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.

The complete Notice of Privacy Practices for IM Clinic is available here:

Read the full Notice (PDF)

A printed copy is also available at the front desk at any time, at no charge.

Summary

IM Clinic is required by law to protect the privacy of your health information, to provide you with this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and to follow the terms of the notice currently in effect.

How we may use and disclose your health information

• Treatment: to provide, coordinate, and manage your care, including sharing information with specialists, laboratories, hospitals, and pharmacies involved in your treatment.
• Payment: to bill and collect payment from you, your insurance plan, or another responsible party.
• Health care operations: for quality assessment, staff review, licensing, and administration of the practice.
• As required by law: including public health reporting, court orders, and other disclosures required or permitted by federal and state law.

Your rights

• Inspect and receive a copy of your medical record
• Request a correction to information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete
• Request confidential communications by a particular method or at a particular location
• Request a restriction on certain uses and disclosures
• Receive an accounting of certain disclosures we have made
• Receive a paper copy of this notice, even if you agreed to receive it electronically
• File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated

Filing a complaint

You may file a complaint with IM Clinic using the contact information below, or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights at hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint. You will not be penalized or retaliated against for filing a complaint.

Where this summary and the full Notice differ, the full Notice (PDF) governs.

Questions about this notice? Call IM Clinic at (256) 715-9598, emailoffice@imclinic.org, or write to us at420 Lowell Dr. SE, Suite 102, Huntsville, AL 35801.