INFORMATION: Beautiful Faces Book, LLC

Richard Downs, Joseph Zelk, and the staff and employees at the Beautiful Faces Book, LLC website respect your privacy. We strive to ensure a safe and secure browsing experience on our website.

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If you have any questions, please use the forms provided or visit our contact page for more information. You are also welcome to call us at the phone number on this page's end.

NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW CAREFULLY. THE PRIVACY OF HEALTH INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT TO US. OUR LEGAL DUTY.

All of the people shown on this site have been given permission to disclose their health and personal information on our website.

We are required by applicable federal and state law to maintain the privacy of your health information. We are also required to give you this Notice about our privacy practices, our legal duties, and your rights concerning your health information. We must follow the privacy practices that are described in this Notice while it is in effect. This Notice takes effect on August 1, 2024, and will remain in effect until we replace it. We reserve the right to change our privacy practices and the terms of this Notice at any time, provided such changes are permitted by applicable law. We reserve the right to make changes in our privacy practices and the new terms of our Notice effective for all health information we maintain, including health information we created or received before making the changes.

You may request a copy of our Notice at any time. For more information about our privacy practices or additional copies of this Notice, please contact us using the information listed at the end of this Notice.

USES AND DISCLOSURES OF HEALTH INFORMATION We use and disclose health information about you for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations. For example:

Treatment: We may use or disclose your health information to a physician or other healthcare provider providing treatment to you.

Payment: We may use and disclose your health information to obtain payment for services we provide to you.

Healthcare Operations: We may use and disclose your health information in connection with our healthcare operations. Healthcare operations include quality assessment and improvement activities, reviewing the competence or qualifications of healthcare professionals, evaluating practitioner and provider performance, conducting training programs, accreditation, certification, licensing, or credentialing activities.

Your Authorization: You may authorize us to use your health information or disclose it to anyone for any purpose. If you give us authorization, you may revoke it in writing at any time. Your revocation will not affect any use or disclosures permitted by your authorization while it is in effect. Unless you give us written authorization, we cannot use or disclose your health information for any reason except those described in this Notice.

To Your Family and Friends: We must disclose your health information to you, as described in the Patient Rights section of this Notice. We may disclose your health information to a family member, friend, or other person to the extent necessary to help with your healthcare or with payment for your healthcare, but only if you agree that we may do so.

Persons Involved In Care: We may use or disclose health information to notify or assist in the notification of (including identifying or locating) a family member, your personal representative, or another person responsible for your care, your location, your general condition, or death. If you are present before using or disclosing your health information, we will provide you with an opportunity to object to such uses or disclosures. Home sleep studies may need the diagnosis and prescription of an online Medical Doctor to complete. Upon your approval, you give permission for that to take place. When that is done, it will be done electronically over the internet in encrypted format. You give permission for that type of protected health information to be transmitted electronically in encrypted format.

In the event of your incapacity or emergency circumstances, we will disclose health information based on a determination using our professional judgment, disclosing only health information that is directly relevant to the person's involvement in your healthcare.

Marketing Health-Related Services: Without your written authorization, we will not use your health information for marketing communications.

Required by Law: We may disclose your health information when required to do so by law.

Abuse or Neglect: We may disclose your health information to appropriate authorities if we believe that you are a possible victim of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, or other crimes. We may disclose your health information to the extent necessary to avert a serious threat to your health or safety or the health or safety of others.

National Security: We may disclose the health information of armed forces personnel to military authorities under certain circumstances. We may disclose to authorized federal officials health information required for lawful intelligence, counterintelligence, and other national security activities. We may disclose to correctional institutions or law enforcement officials having lawful custody of protected health information of inmates or patients under certain circumstances.

Appointment Reminders: We may use or disclose your health information to provide you with appointment reminders (such as voicemail messages, text messages, emails, postcards, or letters).

PATIENT RIGHTS Access: You have the right to look at or get copies of your health information, with limited exceptions. You may request that we provide copies in a format other than photocopies. We will use the format you request unless we cannot practicably do so. (You must make a request in writing to obtain access to your health information. You may obtain a form to request access by using the contact information listed at the end of this Notice. We will charge you a reasonable cost-based fee for expenses such as additional copies and staff time. You may also request access by sending us a letter to the address at the end of this Notice. If you request copies, we will charge you $0.10 for each page, $10.00 per hour for staff time to locate and copy your health information, and postage if you want the copies mailed to you. If you request an alternative format, we will charge a cost-based fee for providing your health information in that format. If you prefer, we will prepare a summary or an explanation of your health information for a fee.

Contact us using the information listed at the end of this Notice for a full explanation of our fee structure.)

Disclosure Accounting: You have the right to receive a list of instances in which our business associates or we disclosed your health information for purposes other than treatment, payment, healthcare operations, and certain other activities for the last six years, but not before August 1, 2024. If you request this accounting more than once in a 12-month period, we may charge you a reasonable, cost-based fee for responding to these additional requests.

Restriction: You have the right to request that we place additional restrictions on our use or disclosure of your health information. We are not required to agree to these additional restrictions, but if we do, we will abide by our agreement (except in an emergency).

Alternative Communication: You have the right to request that we communicate with you about your health information by alternative means or to alternative locations. (You must make your request in writing.) Your request must specify the alternative means or location and provide a satisfactory explanation of how payments will be handled under the alternative means or location you request.

Amendment: You have the right to request that we amend your health information. (Your request must be in writing, and it must explain why the information should be amended.) We may deny your request under certain circumstances.

Electronic Notice: If you receive this Notice on our Website or by electronic mail (e-mail), you are entitled to receive this Notice in written form.

QUESTIONS AND COMPLAINTS: If you want more information about our privacy practices or have questions or concerns, please contact us. If you are concerned that we may have violated your privacy rights, or you disagree with a decision we made about access to your health information or in response to a request you made to amend or restrict the use or disclosure of your health information or to have us communicate with you by alternative means or at alternative locations, you may complain to us using the contact information listed at the end of this Notice. You also may submit a written complaint to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We will provide you with the address to file your complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services upon request. We support your right to the privacy of your health information. We will not retaliate in any way if you choose to file a complaint with us or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

If you elect to have a telemedicine call with a dentist, physician, nurse practitioner, or other health professional through our offered services, you agree to pay for those services, which are in addition to the home sleep testing services, and to have that personal health information sent to your insurance carrier electronically or by US Postal Service or other letter carrier or package services, but only if you requested or agree to have your insurance carrier receive it for the purpose of applying for insurance benefits.

If you request your personal health information be sent to your primary care physician, medical specialist, dentist, nurse practitioner, chiropractor, or other health care provider, you agree to have that information sent to them electronically or by US Postal Service or other letter carrier or package courier services.

By using our online services on this website, you agree to these privacy policies.

Contact Officer: Richard Downs, DDS Telephone: (877) 722-1537 Fax: (877) 722-1537 E-mail: richardd@callmykate.com.