Legal & Compliance
Notice of Privacy Practices
Ternion Physician Group PLLC
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.
Content Pending Legal Review
The full text of this Notice of Privacy Practices is being finalized by the Ternion Physician Group legal and compliance team. The complete notice will be published here once approved. In the meantime, please contact our office directly with any privacy-related questions or requests.
Our Pledge Regarding Your Health Information
Ternion Physician Group PLLC is required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI), to provide you with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your health information, and to notify you following a breach of your unsecured protected health information. We are required to abide by the terms of this Notice while it is in effect.
We reserve the right to change the terms of this Notice and to make the new Notice effective for all protected health information that we maintain. We will post a copy of the current Notice in our office and on our website. You may request a copy of the current Notice at any time.
How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information
The following describes the ways we may use and disclose health information that identifies you ("Health Information"). Not every use or disclosure in a category will be listed. However, all of the ways we are permitted to use and disclose information will fall within one of the categories.
Treatment
We may use or disclose your Health Information to provide, coordinate, or manage your health care and any related services. This includes the coordination or management of your health care with a third party that has already obtained your permission to have access to your Health Information.
Payment
We may use and disclose your Health Information to obtain payment for services we provide to you. This may include certain activities that your health insurance plan may undertake before it approves or pays for the health care services we recommend for you.
Health Care Operations
We may use and disclose your Health Information in connection with our health care operations. Health care operations include quality assessment and improvement activities, reviewing the competence or qualifications of health care professionals, evaluating practitioner and provider performance, conducting training programs, accreditation, certification, licensing or credentialing activities.
Business Associates
There are some services provided in our organization through contracts with business associates. Examples include physician services in the emergency department and radiology, certain laboratory tests, and a copy service we use when making copies of your health record. When these services are contracted, we may disclose your health information to our business associate so that they can perform the job we have asked them to do and bill you or your third-party payer for services rendered.
Required by Law
We will disclose your Health Information when required to do so by federal, state, or local law.
Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information
You have the following rights regarding the health information we maintain about you:
Right to Inspect and Copy
You have the right to inspect and copy health information that may be used to make decisions about your care. Usually, this includes medical and billing records, but does not include psychotherapy notes.
Right to Amend
If you feel that health information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may ask us to amend the information. You have the right to request an amendment for as long as the information is kept by or for our office.
Right to an Accounting of Disclosures
You have the right to request an "accounting of disclosures." This is a list of the disclosures we made of medical information about you for purposes other than treatment, payment, and health care operations.
Right to Request Restrictions
You have the right to request a restriction or limitation on the health information we use or disclose about you for treatment, payment, or health care operations.
Right to Request Confidential Communications
You have the right to request that we communicate with you about medical matters in a certain way or at a certain location.
Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice
You have the right to a paper copy of this notice. You may ask us to give you a copy of this notice at any time. Even if you have agreed to receive this notice electronically, you are still entitled to a paper copy.
Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our office or with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. To file a complaint with our office, contact our Privacy Officer using the information below. All complaints must be submitted in writing. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.
Contact Our Privacy Officer
Mailing Address
3655 W Anthem Way
Suite A109, PMB 313
Anthem, AZ 85086
Phone
(623) 239-1870