Notice of Privacy Practices

Our Commitment to Your Privacy

The Holistic Health Center of Peoria ("HHC," "we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of your health information. This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how we may use and disclose your protected health information (PHI) to carry out treatment, payment, and health care operations, and for other purposes permitted or required by law. It also describes your rights to access and control your protected health information.

How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information

We may use and disclose your health information for the following purposes:

• Treatment: We may use your health information to provide, coordinate, or manage your chiropractic care. For example, we may share your information with other health care providers involved in your treatment.
• Payment: We may use and disclose your health information so that treatment and services you receive may be billed to and payment collected from you, an insurance company, or a third party.
• Health Care Operations: We may use and disclose your health information for practice operations, such as quality assessment, staff training, and administrative purposes.

Other Permitted and Required Uses and Disclosures

We may also use or disclose your health information without your authorization in certain situations, including: as required by law; for public health activities; to report abuse, neglect, or domestic violence; for health oversight activities; for judicial and administrative proceedings; for law enforcement purposes; to avert a serious threat to health or safety; and for workers' compensation. We will only disclose the minimum information necessary for the intended purpose.

Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information

• Right to inspect and copy your health information
• Right to amend your health information
• Right to an accounting of disclosures
• Right to request restrictions on uses and disclosures
• Right to request confidential communications
• Right to a paper copy of this Notice

Changes to This Notice

We reserve the right to change this Notice. We reserve the right to make the revised or changed Notice effective for health information we already have about you as well as any information we receive in the future. We will post a copy of the current Notice in our office and on our website.

Complaints

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. To file a complaint with us, contact us at info@hhcpeoria.com or (309) 685-5777. You will not be penalized or retaliated against for filing a complaint.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Notice, please contact The Holistic Health Center of Peoria at 4809 N. Sheridan Rd., Peoria, IL 61614, by phone at (309) 685-5777, or by email at info@hhcpeoria.com.