HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices
Effective Date: March 2025
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.
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
LERA Health is committed to protecting the privacy of your health information. We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information ("PHI"), provide you with this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and follow the terms of the Notice currently in effect.
How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information
Treatment
We may use and disclose your PHI to provide, coordinate, or manage your health care and any related services. This includes sharing information with licensed practitioners involved in your care and lab partners who process your tests.
Payment
We may use and disclose your PHI to obtain payment for services we provide, including processing HSA/FSA transactions.
Health Care Operations
We may use and disclose your PHI for our health care operations, including quality assessment, training, compliance, and improving our services. This is done using de-identified data wherever possible.
As Required by Law
We will disclose your PHI when required to do so by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Public Health Activities
We may disclose your PHI for public health activities, including reporting to public health authorities to prevent or control disease, injury, or disability.
Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information
You have the following rights regarding your PHI:
- Right to Inspect and Copy: You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your PHI that we maintain.
- Right to Request Amendment: You may request that we amend your PHI if you believe it is incorrect or incomplete.
- Right to an Accounting of Disclosures: You have the right to request an accounting of certain disclosures we have made of your PHI.
- Right to Request Restrictions: You have the right to request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of your PHI.
- Right to Request Confidential Communications: You have the right to request that we communicate with you in a specific way or at a specific location.
- Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice: You have the right to a paper copy of this Notice upon request.
Our Duties
We are required by law to:
- Maintain the privacy of your PHI
- Provide you with this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices
- Follow the terms of the Notice currently in effect
- Notify you if we are unable to agree to a requested restriction
Changes to This Notice
We reserve the right to change our privacy practices and to make the new practices applicable to PHI we already maintain. We will post any revised Notice on our website and will make the Notice available to you upon request.
Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with LERA Health or with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. To file a complaint with LERA Health, contact our Privacy Officer at privacy@lerahealth.com. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Contact Us
For questions about this Notice or to exercise your rights, please contact our Privacy Officer at privacy@lerahealth.com.