This notice describes your rights, how Advanced Neurodiagnostics may use or disclose your protected health information, and Advanced Neurodiagnostics’ obligations when using and disclosing your information. Please review this carefully.

Advanced Neurodiagnostics is committed to protecting the privacy of your health information. We are required by law to maintain the confidentiality of your health information, to provide you with this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and to notify you following a breach of unsecured health information. We will follow the terms of this notice and notify you if we cannot agree to a requested restriction. We will accommodate reasonable requests you may have to communicate health information by alternative means or at alternative locations.

Advanced Neurodiagnostics is mandated to provide this Notice in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule (“Privacy Rule”) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (“HITECH”) Act. In compliance with HIPAA, as well as other applicable state and federal laws, Advanced Neurodiagnostics is required to properly use and safeguard your medical information, including Protected Health Information (“PHI”).

We use and disclose health information about you for treatment, payment, and health care operations. For example:

• Treatment: We may use or disclose your health information to a physician or other health care provider providing treatment to you, or to coordinate your care with other providers.
• Payment: We may use and disclose your health information to obtain payment for services we provide to you, or to verify your eligibility and coverage.
• Health Care Operations: We may use and disclose your health information in connection with our health care operations, such as quality improvement, training, accreditation, and compliance activities.

We may also use or disclose your health information for other purposes permitted or required by law, such as:

• To our business associates, who perform contracted services on our behalf and agree to protect the privacy of your health information.
• To comply with legal proceedings, such as a court order, subpoena, or discovery request.
• To avert a serious threat to your health or safety or the health or safety of others.
• To report suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence to the appropriate authorities.
• To public health authorities for public health purposes, such as preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability.
• To health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law, such as audits, investigations, or inspections.
• To coroners, medical examiners, or funeral directors, as necessary to carry out their duties.
• To organ procurement organizations or other entities engaged in the procurement, banking, or transplantation of organs, eyes, or tissue.
• To researchers, when their research has been approved by an institutional review board or privacy board that has reviewed the research proposal and established protocols to ensure the privacy of your health information.
• To correctional institutions shout you be an inmate of a correctional institution or under the custody of law enforcement officials. Advanced Neurodiagnostics may release PHI of inmates and others in law enforcement custody to the correctional institution or law enforcement official as necessary. 
• To military authorities, if you are a member of the armed forces or a veteran, or to foreign military authorities, if you are a member of a foreign military.
• To national security and intelligence agencies, or to correctional institutions or law enforcement officers, if necessary for national security purposes or for the protection of you or others.
• To workers' compensation or similar programs, if you are injured at work or have a work-related illness.
• To the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to demonstrate our compliance with the privacy rules.
• To comply with federal, state and local laws as required.

We may also use or disclose your health information with your written authorization, which you may revoke at any time, except to the extent that we have already acted on your authorization. For example, we may use or disclose your health information for marketing purposes, or to sell your health information, only with your written authorization.

You have the following rights regarding your health information:

• The right to request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of your health information. We are not required to agree to a restriction that you may request, except for requests to limit disclosures to your health plan for payment or health care operations purposes when you have paid for the services out of pocket and in full.
• The right to receive confidential communications of your health information by alternative means or at alternative locations, if you make a reasonable request in writing and specify how or where you wish to be contacted.
• The right to inspect and copy your health information, with some limited exceptions. We may charge a reasonable fee for our costs in copying and mailing your requested information.
• The right to request that we amend your health information that you believe is incorrect or incomplete. We are not required to change your health information and will provide you with information about our denial and how you can disagree with the denial.
• The right to receive an accounting of disclosures of your health information made by us, except for disclosures for treatment, payment, health care operations, and certain other purposes.
• The right to obtain a paper copy of this notice, upon request, even if you have agreed to receive this notice electronically.
• Additional written authorization is required to use or disclose any PHI for most marketing materials. 

As required by law, Advanced Neurodiagnostics will notify any affected individuals, the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, and any other relevant parties of any breach of unsecured PHI that compromises its security or privacy. All suspected breaches will be thoroughly investigated, and any necessary notifications will be issued in compliance with this policy.

We reserve the right to change this notice and make the new notice apply to the health information we already have as well as any information we receive in the future. We will post a copy of our current notice at our facility and on our website. The notice will contain the effective date on the first page.

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services ("DHHS"). To file a complaint with us, please contact our Practice Administrator at the address and phone number below. You will not be penalized or retaliated against for filing a complaint.

If you have any questions, requests, or complaints regarding this notice or your health information, please contact us at:

Practice Administrator – Tiffany Grabinski

Advanced Neurodiagnostics

1251 S. Cedar Crest Blvd. Suite 212B

Allentown, PA 18103

Phone: 484-224-7973

Email: Tiffany@advanced-neurodiagnostics.com

Or to file a complaint with DHHS:

Department of Health and Human Services Contact:

Office of Civil Rights

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

150 S. Independence Mall West

Suite 372, Public Ledger Bldg.

Philadelphia, PA 19106-911