Privacy Notice | CMN Coaching Services, Mental Health, Counseling, Coaching

"NOTICE OF PRIVACY POLICY

AND HIPAA COMPLIANCE"

CONFIDENTIALITY OF YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.

Last updated November 06, 2022

This privacy notice for CMN Coaching Services ("Company," "we," "us," or "our"), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your information when you use our services ("Services"), such as when you:

Visit our website at http://www.cmncoachingservices.com, or any website of ours that links to this privacy notice

Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events

Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at services@cmncoachingservices.com.

Our Commitment To You

CMN Coaching Services is committed to maintaining the privacy of your health information. During your treatment with us, physicians, nurses, and other personnel may collect information about your health history and your current health status. This Notice explains how that information, called “Protected Health Information” may be used and disclosed to others. The terms of this Notice apply to health information produced or obtained by [CMN Coaching Services.

Our Legal Duties

The HIPAA Privacy Law requires us to provide this Notice to you regarding our privacy practices, our legal duties to protect your private information and your rights concerning health information about you. We are required to follow the privacy practices described in this Notice whenever we use or disclose your protected health information (PHI). Other companies or persons that perform services on our behalf, called Business Associates, must also protect the privacy of your information. Business Associates are not allowed to release your information to anyone else unless specifically permitted by law. There may be other state and federal laws, which provide additional protections related to communicable disease, mental health, substance or alcohol abuse, or other health conditions.

Your Health Information May Be Used And Disclosed

Uses and Disclosures of Your Personal/Health/Medical Information

For Treatment: We may use medical information about you to provide you with treatment or services.

For Payment: We may use and disclose medical information about you so that the treatment or services you receive may be billed to and payment collected from you, an insurance company or a third party.

As Required By Law: We will disclose medical information about you when required to do so by federal, state or local law. For Military and Veterans: If you are a member of the armed forces, we may release medical information about you as required by military command authorities. For Worker’s Compensation: We may release medical information about you for worker’s compensation or similar programs. For Lawsuits and Disputes: If you are involved in a lawsuit or a dispute, we may disclose medical information about you in response to a court or administrative order. For National Security and Intelligence: We may release medical information about you to authorized federal officials for intelligence, counterintelligence and other national security activities authorized by law.

Appointment Reminders: We may use and disclose PHI to contact you for appointment reminders and to communicate necessary information about your appointment.
Health-Related Benefits, Services and Treatment Alternatives: We may also contact you about new or alternative treatments or other health care services. For example, we may offer to mail to you newsletters, coupons, or announcements.
Serious Threat to Health or Safety: Consistent with applicable laws, we may disclose your PHI if disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a person or the public. We also may disclose protected health information if it is necessary for law enforcement authorities to identify or apprehend an individual.

Public Health Risks: As authorized by law, we may disclose health information about you to public health or legal authorities whose official responsibilities generally include the following:

To prevent or control disease, injury or disability;
To report births and deaths;
To report child abuse or neglect;
To report reactions to medications or problems with products;
To notify people of recalls of products they may be using;
To notify a person who may have been exposed to a disease or may be at risk for contracting or spreading a disease or condition; and
To notify the appropriate government authority if we believe a patient has been the victim of abuse, neglect or domestic violence. We will only make this disclosure if you agree or when required or authorized by law.

Health Oversight Activities: We must disclose health information to a health oversight agency for activities that are required by federal, state or local law. Oversight activities include investigations, inspections, industry licensures, and government audits. These activities are necessary to enable government agencies to monitor various healthcare systems, government programs, and industry compliance with civil rights laws. Most states require that identifying information about you, such as your social security number, be removed from information releases for health oversight purposes, unless you have provided written permission for the disclosure.
Lawsuits and Disputes: If you are involved in a lawsuit, dispute, or other judicial proceeding, we may disclose health information about you in response to a court order or subpoena, other lawful process, but only if efforts have been made to tell you about the request or to obtain an order protecting the information requested.
Law Enforcement: We may disclose your health information to a law enforcement official if required or allowed by law, such as for gunshot wounds and some burns. We may also disclose information about you to law enforcement that is not a part of your health record for the following reasons:

To identify or locate a suspect, fugitive, material witness, victim of a crime, or missing person
About a death we believe may be the result of criminal conduct
About criminal conduct at our location
In emergency circumstances to report a crime; the location of the crime or victims; or the identity, description or location of the person who committed the crime.

Correctional Facilities: If you are an inmate of a correctional institution or under the custody of a law enforcement official, we may disclose health information about you to the correctional institution or law enforcement official only as required by law or with your written permission. We may release your health information for your health and safety, for the health and safety of others, or for the safety and security of the correctional institution.
Coroners, Medical Examiners, and Funeral Directors: We may release your PHI to a coroner or medical examiner. This may be necessary, for example, to identify a deceased person or to determine the cause of death. We may also release your PHI to a funeral director, as necessary, to carry out his/her duties.

Required by HIPAA Law: The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may investigate privacy violations. If your health information is requested as part of an investigation, we must share your information with HHS

Your Rights Regarding Your Personal/Health/Medical Information

Your Right to Inspect and Copy: To inspect and request a copy of your medical information, you must submit your request in writing. Your Right to Amend: If you feel the medical information, we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may request an amendment in writing. Your request may be denied if you do not include a reason to support your request. Your Right to an Accounting of Disclosures: You have the right to request in writing, a list accounting for any disclosures of your medical information we have made. Your Right to Request Restrictions: You have the right to request a restriction or limitation on the medical information we use or disclose about you for treatment or service and collection of payment. Your Right to Request Communications: You have the right to request how you are communicated with regarding appointments, reminders, payments, discounts or specials, follow-ups with a signed Contact Consent Form (separate form). Your Rights to a Paper Copy of This Notice: You have the right to a paper copy of this notice at any time.

Contacting the Privacy Officer

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our Privacy Officer: CMN Coaching Services or with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to revise or amend this Privacy Policy at any time. We will provide you with a notice of any revisions or amendments to this policy or changes in the law affecting this policy, electronically within 60 days of the effective date of revision or amendments.

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at services@cmncoachingservices.com or by post to:

CMN Coaching Services

__________

Atlanta, GA

United States