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Notice of Privacy Practices<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Effective October 1, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

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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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. PURPOSE:<\/b> Peace For The Heart Counseling, PLLC and its professional staff, employees, and trainees follow the privacy practices described in this Notice. TPeace For The Heart Counseling, PLLC keeps your mental health information in records that will be maintained and protected in a confidential manner, as required by law. Please note that in order to provide you with the best possible care and treatment, all professional staff involved in your treatment and employees involved in the health care operations of the agency have access to your records.<\/li>\n
    2. WHAT ARE TREATMENT and HEALTH CARE OPERATIONS?<\/b> <\/span>Your treatment includes sharing information among mental health care providers who are involved in your treatment. For example, if you are seeing both a Peace For The Heart Counseling, PLLC counselor and another medical professional, they may share information in the process of coordinating your care. Likewise, a Peace For The Heart Counseling, PLLC employee may be required to share your healthcare records to file payment claims with your designated healthcare insurance company. Treatment records may be reviewed as part an on-going process directed toward assuring the quality of Peace For The Heart Counseling, PLLC operations. Staff members may access clinical records periodically to verify that Peace For The Heart Counseling, PLLC standards are met.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. HOW WILL Peace For The Heart Counseling, pllc USE MY PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION (PHI)?<\/b>
      Your personal mental health record will be retained by Peace For The Heart Counseling, PLLC for at least seven years after your last clinical contact with the agency. After that time has elapsed, the record will be shredded or otherwise destroyed in a way that protects your privacy. <\/span>\n