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NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
RESIHEALTH OF OHIO, PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
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 Pledge Regarding Your Health Information
ResiHealth of Ohio, Professional Corporation (“ResiHealth”) is committed to protecting the privacy of your health information. We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your health information. We will follow the legal duties and privacy practices described in this notice (“Notice”) with respect to your health information. We are required by law to provide you with a copy of this Notice and to notify you following a breach of your unsecured health information.
Our Uses and Disclosures
We may use and share your health information without your written authorization as we:
Treat you
We can use your health information to provide you with medical treatment and services and share your health information with other professionals who are treating you.
Example: A doctor treating you for an injury asks another doctor about your overall health condition.
Run our organization
We can use and share your health information to run our practice, improve your care, and contact you when necessary. These activities are called our “healthcare operations.”
Example: We use health information about you to conduct quality assessment activities, necessary credentialing, and other essential activities.
Bill for your services
We can use and share your health information to bill and get payment from health plans or other entities.
Example: We give information about you to your health insurance plan so it will pay for your services.
How else can we use or share your health information?
We are allowed or required to share your information in other ways without your authorization – usually in ways that contribute to the public good, such as public health and research. We have to meet certain conditions in the law before we can share your information for these purposes.
Help with public health and safety issues
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, where required or authorized by law
Preventing or reducing a serious threat to anyone’s health or safety
Do research
Under certain circumstances, we may share your health information to researchers who are conducting a specific research project. For certain research activities, an Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Privacy Board may approve uses and disclosures of your health information without your authorization.
Comply with the law
We will share information about you if state or federal laws require it, including with the Department of Health and Human Services if it wants to see that we’re complying with federal privacy law.
Respond to organ and tissue donation requests
We can share health information about you with organ procurement organizations.
Work with a medical examiner or funeral director
We can share health information with a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director when an individual dies.
Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests
We can use or share health information about you:
For workers’ compensation claims
For law enforcement purposes or with a law enforcement official for certain specific purposes
With health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law
For special government functions such as military, national security, and presidential protective services
Respond to lawsuits and legal actions
We can share health information about you in the course of certain administrative or judicial proceedings, such as in response to a court order.
Fundraising
We can use certain information to send fundraising communications to you. However, you may opt out of receiving any such communications.
For certain sharing of your health information, you can tell us your choices about what we share. If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situations described below, talk to us. Tell us what you want us to do, and we will follow your instructions. In these cases, you have both the right and choice to tell us to:
Share information with your family, close friends, or others involved in your care. We may disclose certain, limited health information to your family, friends, and anyone else whom you identify as involved in your health care or who helps pay for your care. We may use or disclose your information to notify or assist in notifying a family member, personal representative, or any other person responsible for your care regarding your location, general condition, or death.
Share information in a disaster relief situation. We may also use or disclose your health information to disaster-relief organizations so that your family or other persons responsible for your care can be notified about your condition, status, and location.
If you are not able to tell us your preference, for example if you are unconscious or incapacitated, we may share your information if we believe it is in your best interest.
Other Uses and Disclosures
Sharing of your health information or its use for any purpose other than those listed above requires your specific written authorization. For example, most uses and sharing of your health information for marketing purposes or any sale of your health information are strictly limited and require your written authorization. We usually do not maintain psychotherapy notes about you. If we do, we will not use and share your psychotherapy notes without your written authorization except as otherwise permitted by law.
Please be aware that state and other federal laws may have additional requirements that we must follow or may be more restrictive than HIPAA on how we use and share certain of your health information. If there are specific more restrictive requirements, even for some of the purposes listed above, we may not share your health information without your written permission as required by such laws. For example, we may be required by law to obtain your written permission to use and/or disclose your mental illness, developmental disability, or substance use treatment records, HIV, STD, or other communicable disease related information, or your genetic test results in certain situations. In certain circumstances, a minor’s health information may receive additional protections.
If you change your mind after authorizing a use or disclosure of your health information, you may withdraw your permission by revoking the authorization. However, your decision to revoke the authorization will not affect or undo any use or disclosure of your health information that occurred before you notified us of your decision, or any actions that we have taken based upon your authorization. To revoke an authorization, you must notify us in writing at by email at privacy@resihealth.net or by mail to 2020Taylor Rd. Cleveland, OH 44112-2963.
Your Rights
When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights. This section explains your rights and some of our responsibilities to help you. All requests to exercise your rights must be submitted to us in writing by email at admin@resihealth.net or by mail to 2020 Taylor Rd. Cleveland, OH 44112-2963. We will comply with your requests as required by law.
Inspect and copy of your health information
You can ask to see or get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record and other health information we have about you.
We will provide a copy or a summary of your health information unless we deny the request in accordance with HIPAA, usually within30 days of your request. We may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee where permitted by law.
Ask us to correct your health information
You can ask us to correct health information about you that you think is incorrect or incomplete.
We may say “no” to your request, but we’ll tell you why in writing within 60 days.
Request confidential communications
You can ask us to contact you in a specific way (for example, home or office phone) or to send mail to a different address.
We will say “yes” to all reasonable requests.
Ask us to limit what we use or share
You can ask us not to use or share certain health information for treatment, payment, or our operations.
We generally are not required to agree to your request, and we may say “no.”
If you pay for a service or healthcare item out-of-pocket in full, you can ask us not to share that information for the purpose of payment or our operations with your health insurer.
We will say “yes” unless a law requires us to share that information.
Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared information
You can ask for a list (accounting) of the disclosures we make of your health information for up to 6 years prior to the date you ask.
Note that certain disclosures need not be included in the accounting we provide to you. We’ll provide one accounting a year for free but will charge a reasonable, cost-based fee if you ask for another one within 12 months.
Get a copy of this Notice
You can ask for a paper copy of this Notice at any time, even if you have agreed to receive the Notice electronically. We will provide you with a paper copy promptly.
File a complaint if you feel your rights are violated
You can complain if you feel we have violated your rights by contacting the Privacy Officer using the information at the bottom on this Notice.
You can also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.
We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Changes to the Terms of this Notice
We can change the terms of this Notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you, including all health information we currently maintain, as well as any health information we receive in the future. If we make material or important changes to our privacy practices, we will promptly revise our Notice. Each version of the Notice will have an effective date listed. The new Notice will be available upon request, in our office, and on our web site, https://www.resihealth.net/.
Contact for Questions
If you have any questions or concerns about your privacy rights, or the information contained in this Notice, please contact the Privacy Officer at:
2020 Taylor Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44112-2963
admin@resihealth.net
(216) 200-6552
Effective Date
October 9th, 2023