Privacy Practices & HIPAA Notice

Effective Date: June 9th, 2025

Palm Atlantic Behavioral Health is dedicated to protecting your personal health information (PHI) in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and applicable Florida law. This page explains how we may use and disclose your health information and outlines your rights as a client.

1. Our Commitment to Your Privacy

We maintain records of the services you receive to ensure quality care and comply with legal obligations. We are legally required to:

  • Protect the confidentiality of your PHI

  • Provide this Notice of Privacy Practices

  • Abide by the terms outlined here

We may update this notice at any time. The most recent version will always be available on this page or by request.

2. How We May Use and Share Your Information

We may use or disclose your PHI without your written consent in the following situations:

For Treatment, Payment, and Healthcare Operations:

  • Coordinating your care with other providers

  • Processing billing and payments

  • Evaluating and improving our clinical services

For Legal and Administrative Purposes:

  • In response to valid court orders or subpoenas

  • As part of lawfully authorized administrative proceedings

3. When Your Authorization Is Required

We must obtain your explicit written authorization before:

  • Sharing your psychotherapy notes (except for limited treatment or legal purposes)

  • Using PHI for marketing or fundraising communications

  • Selling your PHI under any circumstance

You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time, unless we've already acted on it.

4. When We May Disclose Without Authorization

In certain cases, we are permitted or required by law to disclose your information, including:

  • When mandated by federal or state law

  • Reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence

  • Preventing serious threats to your safety or others

  • During health oversight activities such as audits or investigations

  • To comply with judicial or administrative proceedings

  • For law enforcement purposes, within legal boundaries

  • To coroners, medical examiners, or funeral directors

  • For approved research (with safeguards)

  • For workers’ compensation claims

  • For national security or military purposes

  • To remind you of appointments or inform you of services

5. Disclosures You Can Object To

Unless you object, we may share your PHI with a family member, friend, or caregiver involved in your care or payment. If you are unable to agree or object (e.g., during an emergency), we may act in your best interest and seek consent later if feasible.

6. Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information

As a client of Palm Atlantic Behavioral Health, you have the right to:

  • Request limits on how your PHI is used or disclosed

  • Request restrictions if you pay out-of-pocket in full for a service

  • Request that we contact you at a specific address or phone number

  • Inspect and request a copy of your health records (excluding psychotherapy notes)

  • Request corrections to your records if you believe they are incomplete or inaccurate

  • Receive a list (accounting) of certain disclosures made over the past six years

  • Request a printed or electronic copy of this Notice

We aim to respond to all requests within 30–60 days. Reasonable fees may apply for copies or repeat requests.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions about our privacy practices or would like to exercise any of your rights, please contact:

Palm Atlantic Behavioral Health
4600 Military Trail, Suite 221
Jupiter, FL 33458
📞 561-206-4599
📧 support@palmatlanticbh.com