Last Updated: August 22, 2022

THIS NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES (“NOTICE”) DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL OR OTHER HEALTHCARE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE COLLECTED, USED AND DISCLOSED, AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.

Who we are:

Elovee Therapy Services, P.A. (the “Company”) provides cognitive rehabilitation therapy through its licensed healthcare practitioners (the “Providers”), which may include speech-language pathologists, neuropsychologists, physical therapists, or other health care professionals.  The Company and its Providers may be “covered entities” as defined under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”).

Elovee, Inc. (“Elovee”) is an affiliate of the Company.  The Company has contracted with Elovee for access to Elovee’s website and certain technology (the “Platform”) to allow Providers to engage with and render treatment to patients.  Elovee is NOT a healthcare provider NOR a “covered entity” as defined under HIPAA.  Rather, Elovee may be a “business associate,” as defined under HIPAA, to the Company and the parties have entered into a business associate agreement.

Our commitment to protecting health information about you:

This Notice constitutes the notice of privacy practices of the Company and its Providers, as required under 45 C.F.R. § 164.520(a); Elovee agrees to abide by the requirements in this Notice.

The Company, its Providers, and Elovee (collectively, “us” or “we”) are committed to protecting the privacy of your health information under HIPAA.  HIPAA requires covered entities and business associates to protect the privacy of health information that identifies you, or where there is a reasonable basis to believe the information can be used to identify you. This information is called Protected Health Information (“PHI”), as defined under HIPAA.

In this Notice, we described ways we may use and disclose PHI through your receipt of the services rendered by Providers using the Platform.  We will use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with HIPAA’s health information management requirements.

In accordance with this Notice we shall:

The Company reserve the right to make changes effective for all PHI we may already have about you.  If and when this Notice is changed, we will post an updated copy on the website or the Company will provide you notice of any changes.  We will also provide a copy of the revised Notice to you upon request. You may request a copy of the Notice using the contact information provided below, and will be asked to acknowledge and confirm that you received this Notice. Services rendered by Providers are not conditioned upon your acknowledgement of this Notice.

Uses and disclosures for treatment, payment and healthcare operations.

The following categories describe the different ways we may use and disclose PHI for treatment, payment or healthcare operations without your consent or authorization. The examples included in each category do not list every type of use or disclosure that may fall within that category.

Treatment: We may use and disclose PHI about you for treatment purposes, including disclosure to other health care professionals who provide you with services and/or are involved in the coordination of your care. For example, we may use and disclose PHI when you need a prescription, lab work, or other healthcare services to be provided by someone other than a Provider. In addition, we may use and disclose PHI about you when referring you to a healthcare provider other than a Providers. For example, if you are referred to a physician not associated with a Provider, we may disclose PHI to your new physician regarding whether you are allergic to any medications. We may also disclose PHI about you for the treatment activities of another healthcare provider. For example, we may send a report about you to a physician or other healthcare practitioner that a Provider refers you to so that the other practitioner may treat you.

Payment: We may use and disclose PHI to bill and collect payment for the treatment and services provided to you by a Provider. Before your receipt of treatment or services from a Provider, we may share details with your health plan concerning the services you are scheduled to receive. For example, we may ask for payment approval from your health plan before you are provided care or services from a Provider. We may use and disclose PHI to find out if your health plan will cover the cost of care and services provided to you. We may use and disclose PHI to confirm you are receiving the appropriate amount of care to obtain payment for services. We may use and disclose PHI for billing, claims management and collection activities. We may disclose PHI to insurance companies providing you with additional coverage. We may disclose limited PHI to consumer reporting agencies relating to collection of payments owed to the Company or a Provider. We may also disclose PHI to another healthcare provider or to another company or a health plan required to comply with HIPAA for the payment activities of that healthcare provider, company or health plan. For example, we may allow a health insurance company to review PHI for the insurance company's activities to determine the insurance benefits to be paid for your care.