This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed by NSR Aesthetics, PLLC, doing business as Nuvia Aesthetics, and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
Our responsibilities
NSR Aesthetics, PLLC is required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI), provide this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and notify you in the event of a breach of your unsecured PHI.
How we use and disclose your information
We may use and disclose protected health information for the following purposes:
- Treatment: To provide, coordinate, or manage your medical care.
- Payment: To bill and collect payment for services provided to you.
- Healthcare operations: To support practice activities, including quality improvement, staff training, and compliance.
- As required by law.
- Public health activities authorized by law.
- Health oversight activities by authorized agencies.
- Judicial and administrative proceedings in response to a court order or subpoena, as permitted by law.
- Law enforcement purposes as required or permitted by law.
- To avert a serious threat to the health or safety of an individual or the public, as permitted by law.
- Workers’ compensation as authorized by law.
- Military, national security, or intelligence activities as permitted by law.
- To coroners, funeral directors, and for organ donation as permitted by law.
Other uses and disclosures not described above will be made only with your written authorization. You may revoke an authorization at any time by submitting a written request to our office.
Your rights regarding health information
- Access: You may inspect and obtain a copy of your health information, including medical and billing records, subject to applicable exceptions such as psychotherapy notes. Submit requests in writing to our office.
- Amendment: You may request an amendment if you believe information maintained by our practice is incorrect or incomplete. Submit your request in writing.
- Accounting of disclosures: You may request a list of certain disclosures of your health information as permitted by law.
- Restrictions: You may request restrictions on use or disclosure for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations, or to individuals involved in your care. We are not required to agree to every request. If we agree, we are bound by that agreement except as otherwise permitted or required by law. If you pay for a service in full out of pocket, you may restrict disclosure of that service to your health plan, as provided by law.
- Confidential communications: You may ask us to contact you in a particular manner or at a specific location. We will accommodate reasonable requests.
- Paper copy: You may receive a paper copy of this notice upon request, even if you agreed to receive it electronically.
- Breach notification: You have the right to be notified in the event of a breach of your unsecured protected health information.
Changes to this notice
We reserve the right to change this notice and make the revised notice effective for all protected health information we maintain. The current notice will be available at our office and on this website.
Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our office or with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20201
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Privacy questions and requests
Contact NSR Aesthetics, PLLC at the office listed below with questions about this notice, to request a paper copy, or to exercise your privacy rights.
Contact
NSR Aesthetics, PLLC
Nuvia Aesthetics
243 FM 1903, Suite 800
Greenville, TX 75402
Phone: (903) 228-2955