently in effect. We will notify you if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your PHI.
Uses and Disclosures of Your PHI
We may use and disclose your PHI for purposes of treatment, payment, and healthcare operations. Treatment includes providing, coordinating, or managing your healthcare and related services, including telehealth consultations, prescriptions, and care coordination with pharmacies or other providers. Payment includes activities undertaken to obtain payment for healthcare services, such as billing, claims management, and collections. Healthcare operations include quality assessment, care coordination, training, compliance activities, and business administration.
We may also use or disclose your PHI as required or permitted by law, including for public health activities, health oversight activities, judicial or administrative proceedings, law enforcement purposes, and to avert a serious threat to health or safety.
Uses and Disclosures Requiring Authorization
Certain uses and disclosures of your PHI require your written authorization, including most uses for marketing purposes and disclosures of psychotherapy notes, if applicable. You may revoke an authorization at any time in writing, except to the extent we have already relied on it.
Your Rights Regarding Your PHI
You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your PHI, request amendments to your PHI if you believe it is incorrect or incomplete, and request an accounting of certain disclosures of your PHI. You also have the right to request restrictions on certain uses or disclosures of your PHI and to request confidential communications.
You have the right to receive a paper copy of this Notice upon request, even if you have agreed to receive it electronically.
Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with Sculpt Rx or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Filing a complaint will not result in retaliation.
Changes to This Notice
We reserve the right to change this Notice and make the revised Notice effective for all PHI we maintain. The updated Notice will be available on our website and upon request.