HIPAA NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

HIPAA NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES Last updated: January 2026

HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), along with the HITECH Act, protects the privacy of your personal health information (PHI). We are required by law to maintain the confidentiality of your PHI and to provide you with a Notice of Privacy Practices.

This notice explains how we may use and disclose your PHI to carry out treatment, payment, or healthcare operations, and for other permitted purposes. You have the right to: •

Inspect and obtain a copy of your PHI

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Request amendments to your PHI

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Request confidential communication

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Receive an accounting of certain disclosures

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Request restrictions on certain uses or disclosures

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Ask us to limit what we use or share

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Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared information

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Get a copy of this privacy notice

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Choose someone to act for you

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File a complaint without retaliation

How we may use or share your health information: •

Help manage the health care treatment you receive

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Run our organization

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Pay for your health services

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Administer your plan

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Help with public health and safety issues

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Do research

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Comply with the law

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Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests

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Respond to lawsuits and legal actions

HIPAA NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES Last updated: January 2026

SUD Treatment Information: If we get information about you from a substance use disorder treatment program that is covered by federal law (42 CFR Part 2), we must protect it.

If the treatment program sends us your information because you gave them general permission to use it for treatment, payment, or health care operations, then we may also use it for those same reasons.

SUD treatment records received from programs subject to 42 CFR part 2, or testimony relaying the content of such records, shall not be used or disclosed in civil, criminal, administrative, or legislative proceedings against the individual unless based on written consent, or a court order after notice and an opportunity to be heard is provided to the individual or the holder of the record, as provided in 42 CFR part 2.

A court order authorizing use or disclosure must be accompanied by a subpoena or other legal requirement compelling disclosure before the requested record is used or disclosed.