NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
Also known as “HIPAA Policy”

1. 1. Receive a copy of this Notice of Privacy Practices from Joey Care Inc. upon enrollment or upon request.
   2. Request restrictions on our uses and disclosures of your protected health information (PHI) for treatment, payment, and health care operations. However, we reserve the right not to agree to the requested restriction.
   3. Request to receive communications of protected health information (PHI) in confidence.
   4. Inspect and obtain a copy of the protected health information (PHI) contained in your medical and billing records and in any other records used by us to make decisions about you. A reasonable copying charge may apply.
   5. Request an amendment to your protected health information (PHI). However, we may deny your request for an amendment, if we determine that the protected health information (PHI) or record that is the subject of the request:
      
      • was not created by us, unless you provide a reasonable basis to believe that the originator of the protected health information (PHI) is no longer available to act on the requested amendment;
      • is not part of your medical, healthcare, or billing records;
      • is not available for inspection as set forth above; or
      • is accurate and complete.

In any event, any agreed upon amendment will be included as an addition to, and not a replacement of, already existing records.

1. 1. Receive an accounting of disclosures of protected health information (PHI) made by us to individuals or entities other than to you, except for disclosures:
      
      • to carry out treatment, payment and health care operations as provided above;
      • to persons involved in your care or for other notification purposes as provided by law;
      • for public health and safety issues;to correctional institutions or law enforcement officials as provided by law;
      • for national security or intelligence purposes;
      • for lawsuits, subpoenas, and other legal actions required of us as provided by law;
      • that occurred prior to the date of compliance with privacy standards (April 14, 2003);
      • incidental to other permissible uses or disclosures;
      • that are part of a limited data set (does not contain protected health information that directly identifies individuals); made to patient or their personal representatives;
      • for which a written authorization form from the patient has been received
   2. Request access to a minor child’s protected health information (PHI) by parents acting as a child’s “personal representative” as consistent with state and federal law.
   3. Request someone to act on your behalf as a medical power of attorney (or as a legal guardian) and beallowed to exercise your rights and make choices about your health information
   4. Revoke your authorization to use or disclose health information except to the extent that we have already been taken action in reliance on your authorization, or if the authorization was obtained as a condition of obtaining insurance coverage and other applicable law provides the insurer that obtained the authorization with the right to contest a claim under the policy.
   5. Breach Notification. In the case of a breach of unsecured, protected health information (PHI), we will notify you as required by law. If you have provided us with a current e-mail address, we may use e-mail to communicate information related to the breach.