HIPAA NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

Effective February 16, 2026 | Revised September 30, 2026

Privacy Officer: Dr. Amber Wehrle
Address: 10198 SW Village Parkway, Suite 104, Port St. Lucie, FL 34987
Phone/Email: 772-879-8700 | dramber@premierwellnesscenters.com

 

Important Notice

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED, HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION, AND YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.

Your Rights

• Get a copy of your medical record. You may inspect or obtain a copy of your paper or electronic health information.

We generally provide a copy or summary within the time required by law and may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee when permitted.

• Ask us to correct your record. You may ask us to amend health information you believe is incorrect or incomplete.

We may deny the request in certain circumstances, but we will explain the reason in writing as required by law.

• Request confidential communications. You may ask us to contact you in a specific way or at a specific location. We will accommodate reasonable requests.

• Ask us to limit what we use or share. You may request restrictions on certain uses or disclosures. We are not always required to agree. If you pay out-of-pocket in full for a service or item, you may ask us not to disclose information about that service or item to your health plan for payment or health care operations; we will honor that request unless disclosure is required by law.

• Get an accounting of certain disclosures. You may request a list of certain disclosures of your health information made during the six years before your request. Certain disclosures, including many for treatment, payment, health care operations, or disclosures you authorized, are not included.

• Get a copy of this Notice. You may request a paper copy at any time, even if you agreed to receive it electronically.

• Choose someone to act for you. A person with legal authority to act as your personal representative may exercise your privacy rights. We will verify that authority before acting.

• File a complaint. You may complain to us or to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights if you believe your privacy rights were violated. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

Your Choices

For certain health information, you may tell us your preferences about what we share. If you have a clear preference, tell us and we will follow your instructions when the law allows.

• Sharing information with family, close friends, or others involved in your care or payment for your care.

• Sharing information in a disaster-relief situation.

• Marketing or sale of your health information. We will obtain authorization when HIPAA requires it. Premier Wellness Centers does not sell patient health information.

• Fundraising communications, if we ever conduct them. You may tell us not to contact you again.

We do not maintain a hospital directory. Psychotherapy notes, when applicable, receive special protection and generally require authorization for uses or disclosures not otherwise permitted by law.

 

How We Typically Use or Share Your Information

• Treatment. We may use and share health information with physicians, therapists, other health professionals, or others involved in your care.

• Payment. We may use and disclose information to bill and obtain payment from health plans, insurers, Medicare, workers' compensation carriers, automobile insurers, or other responsible payers, as applicable.

• Health care operations. We may use and share information to operate our practice, improve quality, coordinate services, conduct compliance activities, train staff, and manage our business.

 

Other Uses and Disclosures Permitted or Required by Law

HIPAA and other laws allow or require us to use or disclose information in additional circumstances. We will comply with the conditions and limits that apply. Examples may include:

• Public health and safety activities, including certain disease reporting, product recalls, and preventing or reducing a serious threat to health or safety.

• Reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence when permitted or required by law.

• Health oversight activities, audits, inspections, licensing, and government benefit or regulatory functions.

• Workers' compensation and similar programs as authorized by law.

• Law enforcement purposes and disclosures required by judicial or administrative proceedings, subpoenas, or other lawful process, subject to applicable safeguards.

• Medical examiners, coroners, funeral directors, and organ or tissue donation organizations as permitted by law.

• Research when applicable legal requirements are satisfied.

• Compliance with federal or state law, including disclosures required by law.

 

Specially Protected Information, Including Part 2 Records

Certain information may receive protections beyond the general HIPAA rules under federal or Florida law. We will follow any law that provides greater privacy protection or places additional limits on disclosure.

 

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) records. If Premier Wellness Centers creates or maintains patient records that are subject to 42 C.F.R. Part 2, we will use and disclose those records only as permitted by Part 2 and other applicable law.

A consent for the use or disclosure of Part 2 records for treatment, payment, and health care operations may, when legally valid, permit redisclosure in accordance with HIPAA, except for uses or disclosures in civil, criminal, administrative, or legislative proceedings against the patient unless specifically permitted by the patient or authorized by

a court order and subpoena or other legal mandate meeting Part 2 requirements.

If we use Part 2 information for fundraising, we will provide any advance notice and choice required by law. Part 2 records are also subject to applicable breach-notification requirements.

 

Our Responsibilities

• We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information.

• We will notify you as required by law if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your unsecured health information.

• We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in the Notice currently in effect and provide you a copy upon request.

• We will not use or disclose your information other than as described in this Notice unless you authorize us in writing or the law otherwise permits or requires it. You may revoke an authorization in writing, except to the extent we have already acted in reliance on it.

 

Changes to This Notice

We may change the terms of this Notice and apply the revised Notice to health information we already have as well as information we receive in the future. When we make a material change, the revised Notice will be available upon request, posted at our office, and posted on our website.

 

Questions or Complaints

Contact our Privacy Officer, Dr. Amber Wehrle, at 772-879-8700 or dramber@premierwellnesscenters.com. You may also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. Information about filing a complaint is available at www.hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

 

Notice applies to: Premier Wellness Centers, LLC and its workforce members who are permitted to use or disclose protected health information on behalf of the practice.

Document note: This Notice was revised September 30, 2026 to reflect current HHS Notice of Privacy Practices requirements, including the February 16, 2026 Part 2-related NPP changes.