This privacy policy page for BlueView Recovery describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Our privacy policy is compliant with relevant laws and regulations, including but not limited to the United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and we will only provide information to third parties as permitted by Applicable Laws.
Our Privacy Policy
BlueView Recovery in Pennsylvania is committed to providing you with quality behavioral healthcare services. An important part of that commitment is protecting your health information according to applicable law. This notice (“Notice of Privacy Practices”) describes your rights and our duties under Federal Law. Protected Health Information (“PHI”) is information about you, including demographic information, that may identify you and that relates to your past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition; the provision of healthcare services; or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of healthcare services to you.
Our Duties
We are required by law to:
- Maintain the privacy of your PHI
- Provide you with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your PHI
- Notify you following a breach of unsecured PHI related to you
We are required to abide by the terms of this Notice of Privacy Practices. This Notice is effective as of the date listed on the first page of this Notice of Privacy Practices and will remain in effect until it is revised. We are required to modify this Notice when there are material changes to your rights, our duties, or other practices contained herein.
We reserve the right to change our privacy policy and practices and the terms of this Notice of Privacy Practices, consistent with applicable law and our current business processes, at any time. Any new Notice of Privacy Practices will be effective for all PHI that we maintain at that time. Notification of revisions of this Notice will be provided as follows:
- Upon request
- Electronically via our website or other electronic means
- As posted in our place of business
We also have a duty to respond to your requests (e.g., those corresponding to your rights) in a timely and appropriate manner. We support and value your right to privacy and are committed to maintaining reasonable and appropriate safeguards for your PHI.
Confidentiality of Addiction Treatment Records
The confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse patient records maintained by us is protected by Federal law and regulations. Generally, we may not say to a person outside the treatment center that you are a patient of the treatment center or disclose any information identifying you as an alcohol or drug abuser unless:
- You consent in writing (as discussed below in “Authorization to Use or Disclose PHI”)
- The disclosure is allowed by a court order (as discussed below in “Uses and Disclosures”)
- The disclosure is made to medical personnel in a medical emergency or to qualified personnel for research, audit, or program evaluation (as discussed below in “Uses and Disclosures”)
Violation of Federal law and regulations by the treatment center is a crime. Suspected violations may be reported to appropriate authorities in accordance with Federal regulations.
Federal law and regulations do not protect any information about a crime committed by you either at the treatment center or against any person who works for the treatment center, or about any threat to commit such a crime.
Federal laws and regulations do not protect any information about suspected child abuse or neglect from being reported under State law to appropriate State or local authorities.
See 42 U.S.C. 290dd-3 and 42 U.S.C. 290ee-3 for Federal laws and 42 CFR part 2 for Federal regulations.
Uses and Disclosures
Uses and disclosures of your PHI may be permitted, required, or authorized. The following categories describe various ways that we use and disclose PHI:
- Among BlueView Recovery Counseling Personnel: We may use or disclose information between or among personnel having a need for the information in connection with their duties that arise out of the provision of diagnosis, treatment, or referral for treatment of alcohol or drug abuse, provided such communication is within our treatment center.
- Secretary of Health and Human Services: We are required to disclose PHI to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services when the Secretary is investigating or determining our compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rules.
- Business Associates: We may disclose your PHI to Business Associates that are contracted by us to perform services on our behalf which may involve receipt, use, or disclosure of your PHI.
- Crimes on Premises: We may disclose to law enforcement officers information that is directly related to the commission of a crime on the premises or against our personnel or to a threat to commit such a crime.
- Reports of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect: We may disclose information required to report under state law incidents of suspected child abuse and neglect to the appropriate state or local authorities.
- Court Order: We may disclose information required by a court order, provided certain regulatory requirements are met.
- Emergency Situations: We may disclose information to medical personnel for the purpose of treating you in an emergency.
- Research: We may use and disclose your information for research if certain requirements are met, such as approval by an Institutional Review Board.
- Audit and Evaluation Activities: We may disclose your information to persons conducting certain audit and evaluation activities, provided the person agrees to certain restrictions on disclosure of information.
- Reporting of Death: We may disclose your information related to cause of death to a public health authority that is authorized to receive such information.
Authorization to Use or Disclose PHI
Other than as stated above, we will not use or disclose your PHI without your written authorization. Subject to compliance with limited exceptions, we will not use or disclose psychotherapy notes, use or disclose your PHI for marketing purposes, or sell your PHI unless you have signed an authorization.
If you or your representative authorize us to use or disclose your PHI, you may revoke that authorization in writing at any time to stop future uses or disclosures. We will honor oral revocations upon authenticating your identity until a written revocation is obtained. Your revocation will not affect any use or disclosures permitted by your authorization while it was in effect.
Patient / Client Rights
You have the following rights regarding your PHI:
- Right to Notice
- Right of Access to Inspect and Copy
- Right to Amend
- Right to Request an Accounting of Disclosures
- Right to Request Restrictions
- Right to Confidential Communication
- Right to Notification of a Breach
- Right to Voice Concerns
Questions, Requests for Information, and Complaints
For questions, requests for information, more information about our privacy policy, or concerns, please contact us:
BLUEVIEW RECOVERY
901 E 8th Ave #203, King of Prussia, PA 19406
We support your right to privacy of your Protected Health Information. You will not be retaliated against in any way if you choose to file a complaint with us or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Office for Civil Rights
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Phone: 877-696-6775
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hhs.gov
