Notice of Privacy Practices

A. Treatment, Payment, and Healthcare Operations

• Treatment: We may use your PHI to diagnose and treat your condition, and disclose it to other healthcare providers involved in your care.
• Payment: We may use your PHI to obtain payment for services provided.
• Healthcare Operations: We may use your PHI for administration, quality improvement, evaluating practitioners, resolving complaints, and detecting fraud or abuse.

B. Disclosure to Relatives and Caregivers

We may share PHI with family members, relatives, or close friends when we obtain your agreement, provide you the opportunity to object and you do not, or reasonably infer that you do not object. When you are unavailable, we use professional judgment to determine whether disclosure serves your best interests.

C. Public Health Activities

We may disclose PHI for purposes including: reporting disease or injury, reporting child abuse or neglect, FDA-related reporting, communicable disease exposure alerts, and workplace illness/injury reporting.

D. Victims of Abuse, Neglect, or Domestic Violence

If abuse, neglect, or domestic violence is reasonably suspected, we may disclose your PHI to a governmental authority authorized by law to receive such reports.

E. Health Oversight Activities

We may disclose PHI to health oversight agencies responsible for ensuring compliance with government health programs such as Medicare or Medicaid.

F. Judicial and Administrative Proceedings

We may disclose PHI in response to a court order or lawful process in judicial or administrative proceedings.

G. Law Enforcement

PHI may be disclosed to law enforcement as required or permitted by law, or in compliance with a court order, grand jury subpoena, or administrative subpoena.

H. Decedents

Coroners, medical examiners, or funeral directors may receive PHI as authorized by law.

I. Research

PHI may be used or disclosed when an Institutional Review Board or Privacy Board approves a waiver of authorization for disclosure.

J. Health or Safety

PHI may be used or disclosed to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to a person's or the public's health or safety.

K. Workers' Compensation

PHI may be disclosed as authorized by and to the extent necessary to comply with state workers' compensation laws.

L. As Required by Law

PHI may be used and disclosed when required by any other applicable law.

A. Right to File a Complaint

For privacy concerns, contact our Privacy Officer at help@menergymeds.com. You may also file a written complaint with the Director, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

B. Right to Request Restrictions

You may request restrictions on how we use or disclose your PHI for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations. We must comply with requests to restrict disclosures for services you pay for entirely out of pocket.

C. Right to Confidential Communications

You may request to receive PHI through alternative means of communication or at alternative locations. We will accommodate any reasonable written request.

D. Right to Inspect and Copy

You may request access to your medical and billing records. To request copies, contact our Privacy Officer at help@menergymeds.com. Reasonable cost-based fees may apply.

E. Right to Request Amendment

You may request amendment of PHI in your medical or billing records by contacting our Privacy Officer. We will comply unless the information is determined to be accurate and complete.

F. Right to Accounting of Disclosures

You may request an accounting of certain disclosures of your PHI made during the prior six years. The first request in any 12-month period is free; additional requests may incur reasonable fees.

G. Right to a Copy of This Notice

You may request a copy of this Notice at any time by emailing help@menergymeds.com.