Privacy
at Ermi

WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY

Ermi LLC (“Company” or “we”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes the types of information we may collect or that you may provide when you visit the website www.ermi-motion.com (our “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

For patient information, please see our Notice of Privacy Practices for a description of Ermi’s privacy practices and the rights you, the individual, have as they relate to the privacy of your Protected Health Information (PHI). This policy applies to information we collect on the Website. It does not apply to information collected by: us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party, or any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you should not use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. We may change this policy from time to time at our discretion. Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Information We Collect and How We Collect It
The Company does not collect any personally identifiable information through the Website. As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including: details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website, and information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type. The information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not include personal information. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better service. The Company may collect information obtained via phone calls and emails when you contact us, and we generally use that information to respond to you. For patient information, our Notice of Privacy Practices describes our privacy practices and the rights you, the individual, have as they relate to the privacy of your Protected Health Information (PHI).

Third-Party Content, Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
 Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website may be served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

Contact Information
 To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:
+1 (877) 503-0505
or
Ermi LLC
2872 Woodcock Blvd., Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30341

NOTICE OF PATIENT PRIVACY

As part of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, known as HIPAA, Ermi LLC (hereinafter “Ermi”) has created this Notice of Privacy Practices (Notice). This Notice describes Ermi’s privacy practices and the rights you, the individual, have as they relate to the privacy of your Protected Health Information (PHI). Your PHI is information about you, or that could be used to identify you, as it relates to your past and present physical health care services. The HIPAA regulations require that Ermi protect the privacy of your PHI that Ermi has received or created.

Ermi will abide by the terms presented within this Notice. For any uses or disclosures that are not listed below, Ermi will obtain a written authorization from you for that use or disclosure, which you will have the right to revoke at any time, as explained in more detail below. Ermi reserves the right to change Ermi’s privacy practices and this Notice.

How Ermi may use and disclose your PHI
The following is an accounting of the ways that Ermi is permitted, by law, to use and disclose your PHI.

  • Uses and disclosures of PHI for Treatment: We will use the PHI that we receive from you to provide you with medical devices and coordinate or manage your health care.
  • Uses and disclosures of PHI for Payment: Ermi will disclose your PHI to obtain payment or reimbursement from insurers for your health care services.
  • Uses and disclosures of PHI for Health Care Operations: Ermi may use your PHI to conduct quality assessments, improvement activities, and evaluate the workforce. The following is an accounting of additional ways in which Ermi is permitted or required to use or disclose PHI about you without your written authorization.
  • Uses and disclosures as required by law: Ermi is required to use or disclose PHI about you as required and as limited by law.
  • Uses and disclosure for Public Health Activities: Ermi may use or disclose PHI about you to a public health authority that is authorized by law to collect for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability.
  • Uses and disclosure about victims of abuse, neglect or domestic violence: Ermi may use or disclose PHI about you to a government authority if it is reasonably believed you are a victim of abuse, neglect or domestic violence.
  • Uses and disclosures for health oversight activities: Ermi may use or disclose PHI about you to a health oversight agency for oversight activities that it is authorized by law to conduct.
  • Disclosures for judicial and administrative proceedings: Ermi may disclose PHI about you in the course of any judicial or administrative proceedings, provided that proper documentation is presented to Ermi.
  • Disclosures for law enforcement purposes: Ermi may disclose PHI about you to law enforcement officials for authorized purposes.
  • Uses and disclosures about the deceased: Ermi may disclose PHI about the deceased, or prior to, and in reasonable anticipation of an individual’s death, to coroners, medical examiners, and funeral directors.
  • Uses and disclosures for research purposes: Ermi may use and disclose PHI about you for research purposes with a valid waiver of authorization from the research board. Otherwise, Ermi will request a signed authorization by the individual for all other research purposes.
  • Uses and disclosures to avert a serious threat to health or safety: Ermi may use or disclose PHI about you, if it believed in good faith, and is consistent with any applicable law and standards of ethical conduct, to avert a serious threat to health or safety.
  • Disclosure for workers’ compensation: Ermi may disclose PHI about you as authorized by and to the extent necessary to comply with workers’ compensation laws or programs established by law.
  • Disclosures for disaster relief purposes: Ermi may disclose PHI about you as authorized by law to a public or private entity to assist in disaster relief efforts.
  • Disclosures to business associates: Ermi may disclose PHI about you to Ermi’s business associates for services that they may provide to or for Ermi.

Other uses and disclosures
 Ermi may contact you for the following purposes:

  • Re-certification purposes: Ermi may contact you to check on your progress and verify that you want to continue using the prescribed device.
  • Health related benefits or services: Ermi may use your PHI to notify you of benefits and services the Ermi provides.

For all other uses and disclosures
Ermi will obtain a written authorization from you for all other uses and disclosures of PHI, and Ermi will only use or disclose pursuant to such an authorization. In addition, you may revoke such an authorization in writing at any time. To revoke a previously authorized use or disclosure, please contact Fredrik Westin.

Health information rights
 The following are a list of your rights in respect to your PHI.

  • Request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of your PHI: You have the right to request additional restrictions of Ermi’s uses and disclosures of your PHI; however, Ermi is not required to accommodate a request.
  • The right to have your PHI communicated to you by alternate means or locations: You have the right to request that Ermi communicate confidentially with you using an address or phone number other than your residence. Ermi will consider all reasonable requests. The right to inspect and/or obtain a copy your PHI: You have the right to request access and/or obtain a copy of your PHI that is kept by Ermi for the duration Ermi maintains PHI about you. If you wish to inspect or obtain a copy of your PHI. There may be a reasonable cost-based charge for photocopying documents. You will be notified in advance of incurring such charges, if any.
  • The right to amend your PHI: You have the right to request an amendment of the PHI Ermi maintains about you, if you feel that the PHI Ermi has maintained about you is incorrect or otherwise incomplete. Under certain circumstances we may deny your request for amendment. If we do deny the request, you will have the right to have the denial reviewed by someone we designate who was not involved in the initial review. You may also ask the Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Services, or their appropriate designee, to review such a denial.
  • The right to receive an accounting of disclosures of your PHI: You have the right to receive an accounting of certain disclosures of your PHI made by Ermi. You should be aware, however, that such an accounting excludes uses and disclosures made for treatment, payment, or health care operations purposes.
  • The right to receive additional copies of Ermi’s Notice of Privacy Practices: You have the right to receive additional paper copies of this Notice, upon request.

Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with Ermi and/or to the Secretary of HHS, or their designee. If you wish to file a complaint with Ermi, please contact Fredrik Westin. If you wish to file a complaint with the Secretary, please write to:
The U.S Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201

Ermi will not take any adverse action against you as a result of your filing of a complaint.

Revisions to the notice of privacy policies
Ermi reserves the right to change and/or revise this Notice and make the new revised version applicable to all PHI received prior to its effective date. The revised Notice will be available, upon request.

Contact Information

If you have any questions on Ermi’s privacy practices or for clarification on anything contained within the Notice, please contact:
Ermi LLC
Attn: HIPAA Official
2872 Woodcock Blvd., Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30341
(404) 687-0505

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