HIPAA Policy
HIPAA-Compliant Information
- Your Rights Regarding Protected Health Information
As a patient, you have specific rights concerning your PHI, including:
- Right to Access: You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your PHI. This includes medical and billing records used to make decisions about your care. To access your records, please submit a written request to our Privacy Officer.
- Right to Amend: If you believe that your PHI is incorrect or incomplete, you may request an amendment. We may deny your request if the PHI is accurate and complete or if it was not created by us.
- Right to an Accounting of Disclosures: You have the right to request a list of disclosures of your PHI made by us in the past six years, excluding disclosures made for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations.
- Right to Request Restrictions: You may request a restriction on the use or disclosure of your PHI for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations. We are not required to agree to your request but will consider it carefully.
- Right to Request Confidential Communications: You can request that we communicate with you in a specific way or at a specific location. We will accommodate reasonable requests.
- Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice: You have the right to obtain a paper copy of this Privacy Policy upon request, even if you have agreed to receive it electronically.
- Our Legal Duties
Sanctuary Cosmetic Center is committed to maintaining the privacy and security of your PHI. We are required by law to:
- Ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all PHI we create, receive, maintain, or transmit.
- Protect against any reasonably anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of such information.
- Protect against any reasonably anticipated uses or disclosures of such information that are not permitted or required under HIPAA regulations.
- Ensure compliance by our workforce.
We are legally obligated to abide by the terms of this Privacy Policy and provide you with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices regarding your PHI.
- Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). To file a complaint with us, contact our Privacy Officer at:
Sanctuary Cosmetic Center
1650 Tysons Blvd, Suite 100 Mc Lean, VA 22102
703-893-3937
info@sanctuarycosmeticcenter.com
To file a complaint with HHS, contact:
Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201
1-877-696-6775
[HHS Website] (https://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/)
We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Acknowledgment of Receipt
By using our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood Sanctuary Cosmetic Center’s HIPAA-Compliant Website Privacy Policy.