Patient Rights & Privacy

Notice of Privacy Practices

Effective date: August 12, 2026

Who this notice covers

This notice applies to the Center for Advanced Mental Health Practice (“CAMHP”), its Mississippi and Ohio locations, CAMHP telehealth services, and CAMHP workforce members and health care professionals who are permitted to use this notice. These individuals and locations may share health information with one another for treatment, payment, and health care operations as permitted by law.

Your rights

File a complaint without retaliation

You may complain to CAMHP or to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services if you believe your privacy rights have been violated. CAMHP will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

Your choices

For certain health information, you may tell us your preferences about what we share. Tell us if you have a clear preference about sharing information with family members, close friends, or others involved in your care; sharing information during disaster relief; or contacting you about fundraising. If you cannot tell us your preference, we may share information when we believe it is in your best interest or is needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety, as permitted by law.

We will obtain your written authorization before using or disclosing your information for most marketing purposes, selling your information, or using or disclosing psychotherapy notes when authorization is required. You may revoke an authorization in writing, except to the extent we have already relied on it.

How we may use and share your information

Treatment

We may use and share your information with health professionals who are treating you, coordinating your care, prescribing medication, ordering tests, or making referrals.

Payment

We may use and share your information to bill and receive payment from you, a health plan, or another responsible party, and to obtain prior authorization or determine coverage.

Health care operations

We may use and share your information to operate CAMHP, improve quality, train and supervise staff, review clinician performance, conduct compliance activities, and contact you when necessary.

Other uses and disclosures allowed or required by law

Subject to legal conditions and limits, we may use or share health information for public health and safety activities; reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence; health oversight; research; workers’ compensation; organ and tissue donation; certain law-enforcement purposes; judicial or administrative proceedings; coroners, medical examiners, and funeral directors; averting a serious threat to health or safety; and other purposes required by law.

Substance use disorder records

To the extent CAMHP creates, maintains, or receives substance use disorder patient records protected by 42 CFR Part 2, those records receive additional confidentiality protections. CAMHP will obtain consent for uses and disclosures when Part 2 requires it. Part 2 records may not be used or disclosed in a civil, criminal, administrative, or legislative investigation or proceeding against you unless you provide written consent or the disclosure is authorized by a qualifying court order and subpoena as required by law.

Our responsibilities

• We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of protected health information.
• We will notify affected individuals as required if a breach may have compromised the privacy or security of their information.
• We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in the notice currently in effect.
• We will not use or share your information other than as described in this notice unless you authorize us in writing or the law permits or requires it.
• We may change this notice and apply the revised notice to information we already maintain and information we receive in the future. The current notice will be available at CAMHP locations, upon request, and on our website.