Privacy Policy & HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

Effective Date: 29.03.2025

Your privacy and the confidentiality of your health information are very important to us. This Privacy Policy and HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices outlines how Main Line Play Therapy collects, uses, protects, and discloses your information as required by federal and state laws.

1. Who We Are

Main Line Play Therapy
100 Chetwynd Drive, Suite 201
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
📧 Tammi@mainlineplaytherapy.com
🌐 www.mainlineplaytherapy.com

2. Information We Collect

a. Information You Provide

  • Name, email address, phone number, and personal details submitted through our website contact forms or email

  • Information related to scheduling, billing, or clinical services, including health insurance data

  • Protected Health Information (PHI) disclosed during therapy sessions, assessments, or communications with clinicians

b. Information Collected Automatically

  • IP address, browser type, pages visited, and browsing activity via cookies and analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics)

3. Use of Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Communicate with you about appointments, inquiries, or services

  • Provide therapeutic services and support care coordination

  • Process payments and handle insurance claims

  • Improve our website and service offerings

  • Comply with legal obligations

4. Protection of Your Information

Main Line Play Therapy maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal and health information. Access to PHI is restricted to authorized personnel, and all electronic communication is HIPAA-compliant.

5. Disclosure of Information

We do not sell or share your information for marketing. We may disclose information:

  • With your written consent

  • For treatment, payment, and healthcare operations

  • To comply with court orders, subpoenas, or as otherwise required by law

  • To prevent harm or abuse, or if required under Pennsylvania’s Mental Health Procedures Act

  • To business associates providing services on our behalf (e.g., billing platforms), all of whom are contractually bound to protect your data

6. Your Rights Under HIPAA

As a client, you have the right to:

  • Access your health records

  • Request corrections to inaccurate or incomplete information

  • Request restrictions on how your PHI is used or disclosed

  • Request confidential communications (e.g., not calling a shared phone)

  • Receive a list of disclosures (accounting of disclosures) of your PHI

  • Revoke authorizations at any time, in writing

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at Tammi@mainlineplaytherapy.com.

7. Notice of Privacy Practices (HIPAA)

This section outlines how we use and disclose your Protected Health Information (PHI) as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

We may use or disclose your PHI:

  • For treatment (e.g., sharing information with a referring physician)

  • For payment (e.g., submitting insurance claims)

  • For healthcare operations (e.g., case consultation, quality improvement)

  • To comply with legal requirements (e.g., mandatory reporting of abuse)

  • To avert serious threat to health or safety

  • For public health or research when permitted or required by law

Any uses or disclosures not described here require your written authorization, which you may revoke at any time (in writing).

8. Cookies & Website Analytics

Our website uses cookies and third-party tools (like Google Analytics) to track usage and improve performance. These tools do not collect personally identifiable health information. You can disable cookies in your browser settings.

9. Third-Party Links

Our website may link to external websites for informational purposes. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites and encourage you to review their privacy policies.

10. Updates to This Policy

This policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in legal or operational practices. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your rights under HIPAA, please contact:

Main Line Play Therapy
100 Chetwynd Drive, Suite 201
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
📧 Tammi@mainlineplaytherapy.com
🌐 www.mainlineplaytherapy.com