Notice of Privacy Practices

Effective date: July 18, 2026

This notice describes how medical 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

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI), to give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and to follow the terms of the notice currently in effect. Protected health information is information about you, including demographic information, that may identify you and that relates to your past, present, or future physical or mental health and the care we provide.

How we may use and disclose your health information

We may use and disclose your health information in the following ways.

Treatment. We may use and share your health information to provide and coordinate your care. For example, we may share information with another provider who is treating you, so that your care works together.

Payment. We may use and share your health information to bill and receive payment for the care we provide. For example, we may give information to your health plan so that it will pay for your visit.

Health care operations. We may use and share your health information to run our practice and improve the care we give. For example, we may use information to review the quality of our services or to train staff.

We may also use or disclose your health information without your authorization when the law requires or permits it, including:

• Public health activities, such as reporting to public health authorities to prevent or control disease.
• Reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence to the authorities allowed by law.
• Health oversight activities, such as audits and investigations by agencies that oversee the health care system.
• Legal proceedings, such as responding to a court or administrative order, subpoena, or similar lawful process.
• Law enforcement purposes, when required by law or in response to a valid legal request.
• To avert a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of you or the public.
• Workers' compensation, as authorized by and to the extent needed to comply with those laws.
• Other uses and disclosures required by law.

Most other uses and disclosures of your health information require your written authorization. In particular, psychotherapy notes, marketing communications, and any sale of your protected health information have special protections and generally require your written authorization. If you give us authorization, you may withdraw it in writing at any time, and we will stop making the use or disclosure going forward.

Your rights regarding your health information

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

• Access and copies. You have the right to inspect and get a copy of your health information. If we maintain your records electronically, you have the right to request an electronic copy.
• Amendment. You have the right to ask us to amend your health information if you believe it is incorrect or incomplete.
• Accounting of disclosures. You have the right to request a list of certain disclosures we made of your health information.
• Restrictions. You have the right to request restrictions on how we use or disclose your health information. We are not always required to agree, but we will consider each request.
• Confidential communications. You have the right to request that we communicate with you in a certain way or at a certain location, for example by mail to a specific address.
• Paper copy of this notice. You have the right to a paper copy of this notice, even if you agreed to receive it electronically.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information below.

Our duties

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information, to provide you with this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, to follow the terms of the notice currently in effect, and to notify you following a breach of unsecured protected health information.

We reserve the right to change this notice and to make the revised notice effective for health information we already have as well as any information we receive in the future.

Changes to this notice

We may change this notice from time to time. The current notice is posted here with its effective date. When we make a change, we will update the effective date shown above.

Questions and complaints

If you have questions about this notice or about how we handle your health information, please contact us using the information below.

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20201, 1-877-696-6775, or www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

For privacy questions or complaints, contact:

New Path Psychiatry, PLLC 519 8th Ave, Room 9N, New York, NY 10018 Phone: (646) 960-3075 Email: alefkowitz@nycnp.health