Notice of Privacy Practices

Effective Date: January 1, 2024 | Last Revised: January 1, 2024

Our Commitment to Your Privacy

MedLab, Inc. is committed to protecting the privacy of your health information. We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI) and to provide you with this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices regarding your health information.

How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information

Treatment

We may use your health information to provide, coordinate, or manage your healthcare and any related services. For example, we may share your test results with the physician who ordered your laboratory tests.

Payment

We may use and disclose your health information to bill and collect payment for the laboratory services we provide to you. For example, we may submit claims to your insurance company that include your health information.

Healthcare Operations

We may use and disclose your health information for our internal operations, such as quality assessment and improvement activities, training programs, accreditation and licensing activities, and other business functions.

Legal and Regulatory Requirements

We may disclose health information when required by law, such as to public health authorities, law enforcement, courts, and government oversight agencies. We will disclose information to the minimum extent necessary.

Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information

• Right to Access: You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your health information that we maintain.
• Right to Amend: You may request that we correct or amend health information we maintain about you.
• Right to an Accounting of Disclosures: You may request a list of certain disclosures we have made of your health information.
• Right to Restrict Disclosures: You may request restrictions on how we use or disclose your health information.
• Right to Confidential Communications: You may request that we contact you in a specific way or at a specific location.
• Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice: You may request a paper copy of this Notice at any time.

Changes to This Notice

We reserve the right to change this Notice and to make the revised Notice effective for health information we already have about you as well as any information we receive in the future. We will post a copy of the current Notice on our website and make it available upon request.

Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with MedLab, Inc. or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.

To file a complaint with MedLab, Inc., contact our Privacy Officer at:
MedLab, Inc.
600 Cayuga Rd., Buffalo, NY 14225
Phone: 7274919056
Email: hr@medlabclinic.org