1. Our commitment to your privacy

TeQuaidas Diagnostics ("we," "our," "us") is required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and applicable Georgia law to maintain the privacy of your Protected Health Information ("PHI"), to provide you with this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, to notify you following a breach of unsecured PHI, and to abide by the terms of the Notice currently in effect.

2. How we may use and disclose your PHI

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

Treatment. To coordinate mobile specimen collection, communicate with your ordering provider, and transmit specimens and results to the reference laboratory (e.g., Quest, Labcorp, Rupa Health, or specialty kits) identified on your order.
Payment. To bill and collect payment for the services we provide, process credit-card transactions through our payment processor, and verify eligibility where applicable.
Healthcare operations. Quality assurance, training, credentialing, compliance audits, accreditation, business management, and similar internal activities.
Required by law. When disclosure is required by federal, state, or local law, public-health activities, judicial or administrative proceedings, law enforcement, or to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Health oversight, public health, and safety. Reporting communicable diseases, preventing serious threats to health or safety, FDA-regulated product reporting, and similar permitted disclosures.
Business Associates. Trusted vendors that perform services on our behalf (e.g., hosting, email delivery, fax transmission) under a written Business Associate Agreement requiring them to safeguard your PHI.

3. Uses and disclosures that require your written authorization

We will obtain your written authorization before using or disclosing your PHI for any purpose not described above, including: marketing (other than face-to-face communications and de minimis promotional gifts), the sale of PHI, and most uses and disclosures of psychotherapy notes. You may revoke an authorization in writing at any time, except to the extent we have already acted in reliance on it.

4. Your rights regarding your PHI

Right of access. You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your PHI in our designated record set, in the form and format you request when readily producible. We will respond within 30 days. Reasonable, cost-based fees may apply for copies.
Right to amend. You may request that we amend PHI we created if you believe it is incorrect or incomplete. We may deny the request in limited circumstances and will explain our decision in writing.
Right to an accounting of disclosures. You may request a list of certain disclosures we have made in the six (6) years before your request, other than disclosures for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations.
Right to request restrictions. You may ask us to restrict certain uses or disclosures of your PHI. We are not required to agree, except that we must agree to restrict disclosure to a health plan for a service you paid for in full out-of-pocket.
Right to confidential communications. You may request that we communicate with you about health matters in a specific way or at a specific location (for example, by alternate email or phone number).
Right to a paper copy of this Notice. You may request a paper 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 there is a breach of your unsecured PHI as required by law.

5. How to exercise your rights or file a complaint

To exercise any of the rights above, contact our Privacy Officer in writing using the information below. We will respond within the timeframes required by HIPAA.

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights — hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint

6. Our duties

We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your PHI, to provide individuals with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, to notify affected individuals following a breach of unsecured PHI, and to follow the terms of the Notice currently in effect.

7. Changes to this Notice

We reserve the right to change this Notice and to make the revised Notice effective for PHI we already have about you as well as any PHI we receive in the future. The current Notice will be posted at teqdraws.com/notice-of-privacy-practices and made available on request at the time of service.

8. Contact — Privacy Officer

TeQuaidas Diagnostics — Privacy Officer
Atlanta, Georgia
Email: info@teqdraws.com
Phone: 866-614-6930

Notice of Privacy Practices