Notice of Privacy Practices

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THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE COLLECTED, USED AND DISCLOSED BY GREAT ELM HEALTHCARE, LLC AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION COLLECTED. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.      

PRIVACY NOTICE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2006, AND ONLY RELATIVE TO PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THIS PRIVACY NOTICE IS AMENDED BY GREAT ELM HEALTHCARE, LLC AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES.      

Privacy Notice:        

•  Great Elm Healthcare, LLC, and its affiliated entities (GEH) has adopted policies and procedures to maintain the privacy of protected health information that GEH collects, uses, stores or discloses. This Privacy Notice describes to you GEH’s policies and procedures and how we put them into practice.        
• GEH is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal health information. We will keep confidential your personal health information as described in this Privacy Notice. However, GEH may from time to time change the terms of this Privacy Notice and may make new or different policies and procedures relating to all protected health information maintained by. GEH reserves the right to modify the privacy practices of GEH.      

Why we need your personal information:        

• The information we need about you depends on what treatment, products or services you require. When you first become a GEH customer and so that we can provide you with products and services, and in order to properly treat you, GEH may need to collect, use, store and share with others your personal health information. GEH collects, uses, stores and shares with others your personal health information only for purposes that a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances. Some of the purposes for which we collect, use, store and share your personal health information are:             

               o     To Perform Medical Treatment and to Provide Products and Services - To provide you with medical 

                      treatment or procedures, health care, counseling, products and services and in order to make 

                      future decisions about your treatment or care, we may need information about your past, present or 

                      future physical or mental health or condition. Some of your personal health information that we may 

                      need includes assessments, test results, diagnoses and, prescriptions and other similar information.             

               o     To Receive Payment - In order for GEH to receive payment for health care, products or services 

                      that we provide to you, we need information about you. We may need your personal health 

                      information:                  

                               to determine your eligibility for or coverage under health insurance plans                  

                               for billing, claims management and payment collection           

                               for medical necessity review, to determine appropriateness of care or justification of 

                                  charges.

                o     For Our Healthcare Operations - We may need your personal health information for our quality 

                       control purposes and professional training, development and evaluation, business planning and 

                       development and administration.            

                o     Related Uses - As part of performing medical treatment and providing you with products and 

                       services, we may contact you to provide appointment and prescription refill reminders, information 

                       about treatment alternatives or other health related benefits, products and services that may be of 

                       interest to you.      

Safeguarding your personal information:        

• Except for the purposes of treatment, payment or operations and related uses, representative examples of which are given above, GEH will not sell, trade, use, disclose or make available your individually identifiable health information for any other purpose without seeking your express written authorization.      

Obtaining your consent:        

• Except for the purposes of treatment, payment or operations and related uses, we will obtain your consent before obtaining, using or disclosing to other persons personal health information about you. Your express consent can be written or verbal. In certain cases, your consent will be implied when, acting reasonably, we can conclude that by taking a certain action, you have given your consent. However, we may collect, use, store or disclose personal health information about you without your consent in the following circumstances:            

               o     if we are required to do so by law            

               o     to a purchaser as part of a merger or sale of assets or shares             

               o     to protect GEH’s interests      

Your rights relative to your personal information:        

• There are laws governing the exchange of confidential information. We remind you that you have the right to:             

               o     Inspect, copy, verify and amend your personal health information (we may ask you to make your 

                      request in writing)             

               o     Ask us to correct your personal health information             

               o     Find out, if not prohibited by law, the names of parties to whom we have disclosed your individually 

                      identifiable health information.             

               o     Request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of personal health information. Such request 

                      must be submitted in writing. GEH will consider your request but is not obligated to comply with it.             

               o     Notify us that you wish to withdraw your consent after you have given it. There may be some 

                      products, services or treatments that we cannot provide you without your consent -- if this is the 

                      case, we will let you know so that you can make an informed decision.             

               o     Request to receive personal health information from GEH by alternate means or at alternative 

                      locations. GEH will make reasonable accommodations in response to any such request.      

If you have any questions or concerns about the privacy of your personal health information or for further information concerning this Privacy Notice or the collection, use, storage or disclosure of your personal health information, you may contact our Privacy Officer. Sheila Roberson, at 480-830-7700.     

Or, in writing at:  

Great Elm Healthcare, LLC   

2330 W. Broadway Road, Ste. 107   

Mesa, AZ 85202      

Or by email at sheila.roberson@greatelmhc.com