Privacy Officer: Melissa Wesner, LCPC
melissa@lifespringcounseling.net
410-205-5123

Notice of Privacy Practices
Your Information. Your Rights. Our Responsibilities.

This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

•       Get a copy of your paper or electronic medical record

•       Correct your paper or electronic medical record

•       Request confidential communication

•       Ask us to limit the information we share

•       Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared your information

•       Get a copy of this privacy notice

•       Choose someone to act for you

•       File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated

Your Choices

You have some choices in the way that we use and share information as we:

•       Tell family and friends about your condition

•       Provide disaster relief

•       Include you in a hospital directory

•       Provide mental health care

•       Market our services and sell your information

•       Raise funds

Our Uses and Disclosures

We may use and share your information as we:

  • Run our organization

  • Help with public health and safety issues

  • Do research

  • Comply with the law

  • Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests

  • Respond to lawsuits and legal actions

Your Rights

  • You can complain if you feel we have violated your rights by contacting our Privacy Officer, Melissa Wesner, LCPC at 410-205-5123 or melissa@lifespringcounseling.net

  • We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

Your Choices

For certain privacy information, you can tell us your choices about what we share. If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situations described below, talk to us. Tell us what you want us to do, and we will follow your instructions.

We never share your information unless you give us written permission for:

  • Marketing purposes

  • Sale of your information

  • Fundraising efforts, but you can tell us not to contact you again.

Our Uses and Disclosures

How do we typically use or share your information?

We typically use or share your information in the following ways.

Run our organization

  • We can use and share your information to operate our podcast and website, provide suitable content, and contact you when necessary.

How else can we use or share your health information?

We are allowed or required to share your information in other ways – usually in ways that contribute to the public good, such as public health and research. We have to meet many conditions in the law before we can share your information for these purposes. For more information see: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/index.html.

Do research

We can use or share your information for health research. Dreaming & Doing has never participated in any kind of research.

Comply with the law

We will share information about you if state or federal laws require it, including with the Department of Health and Human Services if it wants to see that we’re complying with federal privacy law.

Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests

We can use or share health information about you:

  • For workers’ compensation claims

  • For law enforcement purposes or with a law enforcement official

  • With health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law

  • For special government functions such as military, national security, and presidential protective services

Respond to lawsuits and legal actions

We can share information about you in response to a court or administrative order, or in response to a subpoena.

Our Responsibilities

  • We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information.

  • We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.

  • We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice and give you a copy of it.

  • We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you tell us we can in writing. If you tell us we can, you may change your mind at any time. Let us know in writing if you change your mind.  For more information see: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/noticepp.html.

Changes to the Terms of this Notice

We can change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The new notice will be available upon request, in our office, and on our web site.

Additional Notes:  

Dreaming & Doing does not conduct research or share your information for research.  We will ask you to sign a release of information form if you would like us to share information.

Privacy policy was last reviewed and updated on 12/18/2023