Wellspring Behavioral Health is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of your medical information. In most cases, your records will not be released without your written consent (which you can revoke). However, there are a few exceptions.
We are permitted to disclose your medical information to other professionals involved in your treatment.
- We are permitted to use and disclose your medical information to your insurance company, if you choose to use them, or as required by worker’s compensation law.
- We may disclose your medical information for public health concerns as mandated by federal or state government.
- We are required to report child abuse or neglect.
- We may release information if you are under the custody of law enforcement, or if ordered by the court.
You may request in writing that we restrict how your information is disclosed for treatment, payment or healthcare operations. Although we are not required to restrict this information, we will do so except in emergency situations.
Complaints
If you are concerned that your privacy rights have been violated, you may contact the person listed below. You may also send a written complaint to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint with us or with the government. The contact information for the United States Department of Health and Human Services is:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HIPAA Complaint
7500 Security Blvd., C5-24-04
Baltimore, MD 21244
Our Promise to You
We are required by law and regulation to protect the privacy of your medical information, to provide you with this notice of our privacy practices with respect to protected health information, and to abide by the terms of the notice of privacy practices in effect.
We may change our policies and this notice at any time and have those revised policies apply to all the protected health information we maintain. If or when we change our notice, we will post the new notice in the office where it can be seen.
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