Dr. Michael Finn

Dr. Michael Finn Psychology
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Michael S. Finn, P.C.
Notice of Privacy Practice

Our Privacy Pledge

We understand that your health information is personal. We care about your privacy and pledge to guard your information with great care. We will take steps to protect your information from people who do not have the need and/or legal right to see it. This pledge is an important part of our relationship with you. It supports the complete and honest communication necessary to provide quality patient care.

We are required by law to maintain your privacy and provide you with this Privacy Notice. It tells you about ways health information is used. It describes your rights and our obligations regarding use and disclosure of health information. In emergency situations, we may not be able to give you this notice until after emergency care is provided.

We may find it necessary to revise or update this Privacy Notice in the future. We are required to inform you of these changes by making a revised Privacy Notice available. Any revised notice can be obtained on our website.

We will also ask you to sign a form that states you have received this Privacy Notice from us.

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN ACCESS THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY!!

Uses and Disclosures

Treatment: Your health information may be used by staff members or disclosed to other health care professionals for the purpose of evaluating your health, diagnosing medical conditions, and providing treatment. For example, charting notes will be available in your medical record to all health professionals who may provide treatment or who may be consulted by staff members.
Payment: Your health information may be used to seek payment from your health plan, from other sources of coverage such as an automobile insurer, or credit card companies that you may use to pay for services. For example, your health care insurer may request and receive information on dates of service, the services provided, and the medical condition being treated.
Health care operations: Your health information may be used as necessary to support the day-to-day activities and management of Michael S. Finn, P.C. For example, information on the services you received may be used to support budgeting and financial reporting, and activities to evaluate and promote quality.
Law Enforcement: Your health information may be disclosed to law enforcement agencies to support government audits and inspections, to facilitate law-enforcement investigations, and to comply with government-mandated reporting.
Public health reporting: Your health information may be disclosed to public health agencies as required by law. For example, we are required to report certain communicable diseases to the state’s Public Health Department.
Appointment reminders: We may send you a reminder about an appointment for mental health care.
Alternative treatments: We may tell you about or suggest treatment or care options available.
Benefits and Services: We may advise you about benefits and services that you may want to consider.

Other disclosures require your authorization. Disclosure of your health information or its use for any purpose other than those listed above requires your specific written authorization. If you change your mind after authorizing a use or disclosure of your information, you may submit a written revocation of the authorization. However, your decision to revoke the authorization will not affect or undo any use or disclosure of information that occurred before you notified us of your decision to revoke your authorization.

Individual Rights

You have certain rights under the federal privacy standards. These include:

The right to request restriction on the use and disclosure of your protected health information.
The right to receive confidential communications concerning your protected health information.
The right to inspect and copy your protected health information.
The right to submit corrections or to amend your protected health information.
The right to receive an accounting of your protected health information.
The right to request alternate methods of communication related to address and telephone number.
The right to receive a copy of your protected health information.

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information and to provide you with this notice of privacy practices.

We are also required to abide by the privacy policies and practices that are outlined in this notice.

Right to Revise Privacy Practices

As permitted by law, we reserve the right to amend or modify our privacy policies and practices. These changes in our policies and practices may be required by changes in federal and state laws and regulations. Upon request, we will provide you with the most recently revised notice on any office visit. The revised policies and practices will be applied to all protected health information we maintain.

Request to Inspect Protected Health Information

You may generally inspect or copy the protected health information that we maintain. As permitted by federal regulation, we require that requests to inspect or copy protected health information be submitted in writing. Your request will be reviewed and will generally be approved unless there are legal or medical reasons to deny the request.

Complaints

If you would like to submit a comment or complaint about our privacy practices, you may do so by sending a letter outlining your concerns to:

Michael S. Finn, Ph.D., L.P.
Privacy Officer

23975 Novi Rd. Suite A-103

Novi, MI 48375