Notice of Privacy Practices (English)

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

This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how United Seating and Mobility, L.L.C. d/b/a Numotion and all members of its Affiliated Covered Entity (collectively, “Numotion,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) may use and disclose your protected health information and how you may access that information. This Notice applies to the health services you receive from Numotion. For a complete list of the members of the Numotion Affiliated Covered Entity, please contact Numotion’s Privacy Officer. We may share your health information within Numotion as necessary to carry out our treatment, payment, and health care operations.

HIPAA and other applicable laws require us to maintain the privacy and security of certain health information called “Protected Health Information” (“PHI”). PHI is health information that you provide to us, or that we create or receive, in connection with the health care products and services we provide to you. We are required to follow the terms of this Notice currently in effect, and you have certain rights regarding your PHI as described in this Notice. We are also required to notify you following a breach of unsecured PHI when required by law.

If you have any questions about this Notice, please contact Numotion’s Privacy Officer at the address and telephone number provided at the end of this Notice.

Ways We Can Use and Share Your PHI Without Your Written Permission (Authorization)

We may share the information you provide to us with persons and organizations involved in providing the health care products and services you need, such as hospitals, clinics, physicians, therapists, payors, and other health care providers, as permitted by law. We do not need your written authorization for the following uses and disclosures:

A. Uses and Disclosures for Treatment, Payment and Health Care Operations

We may use and share your PHI to provide “Treatment,” obtain “Payment” for your Treatment, and perform our “Health Care Operations.”

• Treatment. We may use and share your PHI to provide care and other services to you. For example, to assess and provide appropriate equipment for your injury or illness. Additionally, we may contact you to provide appointment reminders or information about treatment options. We may also share PHI with other healthcare providers involved in your care.
• Payment. We may use and share your PHI to receive payment for services that we provide to you. For example, we may share your PHI to request payment and receive payment from Medicare, Medicaid, your health insurer, HMO, or other company or program that arranges or pays the cost of some or all of your health care in order to determine coverage, obtain prior authorization, request payment, or receive payment.
• Health Care Operations. We may use and share your PHI for our health care operations, which include management, planning, and activities that improve the quality and lower the cost of the care that we deliver. For example, we may use PHI to review the quality and skill of our health care providers, improve our business operations, and services.

B. Treatment Alternatives.

We may use or disclose your PHI to recommend treatment alternatives and to tell you about other health-related products or services that we offer.

C. Business Associates.

We may share PHI with third party “business associates” who perform activities and services on our behalf, such as billing, consulting, auditing, legal, accounting, data processing, or administrative support services. We require these business associates, by written agreement, to appropriately safeguard your PHI and to use and disclose it only as permitted by law.

D. Your Other Health Care Providers.

We may also share PHI with your doctor and other healthcare providers involved in your care when they need it for treatment purposes, and as otherwise permitted by law for payment and certain health care operations.

E. Public Health and Safety Activities.

We may disclose your information to public health agencies or for public health activities. For example, we may share your PHI for the following:

• To report health information to public health authorities for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability;
• To report suspected abuse and neglect to government authorities, including a social service or protective services agency, that are legally permitted to receive the reports;
• To report information about products and services to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration;
• To alert a person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or may otherwise be at risk of developing or spreading a disease or condition;
• To report information to your employer as required under laws addressing work-related illnesses and injuries or workplace medical surveillance; and
• To prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to a person or the public’s health or safety.

F. Respond to Lawsuits and Legal Actions.

We may share your PHI in the course of a judicial or administrative proceeding in response to a valid subpoena, court order or other lawful process.

G. Work with a Medical Examiner or Funeral Director.

We may share PHI with a coroner or medical examiner as authorized by law.

H. Organ and Tissue Requests.

If you are an organ donor, we may share your PHI with organizations that facilitate organ, eye, or tissue procurement, banking, or transplantation.

I. Research.

In certain circumstances, we may use your information for research purposes. If we do so, certain privacy protections must be in place before we can disclose your health information, and your written authorization will be obtained when required by law.

J. Workers’ Compensation.

We may share your PHI as permitted by or required by state law relating to workers’ compensation or other similar programs.

K. Law Enforcement and Special Government Functions.

We may share your PHI with law enforcement officials in limited circumstances as required or permitted by law, or to authorized federal officials for intelligence, counterintelligence, national security, protective services, military, correctional, or other lawful government purposes.

L. Health Oversight.

We may share your PHI with a health oversight agency for activities authorized by law, including audits, investigations, inspections, licensure, accreditation, and oversight of the health care system and government health programs, such as Medicare or Medicaid.

M. As Required by Law.

We may use and share your PHI when required to do so by any other federal, state, or local law not otherwise referred to above.

N. Family, Close Friends or Others Involved in Your Care.

We may share relevant information with your family member, a close personal friend, or another person identified by you who is involved in your care or payment for your care, if you agree, if you are given an opportunity to object and do not object, or if we reasonably infer from the circumstances that you do not object. If you are unable to agree or object, we may share relevant information if, in our professional judgment, doing so is in your best interest, as permitted by law.

O. Disaster Relief.

We may share your PHI to a public or private entity authorized by law or by its charter to assist in disaster relief efforts.

Uses and Disclosures Requiring Your Written Permission (Authorization)

For any purpose other than the ones described above, we may only use or share your PHI when you grant us your written permission (authorization), unless otherwise permitted or required by law. For example, you will need to give us your permission before we send your PHI to your life insurance company.

You may change your mind about your authorization or any written permission regarding your PHI by giving or sending a written “revocation statement” to the Privacy Officer at the address below. The revocation will not apply to the extent that we have already taken action where we relied on your permission.