Privacy Policy

Effective Date of This Notice: This notice was last updated on December 6, 2023.

NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW HEALTH INFORMATION MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION, AS WELL AS OUR PRIVACY POLICIES AS THEY PERTAIN TO TELECOMMUNICATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.

I. MY PLEDGE REGARDING HEALTH INFORMATION:

I understand that health information about you and your health care is personal. I am committed to protecting health information about you. I create a record of the care and services you receive from me. I need this record to provide you with quality care and to comply with certain legal requirements. This notice applies to all of the records of your care generated by this mental health care practice.

This notice will tell you about the ways in which I may use and disclose health information about you. I also describe your rights to the health information I keep about you and describe certain obligations I have regarding the use and disclosure of your health information. I am required by law to:

  • Make sure that protected health information (“PHI”) that identifies you is kept private.
  • Give you this notice of my legal duties and privacy practices with respect to health information.
  • Follow the terms of the notice that is currently in effect.

I can change the terms of this Notice, and such changes will apply to all information I have about you. The new Notice will be available upon request, in my office, and on my website.

II. HOW I MAY USE AND DISCLOSE HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT YOU:

The following categories describe different ways that I use and disclose health information. For each category of uses or disclosures, I will explain what I mean and try to give some examples. Not every use or disclosure in a category will be listed. However, all of the ways I am permitted to use and disclose information will fall within one of the categories.

For Treatment, Payment, or Health Care Operations:

Federal privacy rules (regulations) allow health care providers who have direct treatment relationships with the patient/client to use or disclose the patient/client’s personal health information without the patient’s written authorization, to carry out the health care provider’s own treatment, payment, or health care operations. I may also disclose your protected health information for the treatment activities of any health care provider. This too can be done without your written authorization.

Lawsuits and Disputes:

If you are involved in a lawsuit, I may disclose health information in response to a court or administrative order. I may also disclose health information about your child in response to a subpoena, discovery request, or other lawful process by someone else involved in the dispute, but only if efforts have been made to tell you about the request or to obtain an order protecting the information requested.

III. CERTAIN USES AND DISCLOSURES REQUIRE YOUR AUTHORIZATION:

Psychotherapy Notes:

I do keep “psychotherapy notes” as that term is defined in 45 CFR § 164.501, and any use or disclosure of such notes requires your Authorization unless the use or disclosure is:

  • For my use in treating you.
  • For my use in training or supervising mental health practitioners.
  • For my use in defending myself in legal proceedings instituted by you.
  • For use by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to investigate my compliance with HIPAA.
  • Required by law and the use or disclosure is limited to the requirements of such law.
  • Required by a coroner who is performing duties authorized by law.
  • Required to help avert a serious threat to the health and safety of others.

IV. CERTAIN USES AND DISCLOSURES DO NOT REQUIRE YOUR AUTHORIZATION:

Subject to certain limitations in the law, I can use and disclose your PHI without your Authorization for the following reasons:

  • When disclosure is required by state or federal law.
  • For public health activities, including reporting suspected abuse.
  • For health oversight activities, including audits and investigations.
  • For judicial and administrative proceedings.
  • For law enforcement purposes.
  • For research purposes.
  • For specialized government functions.
  • For workers’ compensation purposes.

V. YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO YOUR PHI:

  • The Right to Request Limits on Uses and Disclosures of Your PHI.
  • The Right to Request Restrictions for Out-of-Pocket Expenses Paid for In Full.
  • The Right to Choose How I Send PHI to You.
  • The Right to See and Get Copies of Your PHI.
  • The Right to Get a List of the Disclosures I Have Made.
  • The Right to Correct or Update Your PHI.
  • The Right to Get a Paper or Electronic Copy of this Notice.

VI. TELECOMMUNICATIONS:

Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy (“Policy”), we will not trade, sell, or disclose to any third party any form of Personal Information without your consent.

Confidentiality:

We treat your personal contact information strictly confidentially.

Choice:

  • Clients have the ability to opt out of SMS communications by texting the word “STOP”.
  • By clicking SUBMIT you consent to receiving SMS messages.

Message Frequency:

Message frequency will vary. Message and data rates may apply.

Data Security:

We utilize a third-party telecommunications services provider (Ooma Inc.) to keep your data secure.

Contact Us

Lighthouse Trauma Therapy LLC

3585 N University Ave, Suite 275, Provo, UT 84604, USA

Email: info@lighthousetraumatherapy.com

Phone: (801) 921-6517