Confidentiality & Privacy Policy
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This practice has established safety measures to protect your privacy and confidentiality. Your confidential clinical notes will not be shared outside of the practice, without your written consent.
Confidentiality
Everyone is entitled to confidentiality. The federal law, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) strictly forbids disclosure of health information without the expressed consent of the patient. In the event you are a danger of causing physical harm to yourself or another, this practice will be obligated by law to inform the relevant authority to reduce and/or prevent such harm from taking place.
Privacy
The Health Information Privacy applies to most health care practitioners and its regulation, known as the Privacy Rule, sets detailed rules regarding privacy, access and disclosure of information.
Patients are able to see and obtain copies of their medical records and request corrections if they find mistakes.
Anyone legally authorized to make healthcare decisions for a person lacking such capacity has the same right of access to the person’s personal medical information.
Health care practitioners should routinely disclose their practices regarding privacy of personal medical information.
Health care practitioners may share the person’s medical information, but only among themselves and only as much as is necessary to provide medical care.
Personal medical information may not be disclosed for marketing purposes.
Health care practitioners should take reasonable precautions to ensure that their communications with the person are confidential.
Patients may file complaints about privacy practices of health care practitioners (directly to the health care practitioner or to the Office for Civil Rights in the United States Department of Health and Human Services―see How To File a Complaint with the Office for Civil Rights).
RATE & PAYMENTS
Rates & Insurance
Serenity Seekers Counseling & Wellness is an out-of-network provider for most major insurance companies.
If you have out-of-network benefits, your insurance provider may cover a significant