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.

Your Information. Your Rights. Our Responsibilities.

Beckon Health is required by law to protect the privacy and security of your protected health information. We are required to provide this notice explaining our legal duties and privacy practices.

Protected health information may include information about your health, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, appointments, billing, payment, and communications with Beckon Health.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record
• Ask us to correct your medical record
• Request confidential communication
• Ask us to limit what we use or share
• Get a list of certain disclosures we have made
• Get a copy of this privacy notice
• Choose someone to act for you
• File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated

To exercise any of these rights, contact Beckon Health using the information listed below.

Your Choices

For certain health information, you may tell us your choices about what we share. You may have the right and choice to tell us to:

• Share information with family, close friends, or others involved in your care
• Share information in certain emergency or disaster-relief situations
• Communicate with you in a specific way or at a specific location

We will not sell your protected health information or use it for marketing purposes without your written authorization when such authorization is required by law.

If psychotherapy notes are created and maintained separately from the rest of your medical record, most uses and disclosures of those notes require your written authorization unless otherwise permitted by law.

Our Uses and Disclosures

We may use and disclose your protected health information for the following purposes.

Treatment

We may use and share your health information to provide, coordinate, or manage your care. This may include communication with other healthcare providers involved in your care.

Payment

We may use and share your health information to bill and receive payment for services.

Healthcare Operations

We may use and share your health information to operate the practice, improve care, conduct quality review, train staff, maintain records, manage administrative functions, and support business operations.

Appointment Reminders and Care Communications

We may use your information to contact you about appointments, scheduling, treatment-related matters, or practice-related communications.

Required or Permitted by Law

We may use or disclose health information when required or permitted by law, including for:

• Public health and safety
• Reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence
• Health oversight activities
• Legal proceedings
• Law enforcement requests
• Workers' compensation
• Compliance with federal, state, or local law
• Preventing or reducing a serious threat to health or safety

Uses and Disclosures Requiring Written Authorization

We will obtain your written authorization before using or disclosing your protected health information for purposes requiring authorization under HIPAA or applicable law, including:

• Most marketing communications
• Sale of protected health information
• Most uses or disclosures of psychotherapy notes, if maintained

You may revoke an authorization in writing at any time, except to the extent we have already relied on it.

Our Responsibilities

Beckon Health is required to:

• Maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information
• Notify you if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information
• Follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice
• Not use or share your information other than as described here unless you authorize us in writing

Complaints

You may file a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.

Contact:
Privacy Contact: Kimberly Fischer, MD
Beckon Health
Denver, Colorado
info@beckon.health
562-631-6789

You may also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.

Beckon Health will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

Changes to This Notice

We may change the terms of this notice. The new notice will apply to all protected health information we maintain. The current notice will be posted on our website and available upon request.

Contact

Beckon Health
Kimberly Fischer, MD
Denver, Colorado
info@beckon.health
562-631-6789