Notice of Privacy Practices

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.

Our commitment

MRI Associates is required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI), to provide you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and to abide by its terms.

How we may use your information

Treatment: sharing images and reports with your referring physician and other providers involved in your care. Payment: billing you, your insurer, or an authorized third party. Health-care operations: quality review, accreditation, and staff training.

Your rights

You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your records, request amendments, request restrictions on certain uses, request confidential communications, receive an accounting of disclosures, and receive a paper copy of this notice.

Other disclosures

We may disclose PHI when required by law, for public-health activities, to avert a serious threat to health or safety, and in other circumstances permitted by HIPAA. Other uses require your written authorization, which you may revoke at any time.

Complaints & contact

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our Privacy Officer at 727.787.6900 or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.