Privacy Policy for Perennial Recovery
This is the website of Perennial Recovery.
This notice describes how information about you and your treatment may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
Perennial Recovery is required by law to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of your health information and to provide you with notice of its legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your health information. Please also respect the privacy of others you encounter in treatment.
HIPAA Policy
Perennial Recovery collects health information about you and stores it in an electronic health record. This is your medical record. The medical record is the property of Perennial Recovery, but the information in the medical record belongs to you. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires Perennial Recovery to maintain the privacy of your medical record. HIPAA generally requires that any uses or disclosures of information in your medical record be limited to the minimum necessary for the purposes of the uses or disclosures. HIPAA also provides you certain rights with respect to the information in your medical record which are described below.
Information relating to your treatment at Perennial Recovery is protected by federal regulations specific to drug and alcohol treatment, which are known as 42 CFR Part 2. These regulations protect the confidentiality of information relating to the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of any patient in a drug or alcohol treatment program. Perennial Recovery may not disclose records relating to your treatment without your written consent, except in narrowly limited circumstances.
Your Health Information Rights
In addition to protecting privacy and confidentiality, HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2 afford you the following rights with respect to your medical record and drug or alcohol treatment information:
- You have the right to a paper copy of this written notice of Perennial Recovery’s privacy practices.
- You have the right to request a copy of your treatment record or to receive your health information through a reasonable alternative means or at an alternative location.
- You have the right to request that Perennial Recovery amend health information that is incorrect or incomplete.
- You have the right to request restrictions on otherwise permitted uses and disclosures of your health information.
- You may request that we provide you with a written accounting of all disclosures made by us during a specific time period (not to exceed 6 years).
Complaints Regarding Privacy Practices
Complaints about this Notice of Privacy Practices or how Perennial Recovery handles your health information should be directed to:
Perennial Recovery
Phone: (833)-856-7469
Email: hello@perennialrecovery.com
287 Turnpike Rd,
First Floor,
Westborough, MA 01581
If you are not satisfied with the manner in which this office handles a complaint, you may submit a formal complaint to:
Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Civil Rights
200 Independence Avenue, SW Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, DC 20201
Effective January 24, 2025