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.

At Livonia Family Physicians, we are committed to protecting the privacy of our patients’ personal and health information. All of our employees are required to sign confidentiality agreements and are required to comply with our confidentiality policies.

We may use or disclose your protected health information for purposes of treatment, payment or practice operations only with your written consent. For example, we may contact another physician to coordinate your care, submit a claim to an insurer, or look at your file to perform internal quality monitoring. We must obtain your written authorization for any other use or disclosure. You may revoke your consent or authorization at any time in writing. This will not apply to information used or disclosed while the consent or authorization was in effect.

We will provide access to your information, without your consent or authorization, when required to do so by law or regulation. Access may be granted to public health and law enforcement authorities, health care oversight agencies, government benefits programs, employers (in cases of work-related illness or injury), courts and administrative tribunals.

We may contact you to provide appointment reminders or information about treatment alternatives or other health-related benefits and services.

You have the right to: access and amend your information, request an accounting of any disclosures, request restrictions on use and disclosure of your information, request a copy of this Notice, or receive confidential communications. If you request restrictions on the use and disclosure of your information, we are not required to grant your request. You may exercise your rights by contacting the individual identified at the conclusion of this Notice.

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of protected health information and to provide you with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to protected health information.

We are required to abide by the terms of the most current notice in effect.

We reserve the right to change the terms of our notice and to make the new notice provisions effective for all protected health information that we maintain. We will provide you with a revised notice by mail.

If you believe that your privacy rights have been violated, you may complain to us or to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

For more information about this notice, please contact:

Name: Karen Bilbia
Title: Office Administrator
Telephone: 734.464.9540