Effective Date: January 1, 2026
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.
At Risen Health Partners, we are dedicated to maintaining the privacy of your Protected Health Information (PHI). In conducting our business, we will create records regarding you and the treatment and services we provide to you. We are required by law to maintain the confidentiality of health information that identifies you.
We also are required by law to provide you with this Notice of our legal duties and the privacy practices that we maintain in our practice concerning your PHI. By federal and state law, we must follow the terms of the Notice of Privacy Practices that we have in effect at the time.
You have the following rights regarding the medical information we maintain about you:
Right to Inspect and Copy: You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of the PHI that may be used to make decisions about you, including patient medical records and billing records.
Right to Amend: If you feel that health information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may ask us to amend the information.
Right to an Accounting of Disclosures: You have the right to request a list of certain disclosures we made of health information about you for purposes other than treatment, payment, and health care operations.
Right to Request Restrictions: You have the right to request a restriction or limitation on the health information we use or disclose about you for treatment, payment, or health care operations.
Right to Request Confidential Communications: You have the right to request that we communicate with you about medical matters in a certain way or at a certain location (e.g., only contacting you by mail at a specific address).
Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice: You are entitled to receive a paper copy of this Notice of Privacy Practices at any time.
The following categories describe the different ways in which we may use and disclose your PHI:
For Treatment: We may use your PHI to provide you with medical treatment or services. We may disclose health information about you to doctors, nurses, technicians, housing navigators, or other personnel who are involved in taking care of you.
Example: Our Case Manager sharing your health history with a Housing Provider to verify your eligibility for a housing deposit.
For Payment: We may use and disclose your PHI so that the treatment and services you receive may be billed to and payment may be collected from you, an insurance company, or a third party (such as Medi-Cal).
For Health Care Operations: We may use and disclose health information about you to run our practice, ensure that you receive quality care, and contact you when necessary.
Release of Information to Family/Friends: We may release your PHI to a friend or family member that is involved in your care, or who assists in taking care of you, provided you have given consent.
As Required By Law: We will disclose health information about you when required to do so by federal, state, or local law.
We may also use or disclose your PHI in the following situations without your authorization:
Public Health Risks (e.g., preventing disease, reporting child abuse).
Health Oversight Activities (e.g., audits by DHCS or Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans).
Lawsuits and Disputes (in response to a court order).
Law Enforcement.
Serious Threats to Health or Safety.
We reserve the right to change this notice. We reserve the right to make the revised or changed 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.
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OCR). To file a complaint with us, contact our Privacy Officer. All complaints must be submitted in writing. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.
Contact Information:
Risen Health Partners
Attn: Privacy Officer
925 N La Brea Avenue, Suite 500
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Email: info@risenhealth.org
Document reviewed for compliance by Ekaterina Timofeeva, PhD.