HOLISTIC HEALTH - CHIROPRACTIC - ACUPUNCTURE - NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
10 Executive Court, #4, South Barrington, Illinois 60010, United States
HOLISTIC HEALTH - CHIROPRACTIC - ACUPUNCTURE - NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
Privacy Practices
Radiant Health SC
10 Executive Ct., Suite 4
South Barrington, IL 60010
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed plus how you can get access to this information. Please review this carefully.
Summary
While receiving care from Radiant Health SC (“Radiant Health”, “we”, “us”), you provide us with “protected health information” which is individually identifiable health information deserving special treatment under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”). We may obtain your protected health information from conversations with you, questionnaires, examinations, tests, and from others who have provided or will provide care to you. This Notice of Privacy Practices informs you how we may use and disclose your protected health information, as well as your legal rights with respect to such information.
Our Legal Duties
We are required by law to:
*maintain the privacy of protected health information, as provided by HIPAA
*provide this Notice to you or our privacy practices and legal duties regarding your protected health information
*notify you following any breach of unsecured protected health information which affects you
*abide by the terms of this Notice until we adapt any new Notice
How We May Use or Disclose Your Protected Health Information
We may use your protected health information, or disclose it to others, for the following purposes allowed by HIPAA; all other uses or disclosures require your written authorization (the following examples do not include every possible use or disclosure and are representative only):
Treatment: We will use your protected health information to provide medical care and services. Our doctor, employees, and others who under our direct control, may read protected health information to learn about your medical history, and in turn, use it to make decisions about your care. We may also disclose protected health information to another doctor who is providing care to you.
Payment: All payments are expected at the time of service. We are not a participating provider in any health insurance group. We will use your protected health information, and disclose it to others, as necessary to obtain your re-imbursement of payment for the services we provide. If you are under traditional Medicare Part B, our employees may use protected health information to prepare a bill. We may send that bill and any protected health information it contains to Medicare Part B, which then will cross over to any secondary health insurance you may have. We may also disclose protected health information to companies who we utilize for payment-related services. We will not use or disclose more information for payment purposes than is necessary.
Health Care Operations: We may use protected health information for activities that are necessary to operate our organization. We may disclose protected health information to others with whom we contract to provide administrative services, including our attorneys, auditors, accreditation services, and consultants. We may use protected health information to ensure quality control of office procedures and protocols.
Legal Requirement and Restrictions on Government Access to Health Information: We will disclose protected health information when required to do so by the law. This includes reporting information to government agencies which have the legal responsibility to monitor the healthcare system, such as Medicare, and to ensure compliance, such as the Department of Health and Human Services and Office for Civil Rights. We will also disclose protected health information when we are required to do so by a court order, subpoena, or other judicial or administrative process. We will also disclose protected health information when we are required to do so by a court order, subpoena, or other judicial or administrative process.
We are committed to protecting the privacy of your reproductive protected health information (PHI) and will not disclose it when requested for the purpose of investigating or penalizing individuals seeking, obtaining, or providing lawful reproductive healthcare. If disclosure is requested, we will require a signed attestation confirming it is not for such prohibited purposes. Your reproductive healthcare decisions are private, and we will take all necessary steps to protect that confidentiality.
We will not disclose any substance use disorder related records without your written consent, except as permitted by law, including, for example (but without limitation), a court order or a medical emergency. You have rights regarding these records, including access, confidentiality requests, and an accounting of disclosures.
Public Health Activities: We will disclose protected health information when required to do so for public health purposes.
Reporting of Abuse: We may disclose protected health information when the information relates to a victim of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence. We will make this report only in accordance with laws that require or allow such reporting, or with your permission as follows:
- Mandatory Reporting : If the doctor has reasonable cause to believe that a minor child patient may be an abused or neglected child, our physician as a mandatory reporter, is required to immediately report such suspected abuse or neglect to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
- Reporting of Abuse with Your Permission: If the doctor has reasonable cause to believe that an adult patient may be a victim of abuse, our physician will offer to a suspected adult victim of abuse immediate and adequate information regarding services available to him or her.
Law Enforcement: We may disclose protected health information for law enforcement purposes. This includes providing information to help locate a suspect, fugitive, material witness, missing person, or in connection with suspected criminal activity. We must also disclose protected health information to a federal agency investigating our compliance with federal privacy regulations.
Specialized Purposes: We may disclose protected health information for a few other specialized purposes, but we will only disclose as much information as is necessary for the purpose. Some examples yet not limited to the following:
-to the armed forces as authorized by military command authorities
-to coroners, medical examiners, funeral directors, and organ procurement organizations (for organ donation).
-to a correctional institution or to law enforcement officials to provide an inmate with health care, to protect the health and safety of the inmate and others, or for the safety , administration, and maintenance of the correctional institution
-to an employer for purposes of workers’ compensation and work site safety laws.
Averting a Serious Threat: We may disclose protected health information if we decide that the disclosure is necessary to prevent serious harm to the public or to an individual. The disclosure will only be made to someone who is able to prevent or reduce the threat.
Family and Friends: We may disclose protected health information to those involved in your care when you approve, or, when you are not present or not able to approve, when such disclosure is deemed appropriate in our professional judgment. When you are not present, we determine whether the disclosure of your protected health information is authorized by law (legal guardian or representative) and if so, disclose the information directly relevant to the person’s involvement with your healthcare. We do not disclose protected health information to a suspected abuser, if, in our professional judgment, we have reason to believe that such a disclosure could cause serious harm.
Information to Patients: We may use protected health information to provide you with additional information. This may include sending you appointment reminders or information regarding treatment options or other health-related services that may be recommended to you.
Your Legal Rights
Authorization: We will not use or disclose protected health information for any purpose that is not listed in this Notice without your written authorization.
Restrictions: You have the right to request us to restrict certain uses or disclosures of your protected health information. After consideration, we may comply with your request, but we may always use or disclose your health information to provide emergency treatment to you. Pursuant to 45 CFR 164.522(a), we have the right not to honor your request, except if you request us to not provide protected health information to your health insurer when you have paid for our services in full.
Confidential Communication: You have the right to request us to communicate with you by alternate means or at alternate locations, such as sending your mail to an address other than your home or speaking with you on the telephone instead of sending mail.
Copy of Health Information: You have the right to inspect your protected health information and to receive a copy of it. This right is limited to certain information, as provided in 45 CFR 164.524. If you want to review or receive a copy of your records, you must make a written request to Radiant Health SC, 10 Executive Ct, Suite 4, South Barrington, IL 60010 or frontdesk@inradianthhealth.com. We may charge a fee for the cost of copying and mailing the records. We will respond to your request within 15 business days. We may, however, deny access to certain information. If we do, we will give the reason in writing. We will also explain how patients may appeal the decision.
Amendment of Health Information: You have the right to request us to amend protected health information if you believe it is not correct or not complete. This right is limited to certain information, as provided in 45 CFR 164.526. Any such request must be in writing and specify the reason the information is not correct or complete. We will respond to the request in writing within 60 days. We may deny the request if we did not create the information, if it is not part of the records we use to make decisions about you, if the information would not be permitted for you to inspect or copy, of if it is complete and accurate.
Accounting of Disclosure: You have the right to receive an accounting of certain disclosures of your protected health information to others. The list will include dates of the disclosures, the names of the people or organizations to whom the information was disclosed, a description of the information, and the reason. Any such request much be in writing and must specify the time period the list will cover, but such time period may not be more than six (6) years prior to your request. Disclosures for the following reasons will not be included on the list: disclosures for treatment, payment, or health care operations; disclosures for national security purposes, disclosures to correctional or law enforcement personnel; disclosures that patients have authorized; and disclosures made directly to the patient.
Paper Copy of this Privacy Notice: You have a right to receive a paper copy of this Notice. This Notice is also available on our website at https://inradianthealth.com/privacy-practices-hipaa. If you receive this Notice electronically, you may receive a paper copy by contacting the Privacy Officer identified below.
Complaints: You have the right to complain about our privacy practices if you believe your privacy has been violated. You may file a complaint with our Privacy Officer identified below or with the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Any such complaint must be in writing. We will not retaliate against anyone filing a complaint.
Our Right to Change This Notice
We reserve the right to change the terms of the privacy practices, as described in this Notice at any time. We reserve the right to apply these changes to any protected health information which we already have, as well as to protected health information we receive in the future. Before we make any change in the privacy practices described in this Notice, we will adopt a new Notice that includes the change and its effective date. The new Notice will be available in our office and on our website https://inradianthealth.com/privacy-practices-hipaa
Whom to Contact
To assert your legal rights as provided above, contact our Privacy Officer, Dr. Martha Linn at Radiant Health, 10 Executive Court, Suite 4, South Barrington, IL 60010 or frontdesk@inradianthealth.com.
For more information about this Notice.
For more information about our privacy policies
To exercise any of the patient rights, as listed in this Notice
To request a copy of our current Notice of Privacy Practices.
To request a copy of your protected health information, contact Radiant Health 847-884-4440 or frontdesk@inradianthealth.com
Updated February 14, 2025