NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
STL Injury Specialist – Naseem Shekhani, MD
Effective Date: September 13, 2026
YOUR INFORMATION. YOUR RIGHTS. OUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
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.
This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how STL Injury Specialist and Naseem Shekhani, MD may use and disclose your Protected Health Information ("PHI") and describes your rights regarding your health information.
Your Rights
You have rights regarding your health information. Subject to applicable law, these include the right to:
Obtain a copy of your medical record. You may request an electronic or paper copy of your medical record and other health information we maintain about you. We will provide a copy or summary as required by applicable law.
Ask us to correct your medical record. If you believe health information we maintain about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may ask us to amend it. We may deny certain requests as permitted by law, but we will explain the reason for the denial.
Request confidential communications. You may ask us to contact you in a particular way or at a particular location—for example, only at your mobile telephone number or at a particular mailing address. We will accommodate reasonable requests as required by law.
Ask us to limit certain uses or disclosures. You may request restrictions on how we use or disclose certain health information. We are not required to agree to every requested restriction except where applicable law requires us to do so.
Request an accounting of disclosures. You may request information concerning certain disclosures we have made of your health information during the period permitted by law.
Receive a copy of this Notice. You may request a paper copy of this Notice at any time, even if you previously agreed to receive it electronically.
Choose someone to act for you. If you have given someone medical power of attorney or another person has legal authority to act for you, that person may exercise your rights and make choices regarding your health information as permitted by law.
File a complaint. You may complain to us if you believe your privacy rights have been violated. You may also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.
We will not retaliate against you for filing a privacy complaint.
Your Choices
For certain health information, you may tell us your preferences regarding what we share.
Where permitted by law, this may include sharing relevant information with family members, close friends, caregivers, or others involved in your care or payment for your care.
For uses and disclosures requiring authorization under applicable law, we will obtain your written authorization.
If you authorize us to use or disclose your information, you may revoke that authorization in writing as permitted by law. Revocation will not affect actions already taken in reliance upon your authorization.
How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information
We may use or disclose your health information as permitted or required by law, including for the following purposes:
Treatment. We may use or disclose health information to provide, coordinate, or manage your healthcare and treatment.
Payment. We may use or disclose health information to bill and obtain payment for healthcare services provided to you.
Healthcare operations. We may use or disclose health information in connection with operating our practice, improving care, training, quality assessment, compliance, and other healthcare operations.
Business associates. We may share information with service providers that perform functions involving PHI on our behalf when permitted by HIPAA and subject to applicable safeguards and agreements.
Required by law. We may disclose information when federal, state, or local law requires us to do so.
Public health and safety. We may disclose health information for certain public-health activities or to prevent or reduce a serious threat to health or safety where permitted by law.
Workers' compensation. We may use or disclose health information as authorized by and to the extent necessary to comply with workers' compensation laws and similar programs.
Law enforcement and legal proceedings. We may disclose health information in response to certain court or administrative orders, subpoenas, law-enforcement requests, or other legal processes when permitted or required by law.
Health oversight. We may disclose information to authorized health oversight agencies for activities permitted by law.
Coroners, medical examiners, and funeral directors. We may disclose information to these individuals as permitted or required by law.
Other uses and disclosures not described in this Notice will be made only with your written authorization when authorization is required.
Electronic Communications
We may communicate with you through telephone, voicemail, email, text messaging, patient communication systems, or other methods as permitted by law and consistent with your communication preferences.
Electronic communications can present privacy risks. Please notify our office if you have specific restrictions or preferences regarding how we communicate with you.
Consent to receive promotional or marketing SMS communications is separate from consent to receive healthcare services and is not required as a condition of treatment.
Our Responsibilities
We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your Protected Health Information.
We will notify affected individuals as required by law if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of their PHI.
We must follow the privacy practices described in the Notice currently in effect.
We will not use or disclose your health information other than as described in this Notice or as otherwise permitted or required by law unless you provide authorization when authorization is required.
Changes to This Notice
We reserve the right to change the terms of this Notice and make the revised Notice effective for health information we already maintain as well as information we receive in the future, as permitted by law.
The current Notice will be available at our office and on our website.
Questions or Complaints
If you have questions regarding this Notice, wish to exercise a privacy right, or believe your privacy rights have been violated, contact:
Privacy Contact
STL Injury Specialist
Naseem Shekhani, MD
11636 W Florissant Ave
Florissant, MO 63033
Phone: (314) 733-5140
Email: [email protected]
You may also submit a complaint to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. Filing a complaint will not affect your care, and STL Injury Specialist will not retaliate against you for exercising your privacy rights.