Notice of Privacy Practices

Effective Date: 8/10/2025


Expedition Physical Therapy PLLC
1211 Hoyt Ave, Everett, WA 98201
Phone: 425-477-9507
Email: info@expeditionpt.com

Purpose of This Notice

This Notice describes how we may use and disclose your protected health information (PHI), your rights regarding that information, and our legal duties to protect it, in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and Washington State health privacy laws (RCW 70.02).

Please review it carefully.

Our Legal Duties

We are required by law to:

  • Maintain the privacy of your PHI.

  • Provide you with this Notice explaining our legal duties and privacy practices.

  • Notify you following a breach of unsecured PHI.

  • Abide by the terms of the Notice currently in effect.

How We May Use and Disclose Your PHI Without Written Authorization

We may use or disclose your PHI for the following purposes:

1. Treatment
To provide, coordinate, or manage your health care and related services, such as communicating with other providers about your care.

2. Payment
To bill and collect payment for services you receive from us, including sharing information with your insurance plan.

3. Health Care Operations
For activities necessary to run our practice, such as quality improvement, staff training, and compliance monitoring.

4. As Required by Law
When required by federal, state, or local laws, including public health reporting, court orders, or law enforcement requests.

5. Public Health and Safety
For public health reporting, preventing or controlling disease, reporting abuse or neglect, and preventing serious threats to health or safety.

6. Workers’ Compensation
As authorized to comply with workers’ compensation laws.

Other Uses and Disclosures Requiring Written Authorization

We will obtain your written authorization before using or disclosing your PHI for:

  • Marketing communications not permitted by HIPAA.

  • Sale of your PHI.

  • Most uses and disclosures of psychotherapy notes.

If you provide written authorization, you may revoke it in writing at any time, except to the extent we have already acted on it.

Your Rights Regarding PHI

You have the right to:

  1. Access Your PHI
    Request to inspect or obtain a copy of your medical and billing records.

  2. Request Amendments
    Ask us to correct information you believe is incorrect or incomplete.

  3. Request Restrictions
    Ask us to limit how we use or disclose your PHI. We are not required to agree, but if we do, we will comply unless legally required otherwise.

  4. Request Confidential Communications
    Ask us to contact you in a specific way (e.g., phone, email) or send mail to a different address.

  5. Accounting of Disclosures
    Request a list of certain disclosures of your PHI made in the past six years.

  6. Get a Paper Copy
    Request a paper copy of this Notice at any time, even if you agreed to receive it electronically.

Our Responsibilities for Safeguarding Your PHI

We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your PHI against unauthorized use or disclosure.

Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with:

  • Our Privacy Officer at info@expeditionpt.com or 425-477-9507

  • U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

Changes to This Notice

We may change our privacy practices and this Notice at any time, as permitted by law. Changes will apply to PHI we already hold and to PHI we receive in the future. Updated Notices will be available in our office and on our website.

Acknowledgment of Receipt:
HIPAA requires that we ask you to sign a form acknowledging that you received this Notice.