HIPAA resources

What HIPAA means for you

HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is a federal law that protects the privacy and security of your protected health information (PHI). As your therapist, we are required to safeguard your PHI, tell you how it may be used, and honor your rights around access, amendment, and disclosure.

Your rights, in plain language

• Ask to see or get a copy of your records.
• Ask us to correct information you believe is inaccurate.
• Request confidential communication (for example, a different email or phone).
• Request restrictions on certain uses or disclosures.
• Get an accounting of certain disclosures we have made.
• Be notified promptly if a breach affects your PHI.

Key documents

• HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

  How we may use and disclose your PHI, and the full list of your rights under HIPAA.

• Privacy Policy

  What information this website collects and how it is used.

• Terms of Use

  The terms that govern your use of this website.

Learn more

• HHS: Your rights under HIPAA
• HHS: Consumer guidance on health privacy
• File a privacy complaint with HHS Office for Civil Rights

Questions?

If you have questions about your privacy or these documents, send a message or email kyla@telekyla.com.