Notice of Privacy Practices
Effective Date: September 12, 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 Responsibilities
Stryker Optimal Health & Wellness is required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information, provide you with this Notice describing our legal duties and privacy practices, and follow the duties and privacy practices described in the Notice currently in effect. We will notify you following a breach of your unsecured protected health information when notification is required by law.
Your Rights
When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights. These include requesting access to or copies of your health information, asking us to correct certain health information, requesting confidential communications, asking us to limit certain uses or disclosures, obtaining information about certain disclosures we have made, obtaining a paper copy of this Notice, choosing someone who is legally authorized to act on your behalf, and filing a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.
Your Choices
For certain health information, you may tell us your preferences about what we share. For example, you may tell us whether we may share information with family members, close friends, or others involved in your care or payment for your care, or share information in a disaster-relief situation. If you are unable to tell us your preference, such as during an emergency, we may share information when permitted by law and when we believe it is in your best interest.
If we contact you for fundraising purposes, you may tell us not to contact you again. Other uses and disclosures that require your written authorization are described below.
Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice
You have the right to obtain a paper copy of this Notice at any time, even if you have agreed to receive the Notice electronically. You may request a paper copy by contacting Stryker Optimal Health & Wellness.
Personal Representatives
If you have given someone medical power of attorney or if someone is otherwise legally authorized to act on your behalf, that person may exercise your rights and make choices about your health information as permitted by law. We will verify the person’s authority before taking action on their behalf.
Uses and Disclosures Requiring Your Authorization
We will obtain your written authorization before using or disclosing your protected health information when authorization is required by law. This includes most uses and disclosures of psychotherapy notes, certain uses and disclosures for marketing purposes, and disclosures that constitute a sale of protected health information.
If you provide us with a written authorization, you may revoke it in writing at any time. Your revocation will not affect uses or disclosures already made in reliance on your authorization.
How We May Use or Disclose Your Protected Health Information
We may use or disclose your protected health information for purposes such as treatment, payment, and healthcare operations. For example, we may share information with healthcare providers involved in your care, use information as needed for payment processing and other permitted payment-related activities, and use information to support the operation of our practice, including quality improvement and other administrative activities. We may also use your contact information to communicate with you about your care, including sending appointment reminders by text message or email.
Other Uses and Disclosures
We may also use or disclose your protected health information when permitted or required by law. This may include disclosures for public health and safety activities, health research, reporting suspected abuse or neglect, health oversight activities, organ and tissue donation purposes, workers’ compensation matters, certain law enforcement and government purposes, judicial or administrative proceedings, and disclosures to coroners, medical examiners, or funeral directors when permitted by law.
For uses or disclosures not otherwise permitted by law, we will obtain your written authorization when required. You may revoke an authorization in writing, subject to applicable legal limitations and actions we have already taken in reliance on that authorization.
Additional Protections Under State Law
Some types of health information may receive additional protections under federal or state law. These protections may apply to certain mental health information, sexually transmitted infection and HIV-related information, reproductive health information, records involving minors, and other specially protected health information. When applicable law provides greater privacy protections or additional patient rights than those described in this Notice, Stryker Optimal Health & Wellness will follow those requirements.
Business Associates
We may share protected health information with third-party service providers, known as business associates, that perform services on our behalf. When required by law, we maintain written agreements with these business associates that require them to appropriately safeguard protected health information.
Your Right to Request Restrictions
You have the right to ask us not to use or disclose certain protected health information for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations. We are generally not required to agree to your request. If we agree to a restriction, we will follow it as required by law, except in certain circumstances such as when the information is needed for emergency treatment. If you pay for a healthcare item or service out of pocket in full and ask us not to disclose information about that item or service to your health plan for payment or healthcare operations, we will honor that request unless the disclosure is required by law.
Confidential Communications
You have the right to ask us to contact you in a specific way, such as at a particular phone number or email address, or to send communications to a different address. We will accommodate reasonable requests as required by law.
Access to Your Health Information
You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of certain health information that we maintain about you. We will provide a copy or summary of your health information, usually within 30 days of your request. We may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee. We will provide the information in the form and format requested when readily producible, or in another mutually agreeable form or format. In certain limited circumstances permitted by law, we may deny access to some information. If access is denied, you may have the right to request a review of that decision.
Amendments to Your Health Information
If you believe that health information we maintain about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may ask us to amend it. We may deny your request in certain circumstances permitted by law. If we deny your request, we will explain the reason for the denial in writing. We will act on your request within 60 days as required by law, subject to any extension permitted by law.
Accounting of Disclosures
You have the right to request a list (an accounting) of certain disclosures we have made of your protected health information during the six years before the date of your request. The accounting generally does not include disclosures made for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations; disclosures made directly to you; disclosures made with your authorization; or certain other disclosures excluded by law. We will provide one accounting in any 12-month period at no charge. We may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee for additional requests within the same 12-month period, and we will tell you about the cost in advance.
Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with Stryker Optimal Health & Wellness using the contact information provided in this Notice. You may also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. Information about filing a complaint is available at www.hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Changes to This Notice
We may change the terms of this Notice, and the changes may apply to all protected health information we maintain, including information created or received before the change. If we make a material change, the revised Notice will be available upon request, in our office, and on our website.
Contact Information
​Privacy Contact:
Sara Stryker, FNP-C, Owner
Stryker Optimal Health & Wellness, PLLC
12615 E Mission Ave, Suite 105
Spokane Valley, WA 99216
Phone: (509) 795-2642
Email: contact@strykerwellness.com
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If you have questions about this Notice, would like to exercise your privacy rights, or wish to file a privacy complaint with our practice, please contact the Privacy Contact listed above.