HIPAA Compliance
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.
ShiftReady Institute, LLC — Effective January 1, 2025
ShiftReady Institute, LLC is committed to protecting the privacy of your health information. This Notice of Privacy Practices ("Notice") 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.
Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information
Right to Access
You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your medical records and other health information we maintain about you. We may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
Right to Amend
If you believe that information in your record is incorrect or incomplete, you may request that we amend the information. We may deny your request under certain circumstances.
Right to an Accounting of Disclosures
You have the right to request a list of certain disclosures we have made of your health information in the six years prior to your request.
Right to Request Restrictions
You have the right to request restrictions on how we use or disclose your health information for treatment, payment, or health care operations.
Right to Confidential Communications
You have the right to request that we communicate with you about your health information in a certain way or at a certain location.
Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice
You have the right to a paper copy of this Notice at any time, even if you have agreed to receive it electronically.
Right to File a Complaint
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information
Treatment: We may use and disclose your health information to provide, coordinate, or manage your health care and related services. For example, we may share information with other health care providers involved in your care.
Payment: We may use and disclose your health information to obtain payment for services we provide to you, including billing, claims management, and collection activities.
Health Care Operations: We may use and disclose your health information for our health care operations, including quality assessment, training programs, accreditation, and business management activities.
As Required by Law: We will disclose your health information when required to do so by federal, state, or local law, including reporting to public health authorities, law enforcement, and in response to court orders.
Other Uses and Disclosures: We may use or disclose your health information for other purposes with your written authorization. You may revoke that authorization at any time in writing.
Our Responsibilities
ShiftReady Institute, LLC is required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information, provide you with this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and notify you following a breach of unsecured protected health information.
We are required to abide by the terms of this Notice currently in effect. We reserve the right to change the terms of this Notice and to make the new Notice provisions effective for all protected health information we maintain. We will post the revised Notice on our website and make paper copies available upon request.
How to Exercise Your Rights or File a Complaint
To exercise any of your rights described in this Notice, or to file a complaint, please contact our Privacy Officer in writing at: ShiftReady Institute, LLC, Attn: Privacy Officer, [email protected], 1-866-SHFT360.
You may also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, or by calling 1-877-696-6775, or visiting www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/.