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HIPAA Notice

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. Please review it carefully.

Effective Date: January 1, 2024

Our Commitment to Your Privacy

Advocate Primary Care is committed to protecting your health information. We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI), provide you with this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and follow the terms of our notice currently in effect.

How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information

Treatment

We may use and disclose your health information to provide, coordinate, or manage your healthcare and related services. This includes consultations with other healthcare providers and referrals to specialists.

Payment

We may use and disclose your health information to obtain payment for services we provide, including billing your insurance company or a third party.

Healthcare Operations

We may use and disclose your health information for our healthcare operations, such as quality assessment, employee training, and other administrative activities.

Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information

Right to Access: You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your health information.
Right to Amend: You may request that we amend your health information if you believe it is incorrect or incomplete.
Right to an Accounting: You may request a list of disclosures we have made of your health information.
Right to Request Restrictions: You may request restrictions on how we use or disclose your health information.
Right to Confidential Communications: You may request that we communicate with you in a specific way or at a specific location.
Right to a Paper Copy: You have the right to obtain a paper copy of this notice upon request.

Our Duties

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information and to provide you with this notice. We will not use or disclose your health information without your written authorization, except as described in this notice. You may revoke any authorization you give us at any time by submitting a written request.

Changes to This Notice

We reserve the right to change this notice and make the new provisions effective for all health information we maintain. If we make significant changes, we will post the revised notice on our website and make copies available at our office.

Contact Us

For questions about this notice, to exercise your rights, or if you have any concerns, contact us at:

Advocate Primary Care
Phone: (972) 382-5761
Email: admin@advocateprimarycare.com