HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

1. Our Commitment to Your Privacy

SlimWithoutGym.com is committed to protecting your protected health information (PHI). This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how we may use and disclose your PHI to carry out treatment, payment, or healthcare operations, and for other purposes that are permitted or required by law.

We are required by law to:

• Maintain the privacy of your protected health information
• Provide you with this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices
• Follow the terms of the notice currently in effect
• Notify you if we are unable to agree to a requested restriction
• Accommodate reasonable requests you may have to communicate health information by alternative means or alternative locations

2. How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information

For Treatment

We may use your health information to provide, coordinate, or manage your healthcare and related services. This includes communication with other healthcare providers regarding your treatment and coordinating care with third parties.

Example: Information obtained by a nurse, physician, or other member of your healthcare team will be recorded in your medical record and used to determine the course of treatment that should work best for you.

For Payment

We may use and disclose your health information to obtain payment for services provided to you.

Example: We may send your health information to your insurance company or health plan to get approval for treatment or to verify that your plan will pay for treatment.

For Healthcare Operations

We may use and disclose your health information for healthcare operations purposes, including:

• Quality assessment and improvement
• Patient safety activities
• Healthcare provider performance evaluation
• Training programs
• Compliance monitoring
• Business planning and development

3. Uses and Disclosures That Do Not Require Your Authorization

We may use or disclose your PHI without your written authorization for the following purposes:

Required by Law

We will disclose your health information when required to do so by federal, state, or local law.

Public Health Activities

We may disclose your health information for public health activities, including disease prevention or control, injury or disability reporting, notification of communicable disease, notification of persons who may have been exposed to a disease, and FDA-regulated product monitoring.

Health Oversight Activities

We may disclose health information to health oversight agencies for activities including audits, investigations, inspections, and licensure.

Judicial and Administrative Proceedings

We may disclose health information in response to court orders, subpoenas, discovery requests, or other lawful process.

Law Enforcement

We may release health information if asked to do so by law enforcement officials in specific circumstances such as identifying or locating a suspect or reporting crimes.

Serious Threat to Health or Safety

We may use or disclose your health information if we believe it is necessary to prevent a serious threat to your health and safety or the health and safety of the public or another person.

4. Uses and Disclosures That Require Your Authorization

Uses and disclosures not described above will be made only with your written authorization. These may include:

• Marketing communications (unless permitted by law)
• Sale of protected health information
• Psychotherapy notes (if applicable)
• Uses for purposes other than treatment, payment, and healthcare operations

You may revoke your authorization at any time by writing to our Privacy Officer, except to the extent that action has already been taken in reliance on your authorization.

5. Your Individual Rights

Right	Description	How to Exercise
Right to Inspect and Copy	You have the right to inspect and copy your health information used to make decisions about your care.	Submit written request to Privacy Officer. We may charge a reasonable fee for copying costs.
Right to Amend	You have the right to request that we amend your health information if you believe it is incorrect or incomplete.	Submit written request with reasons for amendment to Privacy Officer.
Right to Accounting of Disclosures	You have the right to receive a list of disclosures we have made of your health information.	Submit written request to Privacy Officer. First request in 12 months is free.
Right to Request Restrictions	You have the right to request restrictions on how we use or disclose your health information.	Submit written request to Privacy Officer. We are not required to agree to your request.
Right to Request Alternative Communications	You have the right to request that we communicate with you about health matters in a certain way or at a certain location.	Submit written request to Privacy Officer specifying preferred method or location.
Right to a Paper Copy	You have the right to obtain a paper copy of this notice from us upon request.	Contact our Privacy Officer or request during your visit.

6. Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with:

Our Organization

• Contact our Privacy Officer using the information provided below
• All complaints must be submitted in writing
• We will not retaliate against you 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/privacy/hipaa/complaints/

7. Changes to This Notice

We reserve the right to change this notice and to make the revised notice effective for health information we already have about you as well as any information we receive in the future. We will post a copy of the current notice on our website and make copies available upon request.

8. Breach Notification

In the unlikely event that there is a breach of your unsecured protected health information, we will notify you in writing within 60 days of discovery of the breach.