PATIENT PRIVACY • HIPAA
Notice of Privacy Practices
Enjoy Wellness
138 Cathedral Street
Elkton, MD 21921
443-372-8226
info@enjoy-wellness.com
Effective Date: October 2026
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN ACCESS THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
Your Rights
When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights. This section explains your rights and some of our responsibilities to help you. You have the right to get a copy of your paper or electronic medical record. You can ask us to correct your paper or electronic medical record. You can request confidential communication or ask us to limit the information we share. You can get a list of those with whom we've shared your information. You can get a copy of this privacy notice. You can choose someone to act for you. You can file a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.
Your Choices
For certain health information, you can tell us your choices about what we share. If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situations described below, talk to us. Tell us what you want us to do, and we will follow your instructions. You have both the right and choice to tell us to share information with your family, close friends, or others involved in your care; and share information in a disaster relief situation.
How We May Use and Share Your Health Information
Treatment
We can use your health information and share it with other professionals who are treating you. Example: A doctor treating you for an injury asks another doctor about your overall health condition.
Payment
We can use and share your health information to bill and get payment from health plans or other entities. Example: We give information about you to your health insurance plan so it will pay for your services.
Healthcare Operations
We can use and share your health information to run our practice, improve your care, and contact you when necessary. Example: We use health information about you to manage your treatment and services.
Appointment Reminders and Communications
We may use and share your health information to contact you as a reminder that you have an appointment for medical care or to provide you with information about treatment alternatives or other health-related benefits and services that may be of interest to you.
Public Health and Safety
We can share health information about you for certain situations such as preventing disease, helping with product recalls, reporting adverse reactions to medications, reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence, and preventing or reducing a serious threat to anyone's health or safety.
Compliance With Law
We will share information about you if state or federal laws require it, including with the Department of Health and Human Services if it wants to see that we're complying with federal privacy law.
Health Oversight Activities
We can share health information with a health oversight agency for activities authorized by law. These oversight activities include, for example, audits, investigations, inspections, and licensure.
Legal Proceedings and Law Enforcement
We can share health information about you in response to a court or administrative order, or in response to a subpoena. We can also share health information for law enforcement purposes or with a law enforcement official.
Preventing Serious Threats to Health or Safety
Consistent with applicable federal and state laws, we may disclose your health information, if we believe that the use or disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a person or the public.
Mental Health and Substance Use Information
Special protections may apply to certain mental health information and information regarding substance use disorders. We will comply with all federal and state laws regarding the use and disclosure of these types of information.
Our Responsibilities
We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information. We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information. We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice and give you a copy of it. We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you tell us we can in writing. If you tell us we can, you may change your mind at any time. Let us know in writing if you change your mind.
Changes to This Notice
We can change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The new notice will be available upon request, in our office, and on our website.
Questions or Privacy Concerns
Privacy Officer
Enjoy Wellness
138 Cathedral Street
Elkton, MD 21921
443-372-8226
info@enjoy-wellness.com
Patients may also file a privacy complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. Enjoy Wellness will not retaliate against anyone for filing a complaint.
