HIPPA AND PRIVACY
NEW REGENERATION HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER HIPAA & PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: January 1, 2025.
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
OUR RESPONSIBILITIESÂ
We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information (PHI). 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 upon request. 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.
HOW WE MAY USE AND DISCLOSE HEALTH INFORMATIONÂ
We typically use or share your health information in the following ways:
- Treatment: We can use your health information and share it with other professionals who are treating you.
- Payment: We can use and share your health information to bill and receive payment from health plans or other entities.
- Health Care Operations: We can use and share your health information to run our practice, improve your care, and contact you when necessary.
OTHER USES AND DISCLOSURESÂ
We are allowed or required to share your information in other ways—usually in ways that contribute to the public good, such as public health and research. We have to meet many conditions in the law before we can share your information for these purposes.
Examples include:
- Public health and safety issues
- Research
- Responding to organ and tissue donation requests
- Complying with the law
- Responding to lawsuits and legal actions
- Law enforcement purposes
YOUR RIGHTSÂ
You have the right to:
- Get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record.
- Ask us to correct your medical record if you believe it is incorrect or incomplete.
- Request confidential communications or to be contacted in a specific way (for example, at home or at work).
- Ask us to limit what we use or share.
- Get a list of those with whom we have shared your information.
- Get a copy of this privacy notice.
- Choose someone to act for you, such as a medical power of attorney.
- File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.
We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
OUR USES AND DISCLOSURESÂ
We can share health information about you for certain situations such as:
- 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
ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATIONÂ
We can share health information about you with organ procurement organizations.
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT REQUESTSÂ
We can use or share health information about you:
- For workers’ compensation claims
- For law enforcement purposes or with a law enforcement official
- With health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law
- For special government functions such as military, national security, and presidential protective services
RESPONDING TO LAWSUITS AND LEGAL ACTIONSÂ
We can share health information about you in response to a court or administrative order, or in response to a subpoena.
CHANGES TO THE TERMS OF THIS NOTICEÂ
We reserve the right to amend the terms of this notice, and any such revisions will be relevant to all information we hold about you. The revised notice can be obtained upon request, both at our office and on our website.
NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
Our medical doctors are licensed and regulated by the Medical Board of California, for more information please contact (800) 633-2322 | www.mbc.ca.gov
CONTACT INFORMATIONÂ
If you have any questions about this notice or wish to exercise any of your privacy rights, please contact: