Legal
Notice of Privacy Practices
Effective date: October 22, 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.
I’ll Have You In Stitches L.L.C. (“the practice,” “we”) is required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (“health information”), to give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, to follow the terms of the notice currently in effect, and to notify you if a breach of your unsecured health information occurs.
How we may use and disclose your health information
- Treatment. To provide and coordinate your care, for example sharing information with another physician, an emergency department, or a pharmacy involved in your care.
- Payment. To bill and collect payment for services we provide to you.
- Health care operations. To run the practice, for example quality review, training, licensing, and legal or compliance review.
- Business associates. To vendors that perform services for us (such as secure messaging, intake forms, and payment processing) under written agreements requiring them to protect your information.
- Appointment reminders and follow-up. To contact you about your visit, aftercare, and follow-up, including by text message to the number you provide.
- Family and others involved in your care. To a family member, friend, or caregiver involved in your care or payment, unless you object. For patients under 18, information is shared with the parent or legal guardian, as permitted by law.
Other uses and disclosures permitted or required by law
We may use or disclose your health information without your authorization when required or permitted by law, including: as required by federal, state, or local law; for public health activities (such as reporting disease or injury); to report suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence; for health oversight activities; in response to a court order, subpoena, or other lawful process; for certain law enforcement purposes; to coroners, medical examiners, and funeral directors; for organ and tissue donation; to avert a serious threat to health or safety; for specialized government functions; and for workers’ compensation as authorized by law.
Uses that require your written authorization
We will not use or disclose your health information for marketing, sell your health information, or use or share psychotherapy notes, without your written authorization. Wound photographs are used only for your clinical care; any use of photos for education, publication, or marketing requires your separate written authorization. Other uses and disclosures not described in this notice will be made only with your written authorization, which you may revoke in writing at any time, except to the extent we have already relied on it.
Your rights
- Get a copy of your records. You may ask to see or get an electronic or paper copy of your health information. We may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee.
- Ask us to correct your records. You may ask us to correct information you believe is incorrect or incomplete. We may say no, but we will tell you why in writing.
- Request confidential communications. You may ask us to contact you in a specific way or at a specific place. We will accommodate reasonable requests.
- Ask us to limit what we use or share. You may ask us not to use or share certain information. We are not required to agree, except that if you pay for a service in full out of pocket, you may ask us not to share that information with your health insurer, and we will agree unless a law requires us to share it.
- Get a list of disclosures. You may ask for a list of the times we shared your information in the six years before your request, other than for treatment, payment, health care operations, and certain other disclosures.
- Get a copy of this notice. You may ask for a paper copy of this notice at any time.
- Choose someone to act for you. A person with medical power of attorney or a legal guardian may exercise your rights.
- File a complaint. If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may complain to us using the contact information below, or to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, 200 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, 1-877-696-6775, or at hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Changes to this notice
We may change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The current notice will be posted on this website and is available on request.
Contact
Privacy contact: Joshua Gildin, DO, MBA, I’ll Have You In Stitches L.L.C.
Phone or text: (201) 877-5472
Email: Illhaveyouinstitchesllc@gmail.com (please don’t include medical details in email)