Notice of Privacy Practices | Felina Sno Wellness

Our Commitment to Your Privacy

Elaion Mental Health, PLLC / Felina Sno Wellness, LLC is committed to protecting the privacy of your health information. We create a record of the care and services you receive in order to provide you with quality treatment and to comply with legal requirements. This notice describes our privacy practices and your rights regarding your health information.

How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information

For Treatment: To provide, coordinate, or manage your care and related services, including sharing information with other providers involved in your treatment.
For Payment: To bill and collect payment for services provided to you, including with financing partners you choose to use.
For Health Care Operations: For activities such as quality assessment, staff training, and business management.
As Required by Law: When required by federal, state, or local law, or in response to a valid legal process.
To Avert a Serious Threat to Health or Safety: When necessary to prevent a serious threat to your health or safety, or the health or safety of others.

Uses and Disclosures Requiring Your Written Authorization

Other than the situations described above, we will obtain your written authorization before using or disclosing your health information for any other purpose, including most uses of psychotherapy notes, marketing purposes, or sale of your health information. You may revoke an authorization in writing at any time.

Your Rights

Right to request a copy of your medical record, in paper or electronic form.
Right to request a correction/amendment to your record.
Right to request confidential communications (e.g., contact you only at a certain phone number or address).
Right to request restrictions on certain uses or disclosures of your information.
Right to receive an accounting of certain disclosures we have made.
Right to receive a paper copy of this notice upon request, even if you agreed to receive it electronically.
Right to be notified of a breach that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.
Right to choose someone to act on your behalf if you are unable to exercise these rights yourself.

Our Responsibilities

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your health information and to provide you with this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices.
We must follow the terms currently in effect in this notice.
We will notify you promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.

Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. There will be no retaliation for filing a complaint.

HHS Office for Civil Rights: hhs.gov/ocr/complaints

Changes to This Notice

We reserve the right to change this notice and to make the revised notice effective for health information we already have as well as information we receive in the future. The current notice will be available on our website, and a paper copy will be provided upon request.