Privacy Policy

Notice of Privacy Policy

This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review this notice carefully.

Why We Are Providing You with This Notice

We are required by a federal law known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to give you this Notice. This Notice will tell you about the ways in which we may use and disclose health information about you and will describe your rights and our obligations regarding the use and disclosure of that information.

This Notice applies to the information and records we have about your health, your health status, and the health-care services you receive from Woodhouse Counseling. This information and these records relate primarily to counseling services you have received from us. We may disclose your health information for the following reasons.

1) For Payment

We may use and disclose health information about you so that we can be paid by you, an insurance company, or another party if they are paying any portion of the fee for the services we provide to you. For example, we may need to give your insurance company information about our services to you so the company will pay us for these services. You have the right to request that your health information from treatment not be shared with your health plan when you pay out-of-pocket.

2) For Agency Operations

We may use and disclose health information about you in order to run our office and make sure that you and our other clients receive quality care. For example, we may use your health information to evaluate the performance of our staff or to contact you to remind you of your appointments. Please notify us in writing if you do not want us to contact you to remind you of your appointments.

3) Special Situations

We may use and disclose your health information without your permission for several reasons. These reasons include:

  • Our belief that disclosure is necessary to prevent a serious threat to your health and safety or the health and safety of another person.
  • Requirements of federal, state, or local law.
  • Requirements of the law to prevent injury or suspected abuse or neglect.
  • Response to a court order, subpoena, warrant, summons, or similar process.

4) Other Uses and Disclosures of Health Information

Except where required or authorized by law, we will not use or disclose your health information for any purpose without your written authorization. Specifically, we will not use or disclose your health information from psychotherapy notes or disclose your health information without your written authorization. If you authorize us to use or disclose health information about you, you may revoke your authorization, in writing, at any time. If you revoke your authorization, we will no longer use or disclose your health information for the reasons covered by your written authorization, but we cannot take back any uses or disclosures we have already made with your permission. We have a duty to inform you if your health information is used or disclosed in a way contrary to law.

Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information

You have the following rights with regard to your health information:

  • You may inspect and copy your health information, with certain exceptions.
  • If you believe that the health information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may ask us to amend the information.
  • You may obtain an accounting of our disclosures of your health information. This is a list of all of our disclosures of your health information for purposes other than treatment, payment, and health-care operations.
  • You have the right to request that we restrict or limit our use or disclosure of your health information to only treatment, payment, or health-care operations. We are not required to comply with your request.
  • You may request that we communicate with you about your health matters in a certain way or at a certain location. For example, you can ask that we contact you only at work or by mail.
  • You have the right to receive a paper copy of this Notice.

If you want to exercise any of these rights, please contact our office in writing.

Changes to This Notice

We have the right to change this Notice. If we do so, the new Notice will apply to the health information we may already have about you and to the health information that we receive in the future. We are required to abide by the most current Notice that is in effect. We will post a summary of the most current Notice in our office. You are entitled to receive a copy of the most current Notice.

If you believe your privacy has been violated, you can contact the Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses at 11351 W. Chinden Blvd, Bldg 6, Boise, ID 83702. You may also visit their website www.dopl.idaho.gov or call 208-334-3233. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.

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Who we share your data with

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How long we retain your data

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What rights you have over your data

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Where your data is sent

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