International Vision Center
Notice of Privacy Practices (HIPAA)
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND SHARED, AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO IT. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
Effective date: 11/1/2026
International Vision Center must protect your health information, give you this notice, and follow it.
How we use and share your information
- Treatment: to provide your eye care, such as sharing results with another doctor treating you.
- Payment: to bill you and your insurance and check your benefits.
- Operations: to run our practice, such as quality review, staff training and appointment reminders.
- As the law requires or allows: such as public health, abuse or neglect reports, health oversight, legal proceedings, law enforcement, and preventing a serious threat to safety.
- With your written permission: for marketing, selling your information, or other uses not listed here. You may cancel your permission in writing at any time.
Your rights
- See or get a copy of your records, including your prescription, on paper or electronically
- Ask us to correct your records
- Ask for a list of times we shared your information
- Ask us to limit sharing. We may say no, except when you pay in full yourself and ask us not to share with your health plan.
- Ask us to contact you in a certain way or place
- Get a paper copy of this notice
Texts and email
Texts and regular email may not be fully private. Please send only what we need, and no medical details.
Our duties
We keep your information private and secure, tell you if there is a breach, and follow this notice. We may change this notice, and the new terms will apply to all information we hold. We will post the new notice in our office and on our website.
Questions or complaints
Contact International Vision Center, 1017 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, 215-922-0212, info@InternationalVisionUS.com.
You may also complain to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights: www.hhs.gov/ocr/complaints or 1-877-696-6775. We will not retaliate against you.