HIPAA Notice
Notice of Privacy Practices
Required HIPAA disclosure of how your protected health information may be used and your rights.
The short version
This Notice describes how Protected Health Information (PHI) held by Wellday Medical Affiliates may be used and disclosed, and your rights regarding it. This is a HIPAA-required disclosure.
Wellday Medical Affiliates are HIPAA covered entities. Wellday Health LLC operates as a Business Associate, providing technology and operational services that support the delivery of your care under HIPAA-required Business Associate Agreements.
This summary doesn’t replace the full Notice of Privacy Practices below. If anything seems to conflict, the full policy controls.
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.
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About this Notice
This Notice of Privacy Practices applies to Protected Health Information ("PHI") created or maintained by Wellday Medical Affiliates — the licensed clinicians and clinical entities that contract with Wellday to provide medical care to patients on the Wellday platform.
Wellday Medical Affiliates and Wellday Health LLC operate together as an Organized Health Care Arrangement under HIPAA. Wellday Medical Affiliates are HIPAA covered entities. Wellday Health LLC operates as a Business Associate, providing technology and operational services that support the delivery of your care under HIPAA-required Business Associate Agreements.
This Notice describes how Wellday Medical Affiliates may use and share your PHI, and how you can exercise your rights regarding it.
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Our duties under HIPAA
Wellday Medical Affiliates are required by law to:
- Maintain the privacy and security of your PHI
- Provide you with this Notice
- Notify you if a breach of unsecured PHI occurs
- Follow the terms of the Notice currently in effect
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Your rights regarding your PHI
Right to access: Request a copy of your medical records. Submit requests to privacy@welldayhealth.com.
Right to amend: Request corrections to records you believe are incorrect. We may deny requests in certain circumstances; if so, we'll explain in writing.
Right to an accounting of disclosures: Request a list of certain disclosures of your PHI in the past 6 years.
Right to request restrictions: Request limits on how we use or share your PHI. We must agree if you ask us not to share PHI with your health plan for services you paid for in full out-of-pocket.
Right to confidential communications: Request specific communication methods (email but not phone, for example). We'll accommodate reasonable requests.
Right to a paper copy: Available on request, even if you've received electronic versions.
Right to file a complaint: With us at privacy@welldayhealth.com, or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights at hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint or 1-877-696-6775. We will not retaliate against you for filing.
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Changes to this Notice
We may change this Notice. The new Notice will apply to all PHI we maintain. We'll post updates on the Wellday website and make paper copies available on request.
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Contact us
Wellday Privacy Officer Wellday Medical Affiliates privacy@welldayhealth.com
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