PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: September 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.
Savannah Goudreau Counseling is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of your health information. This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how information about you may be used and disclosed and explains your rights regarding that information.
Our Responsibilities
We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information, provide you with this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and follow the terms of the notice currently in effect.
We will notify you promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.
How We May Use and Disclose Your Information
Your health information may be used or disclosed for purposes including:
Treatment
We may use or share information about you to provide, coordinate, or manage your care and treatment, including communicating with other health care professionals involved in your care when appropriate and permitted by law.
Payment
We may use or disclose information as necessary to bill for services, process payments, or obtain payment for care.
Health Care Operations
We may use information for activities necessary to operate the practice, such as quality assessment, professional consultation, legal or administrative services, and other practice-management activities.
When Required or Permitted by Law
We may disclose information when required or permitted by federal or state law. This may include certain circumstances involving suspected abuse or neglect, serious threats to health or safety, judicial or administrative proceedings, public health activities, or other legally required disclosures.
Other uses and disclosures of your protected health information generally require your written authorization. You may revoke an authorization in writing at any time, except to the extent that action has already been taken in reliance on it.
Additional protections may apply to certain types of information, including psychotherapy notes and records related to substance use disorder treatment.
Your Rights
You have certain rights regarding your health information. Subject to applicable law, these may include the right to:
Request access to or a copy of your health records.
Request corrections to information you believe is incorrect or incomplete.
Request confidential communications or ask us to contact you in a particular way.
Request restrictions on certain uses or disclosures of your information.
Receive an accounting of certain disclosures of your health information.
Receive a paper or electronic copy of this Notice of Privacy Practices.
File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.
You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint or exercising your privacy rights.
Questions or Complaints
If you have questions about this notice, would like to exercise one of your privacy rights, or believe your privacy rights have been violated, please contact:
Savannah Goudreau Counseling
2626 Cole Avenue, Suite 336
(214) 666-5422
You may also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.
Savannah Goudreau Counseling reserves the right to change the terms of this notice and its privacy practices as permitted by law. Any revised notice will apply to health information maintained by the practice and will be made available as required by law.