Notice of Privacy Practices
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed, and how you can get access to this information.
Please review carefully. Federal law requires us to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI), provide you with this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and notify you in the event of a breach of unsecured PHI.
How we may use your information
Treatment. We use and share your information to provide medical care, coordinate visits with consulting providers, and share records with hospitals or specialists when you are referred for care.
Payment. We use your information to bill and obtain payment from health plans and to verify insurance coverage before visits.
Healthcare operations. We may use your information for quality review, training, scheduling, and running the practice.
Other uses that may apply
We may also use or disclose your information for appointment reminders, treatment alternatives, health related benefits and services, public health activities required by law, health oversight, law enforcement, judicial proceedings, organ donation, research with safeguards, workers compensation, and to avert a serious threat to health or safety.
Uses that require your written authorization
Most uses and disclosures of psychotherapy notes, marketing communications, and sales of PHI require your written authorization. You may revoke an authorization at any time in writing, except where we have already acted in reliance on it.
Your rights under HIPAA
Right to inspect and copy. You may request a copy of your medical and billing records. We will respond within 30 days and may charge a reasonable cost based fee.
Right to amend. You may ask us to correct information you believe is incorrect or incomplete.
Right to an accounting of disclosures. You may request a list of disclosures we made of your PHI for purposes other than treatment, payment, and operations.
Right to request restrictions. You may ask us to limit how we use or share your information. We are not required to agree, except in certain cases.
Right to confidential communications. You may ask us to contact you in a specific way or at a specific location, for example by phone at work instead of at home.
Right to a paper copy of this notice. You may request a printed copy at any time, even if you have agreed to receive it electronically.
Right to be notified of a breach. We will notify you if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.
Our responsibilities
We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your PHI, follow the duties and practices described in this notice, and notify you promptly if a breach occurs. We may change this notice and the new notice will apply to all information we maintain.
Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our office or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights at www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Contact our Privacy Officer
To exercise any of these rights or to ask a question, contact our Privacy Officer at (973) 782 5577 or in writing to: Privacy Officer, Women's Care OB/GYN of NJ, 825 Riverview Drive, Totowa, NJ 07512.
Effective date: June 2026.