Privacy Policy

EON Medical Center
200 Frandorson Cir, Suite 203
Apollo Beach, FL 33579
813-549-2392
support@eonmedicalcenter.com

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Your Information. Your Rights. Our Responsibilities.

This Notice of Privacy Practice outlines how your medical information is used and disclosed, and how you can access this information. Please review it carefully.

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1. Your Rights

 

1.1 Get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record You have the right to request access to your medical record. We will provide a copy or summary within 30 days, with a reasonable, cost-based fee if applicable.

 

1.2 Ask us to correct your medical record If you believe your health information is inaccurate or incomplete, you can request corrections. We will respond in writing within 60 days, explaining any denial.

 

1.3 Request confidential communications You can specify how we contact you or send mail. We will accommodate reasonable requests.

 

1.4 Ask us to limit what we use or share You can request limitations on certain health information use or sharing. We may deny if it affects your care, but we will comply when possible.

 

1.5 Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared information You can request a list of disclosures, excluding treatment, payment, and health care operations. One free accounting per year; additional requests within 12 months incur a reasonable, cost-based fee.

 

1.6 Get a copy of this privacy notice Request a paper copy of this notice at any time, even if you agreed to receive it electronically.

 

1.7 Choose someone to act for you Authorized individuals, like medical power of attorney or legal guardians, can exercise your rights on your behalf.

 

1.8 File a complaint If you feel your rights are violated, contact our Privacy Officer at 200 Frandorson Cir, Apollo Beach, FL 33579 or email support@eonmedicalcenter.com. You can also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.

 

2. Your Choices

You can express preferences regarding the sharing of your health information in specific situations:

 

2.1 Share information with family, friends, or involved parties

 

2.2 Share information in a disaster relief situation

 

2.3 Include your information in a hospital directory

In emergency situations or when you cannot communicate, we may use professional judgment.

Exceptions: We never share your information without written permission for marketing purposes, sale of information, or most sharing of psychotherapy notes. You can opt out of fundraising contacts.

Please review it carefully.

 

Your Rights

When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights. This section explains your rights and some of the biostation’s responsibilities to help you.

Get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record

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• You can ask to see or get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record and other health information we have about you. Ask us how to do this.

• We will provide a copy or a summary of your health information, usually within 30 days of your request. We may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee.

 

Ask us to correct your medical record

• You can ask us to correct health information about you that you think is incorrect or incomplete. Ask us how to do this.

• We may say “no” to your request, but we’ll tell you why in writing within 60 days.

 

Request confidential communications

• You can ask us to contact you in a specific way (for example, home or office phone) or to send mail to a different address.

• We will say “yes” to all reasonable requests.

 

Ask us to limit what we use or share

• You can ask us not to use or share certain health information for treatment, payment, or our operations. We are not required to agree to your request, and we may say “no” if it would affect your care.

• If you pay for a service or health care item out-of-pocket in full, you can ask us not to share that information for the purpose of payment or our operations with your health insurer. We will say “yes” unless a law requires us to share that information.

 

Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared information

• You can ask for a list (accounting) of the times we’ve shared your health information for six years prior to the date you ask, who we shared it with, and why.

• We will include all the disclosures except for those about treatment, payment, and health care operations, and certain other disclosures (such as any you asked us to make). We’ll provide one accounting a year for free but will charge a reasonable, cost-based fee if you ask for another one within 12 months.

 

Get a copy of this privacy notice

• You can ask for a paper copy of this notice at any time, even if you have agreed to receive the notice electronically. We will provide you with a paper copy promptly.

 

Choose someone to act for you

• If you have given someone medical power of attorney or if someone is your legal guardian, that person can exercise your rights and make choices about your health information.

• We will make sure the person has this authority and can act for you before we take any action.

 

File a complaint if you feel your rights are violated

• You can complain if you feel we have violated your rights by contactingEON Medical Center Privacy Officer 200 Frandorson Cir. Suite 203 Apollo Beach, FL 33579 or email support@eonmedicalcenter.com

• You can file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights by sending a letter to 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, calling 1-877-696-6775, or visiting www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/.

• We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

 

Your Choices

For certain health information, you can tell the biostation your choices about what we share. If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situations described below, talk to us. Tell us what you want us to do, and we will follow your instructions.
In these cases, you have both the right and choice to tell us to:

• Share information with your family, close friends, or others involved in your care

• Share information in a disaster relief situation

• Include your information in a hospital directory

 

If you are not able to tell us your preference, for example if you are unconscious, we may go ahead and share your information if we believe it is in your best interest. We may also share your information when needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.

In these cases, we never share your information unless you give us written permission:

• Marketing purposes

• Sale of your information

• Most sharing of psychotherapy notes

 

In the case of fundraising:

• We may contact you for fundraising efforts, but you can tell us not to contact you again.

 

Our Uses and Disclosures

EON Medical Center typically uses or shares your health information in the following ways. 

We can use your health information and share it with other professionals who are treating you.
Example: A doctor treating you for an injury asks another doctor about your overall health condition

 

Run our organization

We can use and share your health information to run our practice, improve your care, and contact you when necessary.
Example: We use health information about you to manage your treatment and services.

 

Bill for your services

We can use and share your health information to bill and get payment from health plans or other entities.
Example: We give information about you to your health insurance plan so it will pay for your services.

 

How else can EON Medical Center use or share your health information?

EON Medical Center is allowed or required to share your information in other ways – usually in ways that contribute to the public good, such as public health and research. We have to meet many conditions in the law before we can share your information for these purposes. For more information see: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/index.html.

 

Help with public health and safety issues

 

We can share health information about you for certain situations such as:

• Preventing disease

• Helping with product recalls

• Reporting adverse reactions to medications

• Reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence

• Preventing or reducing a serious threat to anyone’s health or safety

 

Do research

We can use or share your information for health research.

 

Comply with the law

We will share information about you if state or federal laws require it, including with the Department of Health and Human Services if it wants to see that we’re complying with federal privacy law.

 

Respond to organ and tissue donation requests

We can share health information about you with organ procurement organizations.

 

Work with a medical examiner or funeral director

We can share health information with a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director when an individual dies.

 

Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests

We can use or share health information about you:

• For workers’ compensation claims

• For law enforcement purposes or with a law enforcement official

• With health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law

• For special government functions such as military, national security, and presidential protective services

 

Respond to lawsuits and legal actions

We can share health information about you in response to a court or administrative order, or in response to a subpoena.

the biostation never markets or sells personal information

 

Our Responsibilities

• the biostation is required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information.

• We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.

• We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice and give you a copy of it.

• We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you tell us we can in writing. If you tell us we can, you may change your mind at any time. Let us know in writing if you change your mind.

 

For more information see: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/noticepp.html.

 

Changes to the Terms of this Notice

EON Medical Center can change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The new notice will be available upon request, in our office, and on our web site.

 

Effective Date of this Notice

This Notice of Privacy Practices is effective beginning December 2, 2023, and shall be in effect until a new Notice of Privacy Practices is approved and posted.