Notice of Privacy Practices
Elysium Wellness LLC
Effective date: October 8, 2026
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
The information you share with us about your health is personal, and we treat it that way. Elysium Wellness holds client health information to the privacy standards of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA). In this notice, "health information" means information about your physical or mental health, health history, lab results, and the services you receive from us that can identify you.
We are required to:
1. Keep your health information private and secure.
2. Give you this notice describing our privacy practices and your rights.
3. Follow the terms of the notice currently in effect.
4. Let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.
How We May Use and Share Your Health Information
To provide our services:
We use your health information to prepare for your sessions, review your labs, create your personalized protocol, and support you over time. With your direction, we may share information with your physician or other providers involved in your care.
For payment. We may use limited information to bill for and collect payment for our services. We do not bill insurance.
To run our practice:
We may use your information to manage scheduling, maintain records, improve the quality of our services, and meet legal and professional obligations.
With our service partners:
We use trusted companies to help us operate, such as our secure client portal (Practice Better), laboratories that process tests you order, and our supplement dispensary (Fullscript). These partners may only use your information to perform services for us or for you, and they are required to protect it.
Appointment reminders and service updates: We may contact you by email, text, or through the client portal about appointments, results, and your care.
With people involved in your care. We may share information with a family member, friend, or caregiver you identify, or with a parent or guardian for a client under 18, as allowed by law. You may tell us at any time who should or should not receive information.
Disclosures Required or Permitted by Law
In limited situations, we may share your health information without your written permission, as allowed or required by federal and California law, including:
When required by federal, state, or local law.
1. To report suspected abuse or neglect of a child, elder, or dependent adult to the appropriate authorities.
2. To prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of you or another person.
3. For public health activities, such as preventing or controlling disease.
4. In response to a court order, subpoena, or other lawful legal process.
5. To law enforcement in certain circumstances permitted by law.
6. To health oversight agencies for audits, investigations, and licensure activities.
7. To coroners or medical examiners, as permitted by law.
8. For workers' compensation claims, as permitted by law.
Uses That Require Your Written Permission
We will not use or share your health information for any other purpose without your written authorization. In particular, we will never sell your health information, and we will not use it for marketing or share testimonials or stories about your health without your written permission. If you give us permission, you may take it back at any time in writing, except to the extent we have already acted on it.
Your Rights
Get a copy of your records. You may ask to see or receive a copy of the health information we keep about you, in paper or electronic form. We will respond within 30 days and may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee for copies.
Ask us to correct your records:
If you believe information in your records is incorrect or incomplete, you may ask us in writing to correct it. If we decline, we will explain why in writing within 60 days.
Request confidential communications:
You may ask us to contact you in a specific way, such as by a particular email or phone number, or at a different address. We will agree to reasonable requests.
Ask us to limit what we use or share:
You may ask us not to use or share certain health information. We will consider your request but are not required to agree if it would affect your care. If you pay for a service in full yourself, you may ask us not to share information about that service with a health plan, and we will honor that request unless the law requires us to share it.
Get a list of disclosures:
You may ask for a list of the times we have shared your health information in the six years before your request, who we shared it with, and why. This list will not include disclosures for providing services, payment, practice operations, or those you authorized. One list per year is free; we may charge a reasonable fee for additional lists within the same year.
Get a copy of this notice:
You may ask for a paper or electronic copy of this notice at any time.
Choose someone to act for you:
If you have given someone medical power of attorney, or if someone is your legal guardian, that person may exercise your rights and make choices about your health information.
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 always be posted on our website and available in our client portal, and we will provide a copy on request.
Questions and Complaints
If you have questions about this notice or want to use any of your rights, please contact our Privacy Contact:
Sonja Redinbaugh, BSN, RN, Privacy Contact
Elysium Wellness LLC
Email: elysiumwellness2@gmail.com
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us using the contact information above. You may also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights by sending a letter to 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20201, calling 1-877-696-6775, or visiting www.hhs.gov/ocr/complaints.
We will never retaliate against you for filing a complaint.