Privacy Notice

Employee Health Management Disclaimer

Synergy Wellness, LLC. (Synergy Wellness) offers a collection of health promotion services in order to assist in improving the health and productivity of various populations. Synergy Wellness is not an insurance company, but a stand-alone corporate wellness company. Programs and services are provided by certified professionals employed by Synergy Wellness. Health care professional availability for certain services requests may be dependent on licensure, scope of practice restrictions, and other state or federal requirements. Synergy Wellness programs and services are available in alternative languages upon client request. Synergy Wellness does not guarantee individual health outcomes. Program and service components are subject to change without notice.

Notice of Privacy Practices

Protection of Personal Health Information

Synergy Wellness collects and maintains oral, written, and electronic information to administer and provide certain client-purchased programs and services. Synergy Wellness employs established physical, electronic, and procedural security safeguards to properly handle participant information and to protect against risks such as loss, destruction, or misuse in compliance with all applicable regulations and laws.

NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

Effective: July 2009 Revised: Jan 2020

This notice describes how your information may be used and/or disclosed. Please review this notice carefully.

Synergy Wellness is required, by law, to protect the privacy of your health information. This notice explains how information collected from you may be used and when Synergy Wellness may "disclose" that information to others. Your rights regarding your health information are described in this notice. Synergy Wellness is required, by law, to abide by the terms of this notice. The terms "information" or "health information" in this notice include any personal information that is created or received by Synergy Wellness service providers as it relates to your participation in health promotion services provided to you.

How Synergy Wellness Uses or Discloses Information

Synergy Wellness will not distribute or disseminate your personal health information to your employer and will only release personal information to a third party, such as a health plan sponsor, with your express written permission and only for the purpose of: administering additional wellness programming; additional health plan services; conducting other health plan activities as permitted by law; compliance with applicable law; or response to a valid legal process. Synergy Wellness reserves the right to share de-identified aggregate health information to an employer or plan sponsor when appropriate release of information is executed by you.

Synergy Wellness must obtain your written authorization to use or disclose your health information. If a use or disclosure of health information is prohibited or materially limited by other applicable law, it is Synergy Wellness' intention to meet the requirements of the more stringent law. In some states, your authorization may also be required for disclosure of your health information.

Your Rights:

You have the right to file a complaint or inquiry to Synergy Wellness. Synergy Wellness may be contacted via telephone, fax, or electronically.

You have the right to receive information in a language that is acceptable to you.

You have the right to refuse services.

Synergy Wellness maintains the right to change privacy practices at any time. Revised notices will be posted, with the date of revision, on the website.