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Notice Of Privacy Practices

February 16, 2026

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. IN ADDITION, THIS NOTICE PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR MEDICAL INFORMATION AND HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT CONCERNING A VIOLATION OF THE PRIVACY OR SECURITY OF YOUR MEDICAL INFORMATION OR OF YOUR RIGHTS CONCERNING YOUR MEDICAL INFORMATION. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO A COPY OF THIS NOTICE AND TO DISCUSS THIS NOTICE WITH RGH ENTERPRISES IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.

If you have any questions about this notice, please contact the main facility number

Or the Privacy Officer at privacyofficer@Navista.com.

Central Valley Women’s Imaging is required by law to protect the privacy of health information that may reveal your identity, to provide you with this notice of our privacy practices, and to notify you if we become aware of a breach of your unsecured health information.

A copy of our current notice is posted in our reception area. You may also obtain your own copies by accessing our website at centralvalleyimaging.com.

OUR RESPONSIBILITIES

We understand that medical information about you is personal. We are committed to protecting the privacy of your medical information. To comply with certain legal requirements, we are required to:

  • Keep your medical information
  • Provide you with a copy of this
  • Follow the terms of this
  • Notify you if we are unable to agree to a restriction that you have
  • Accommodate your reasonable requests to communicate your medical information by alternative means or at alternative
  • Notify you following a breach of your unsecured medical information, as required by law.

HOW WE MAY USE AND DISCLOSE MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

We will generally obtain your written authorization before using your health information or sharing it with others outside Central Valley Women’s Imaging. You may also initiate the transfer of your records to another person by completing a written authorization form. If you provide us with written authorization, you may revoke that written authorization at any time, except to the extent that we have already relied upon it. To revoke a written authorization, please write to the Privacy Officer.

There are some situations when we do not need your written authorization before using your health information or sharing it with others.  They are:

  • Treatment: We may use and disclose medical information about you for your For example, a doctor treating you for a broken leg may need to know if you have diabetes because diabetes may slow the healing process. We may also disclose medical information about you to people, places and entities beyond our care partners who may be involved in your medical care after you leave our facility. For example, we may give your physician access to your medical information to assist your physician in treating you.
  • Payment: We may use and disclose medical information about you for payment purposes (as in a collection action on an unpaid claim). For example, we may give your health plan information about a surgery you received so your health plan will pay us or reimburse you for that
  • Health Care Operations: We may use and disclose medical information about you to support our health care For example, we may use medical information to review our treatment and services and evaluate the performance of our staff in caring for you.

HOW INFORMATION MAY BE USED OR DISCLOSED TO YOU

We may communicate to you in several ways; we may utilize SMS texting, email, mail, smart phone apps, phone calls and/or voicemail messages (with your consent) regarding but not limited to the following:

  • Appointment Reminders: We may use your medical information to contact you to remind you of scheduled
  • Treatment Alternatives: We may use and disclose medical information about you to tell you about or recommend possible treatment options or alternatives that may be of interest to
  • Health-Related Products or Services: We may use and disclose your medical information to tell you about our health-related products or services that may be of interest to
  • Fundraising Activities: We may use your medical information to contact you to solicit support for certain fundraising activities related to our operations. You have the right to “opt out” of receiving these communications, and such fundraising materials will explain how you may request to opt out of future communications if you do not want us to contact you further for fundraising efforts.

HOW WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE USED OR DISCLOSED TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS

We may release health information about you to a friend or family member who is involved in your medical care or who helps pay for your care or to notify or assist in the notification of (including identifying or locating), a family member, your personal representative, or another person responsible for your care of your location and general condition. In addition, we may disclose health information about you to an entity assisting in a disaster relief effort in order to assist with the provision of this notice. You have a right and a choice to tell us whether to disclose your information to your family, friends, or others involved in your care, or in a disaster relief situation. If you are not able to tell us your preference, for example if you are unconscious, we may disclose your health information if we believe it is in your best interest.

HOW WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE USED OR DISCLOSED WITHOUT YOUR AUTHORIZATION OUTSIDE TREATMENT, PAYMENT AND OPERATIONS

We may use or disclose medical information about you without your prior authorization for several other reasons. Subject to certain requirements, we may give out medical information about you without your prior authorization for the following purposes:

  • Research: We may use and disclose medical information about you for research
    • All research projects are subject to a special approval process through an appropriate committee. Even without special approval, we may permit researchers to look at records to help them identify patients who may be included in their research project or for other similar purposes, as long as they do not remove or take a copy of any health information.
    • We are prohibited from using or disclosing genetic information of an individual for underwriting purposes (45 CFR 164.520(b)(1)(iii)(C)).
  • Required by Law: We may disclose medical information when required by law, such as in response to a request from law enforcement in specific circumstances or in response to valid judicial or administrative orders.
  • Public Health: We may disclose your medical information for public health activities. These disclosures generally include the following:
    • to public health authorities to prevent or control disease, injury, or disability.
    • to public health agencies, or other authorized entities, as permitted by state law, that maintain registries of certain information, such as immunization registries, for purposes of conducting public health surveillance, public health investigations, and public health interventions.
    • to report births and
    • to report the abuse or neglect of children, elders, and dependent
    • to notify you of recalls of products you may be
    • to notify a person who may have been exposed to a disease or may be at risk for contracting or spreading a disease or
    • to notify the appropriate government authority if we believe a competent adult patient has been the victim of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence (we will only make this disclosure if you agree or when required by law).
  • To Avert a Serious Threat to Health or Safety: We may use and disclose medical information about you when necessary to prevent a serious threat to your health and safety or the health and safety of the public or another person. Any disclosure, however, would only be to someone able to help prevent the
  • Law Enforcement: We may disclose medical information about you to law enforcement officials upon their request:
    • in response to a court order, subpoena, warrant, investigative demand, or other similar process.
    • to help identify or locate a suspect, fugitive, material witness, or missing person.
    • about the victim of a crime if, under certain limited circumstances, we are unable to obtain the victim’s
    • about a death we believe may be the result of criminal
    • about criminal conduct occurring on our
    • in emergency circumstances to report a crime, the location of the crime or victims, or the identity, description, or location of the person who committed the
  • Health Oversight: We may disclose your medical information to health oversight agencies for purposes of legally authorized health oversight activities, such as audits and investigations necessary for oversight of the health care system and government benefit
  • Business Associates: We may disclose health information to our business associates that perform functions on our behalf or provide us with services if the information is necessary for such functions or services. For example, we may use another company to perform billing services on our behalf. All of our business associates are obligated to protect the privacy of your information and are not allowed to use or disclose any information other than as specified in our contract.
  • Notification: We may use or disclose your information to notify or assist in notifying a family member, personal representative, or another person responsible for your care, of your location and general condition.
  • Funeral Directors, Medical Examiners, and Coroners: We may disclose medical information to funeral directors, coroners or medical examiners consistent with applicable law in order for them to carry out their duties.
  • Lawsuits and Disputes: If you are involved in a lawsuit or dispute, we may disclose medical information about you in response to a court or administrative We may also disclose medical information about you in response to a subpoena, discovery request, or other lawful process by someone else involved in the dispute, but only if efforts have been made to tell you about the request (which may include written notice to you) or to obtain an order protecting the information requested.
  • Organ and Tissue Donation: Consistent with applicable law, we may disclose medical information to organ procurement organizations or other entities for the purpose of tissue donation and transplant.
  • Health Information Exchange: We may participate in Health Information Exchange (“HIE”) and may electronically share your medical information for treatment, payment and health care operations purposes with other participants in the HIE. HIEs allow your health care providers to efficiently access and use medical information necessary for your treatment and other lawful purposes. The inclusion of your medical information in an HIE may be subject to your consent.
  • Military and Veterans: If you are a member of the armed forces, we may release medical information about you as required by military command authorities. We may also release medical information about foreign military personnel to the appropriate foreign military
  • National Security: We may release medical information about you to authorized federal officials for intelligence, counterintelligence, and other national security activities authorized by law.
  • Multidisciplinary Personnel Teams: We may disclose medical information to a multidisciplinary personnel team relevant to the protection, identification, management or treatment of (i) an abused child and the child’s parents, or (ii) elder abuse and
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA): We may disclose certain medical information to the FDA relative to reporting adverse
  • Workers’ Compensation: We may disclose medical information necessary to comply with laws relating to workers’ compensation or other similar programs established by
  • Correctional Institutions: Should you be an inmate of a correctional institution, we may disclose medical information necessary for your health and the health and safety of other individuals to the institution or its agents.
  • Special Categories of Information: In some circumstances, your medical information may be subject to restrictions that may limit or preclude some uses or disclosures described in this notice. For example, there are special restrictions on the use or disclosure of certain types of medical information (e.g., HIV test results, mental health records, and alcohol and substance abuse treatment records). Government health benefit programs may also limit the disclosure.
  • Department of Health and Human Services: Your health information may also be disclosed to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of investigating or determining compliance with HIPAA

OTHER USES AND DISCLOSURES REQUIRING YOUR AUTHORIZATION

Other uses and disclosures of medical information not included in this Notice, or by laws that apply to its use, will be made only with your written authorization, unless otherwise permitted by law. Such uses and disclosures include, but are not limited to:

  • Marketing: We must obtain your written authorization prior to using or disclosing your medical information for purposes that are considered marketing under HIPAA.
  • Sale of Medical Information: We will not make any disclosure of your medical information that constitutes the sale of your medical information without your written authorization.
  • Psychotherapy Notes: We will not use or disclose psychotherapy notes (private notes of a mental health professional kept separately from a medical record) without your written authorization.

ADDITIONAL PRIVACY FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) TREATMENT

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Records, under 42 CFR Part 2

  • Central Valley Women’s Imaging is not a part 2 provider, however we may receive and maintain Part 2 records.  A “Part 2 provider,” means subject to the federal privacy regulations outlined in 42 CFR Part 2.
  • If we receive records from a federally assisted substance use disorder program that are protected under 42 CFR Part 2, those records have special confidentiality protection. We will not use or disclose those records without your written consent, except as allowed by law.
  • Once you authorize us to share these records, they may no longer be protected by Part 2, but they will still be protected by HIPAA.
  • If you have questions about these protections, please contact our Privacy Officer at (insert)

YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION RIGHTS

 You have the following rights regarding medical information we maintain about you:

  • To request in writing a restriction on certain uses or disclosures of your medical information for treatment, payment or health care operations (e.g., a restriction on who may access your medical information). Although we will consider your request, we are not legally required to agree to a requested restriction, except we must agree to your written request that we restrict disclosure of information to a health plan if the information relates solely to an item or service for which you have paid out of pocket in We are required to abide by such a request, unless we are required by law to make the disclosure. It is your responsibility to notify any other providers about this restriction.
  • To obtain a paper copy of this notice upon request, even if you have agreed to receive this notice electronically, by contacting the office.
  • To inspect and obtain a copy of your medical information, in most If you request a copy (paper or electronic), we may charge you a reasonable, cost-based fee.
  • To request an amendment to your records if you believe the information in your record is incorrect or important information is We could deny your request to amend a record if the information was not created by us, is not maintained by us, or if we determine the record is accurate. Even if we deny your request for amendment, you have the right to submit a written addendum with respect to any item or statement in your record you believe is incomplete or incorrect.
  • To obtain an accounting of disclosures stating who and where your medical information has been disclosed for purposes other than treatment, payment, health care operations or where you specifically authorized a use or disclosure in the past six (6) The request must be in writing and state the time period desired for the accounting. After the first request, there may be a charge for additional requests made within a twelve (12) month period.
  • To request that medical information about you be communicated to you in a certain way or at a certain For example, you can ask that we only contact you at work or by mail, which must be submitted in writing.
    • All written requests or appeals should be submitted to the applicable Privacy Officer.

CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE

We reserve the right to change this notice, and the revised or changed notice will be effective for information we already have about you as well as any information we receive in the future. The current notice will be posted in the facility and on our website and include the effective date. In addition, each time you register at or are admitted to the facility for treatment or health care services as an inpatient or outpatient, we will offer you a copy of the current notice in effect.

COMPLAINTS

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with the facility by contacting us at [ privacyofficer@Navista.com ]. You may also file a complaint with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services at 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201; by telephone at 1 (877) 696-6775; or by email at www.hhs.gov/privacy/hipaa/complaints/. All complaints must be submitted in writing.

You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.

OTHER USES OF HEALTH INFORMATION

Other uses and disclosures of health information not covered by this notice or the laws that apply to us will be made only with your written authorization. If you provide us permission to use or disclose health information about you, you may revoke that authorization, in writing, at any time. If you revoke your authorization, we will no longer use or disclose health information about you for the reasons covered by your written authorization. You understand that we are unable to take back any disclosures we have already made with your authorization, and that we are required to retain our records of the care that we provided to you.