HIPAA Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 1, 2026

This notice explains how we may use and share your medical information and how you can access it. Please read it carefully.

Our Commitment to Your Privacy

Dr. Bell Health, LLC, operating as Bramwell, understands that your health information is deeply personal. Federal law requires us to protect your protected health information (PHI) and to give you this notice explaining our privacy practices.

Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information

1. Right to Access and Copy

You may review and obtain a copy of your PHI in your medical and billing records. To request access, contact us using the information at the end of this notice.

2. Right to Request Correction

If you believe your records contain errors or are incomplete, you may ask us to amend them. We may deny your request in certain situations.

3. Right to Confidential Communications

You may ask us to communicate with you in a specific way or at a specific location. For example, you might request that we contact you only at work or by mail rather than by phone.

4. Right to Request Restrictions

You may ask us to limit how we use or share your PHI for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations. We are not required to agree, but if we do, we will honor that restriction.

5. Right to an Accounting of Disclosures

You have the right to receive a list of certain disclosures we have made of your PHI. This does not include disclosures made for treatment, payment, healthcare operations, or certain other permitted disclosures.

6. Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice

You may request a paper copy of this notice at any time.

7. Right to Choose a Personal Representative

You may designate another person to act on your behalf regarding your PHI. This person is called your personal representative.

8. Right to File a Complaint

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint.

How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information

For Treatment

We may use and share your PHI to provide, coordinate, or manage your healthcare. This includes sharing information with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers involved in your care, including our partners at Elevis Medical Group.

For Payment

We may use and share your PHI to receive payment for services we provide. This includes sharing information with insurance companies, pharmacy benefit managers, and others involved in processing payment.

For Healthcare Operations

We may use and share your PHI for healthcare operations, including quality assessment, training programs, accreditation, certification, licensing, and business planning.

Other Uses and Disclosures

We may also use or disclose your PHI without your written permission in these situations:

• When required by law
• For public health activities
• For health oversight activities
• For judicial and administrative proceedings
• For law enforcement purposes
• To prevent a serious threat to health or safety
• For workers' compensation
• For research (under specific conditions)
• For organ donation
• For military and veterans activities
• For national security and intelligence activities
• For correctional institutions

Uses and Disclosures Requiring Your Written Permission

Except as described above, we will not use or share your PHI without your written authorization. You may revoke your authorization at any time, except to the extent we have already acted based on it.

Your Choices

You have choices about how we use and share your information:

• Family, friends, or others involved in your care: You may tell us who we may share information with, such as family members or friends. You may also tell us not to share with certain people.
• Marketing: We will not use your information for marketing purposes without your written permission.
• Sale of information: We will not sell your PHI.
• Psychotherapy notes: We will not use or disclose psychotherapy notes without your written permission (with limited exceptions).
• Fundraising: We may contact you for fundraising, but you may opt out of these communications.

Our Responsibilities

By law, we must:

• Keep your PHI private and secure
• Give you this notice explaining our legal duties and privacy practices
• Follow the terms of this notice
• Tell you if a breach occurs that compromises your unsecured PHI

Changes to This Notice

We may change this notice and our privacy practices at any time. Changes will apply to PHI we already have. The updated notice will be available on our website and upon request.

Contact Us

For more information about our privacy practices, to exercise your rights, or to file a complaint, contact our support team through the site.

Filing a Complaint with the Secretary of HHS

If you believe we have violated your privacy rights, you may file a complaint with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office for Civil Rights
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Phone: 1-877-696-6775
Website: www.hhs.gov/ocr

Effective Date: September 1, 2026