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Effective date: October 5, 2025
Welcome. Meridian Psychiatry cares about your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what we collect on our website, why we collect it, and how we use it. If you don’t agree with this policy, please don’t use the site. Continued use means you accept this policy.
Who We Are:
Meridian Psychiatry
Provider: Jason Pierre, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
NPI: 1548098916
Email: info@meridianpsyhciatry.com
No phone or physical office listed at this time.
What This Policy Covers
This policy covers personal information collected on this website and any pages that link to this policy. It does not cover medical records or protected health information (PHI) that are governed by HIPAA. PHI is covered in the Notice of Privacy Practices below.
What We Collect
We collect two main kinds of information:
Automatically collected site data — for example: IP address, browser type, pages you visit, and time and date of access (via cookies, pixels, server logs, or analytics). This helps us keep the site working and improve it. Information you give us directly — for example: name, email address, messages you send, appointment requests, or other info you enter into forms. If you provide health details on the website, that information is handled as PHI and covered under the HIPAA Notice below. We do not sell your personal information.How we use information
We use information for:
- Providing and managing the website and services you ask for.Responding to your messages and requests.
- Improving and maintaining the site (troubleshooting, testing).
- Sending service messages (policy updates, site notices).
- Complying with legal rules when required.
Cookies & tracking
You can control cookies using your browser settings. Turning off cookies may limit some site features. We may use analytics tools (for example, Google Analytics) but we do not use them to collect or store your medical records. Sharing informationWe may share personal information with trusted third-party service providers who help run the site (hosting, email, analytics). When a vendor will access PHI, we require a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) as required by HIPAA. We may also share information when the law requires it (for example, court orders or public health reporting). We will not sell your personal information or share it for third-party marketing without your written consent.
Security
reasonable technical and administrative steps to protect the information we hold. No internet system is perfect, so if there is an unlawful data breach affecting unsecured PHI, we will follow applicable breach-notification rules. RetentionWe keep personal data only as long as needed to provide services, to meet legal requirements, and to follow professional rules. Some records (medical or billing) must be kept for set periods under law or professional guidance.
Children
This site is not for children. If you learn a child provided us information, please contact us so we can remove it.Where this appliesThis site is intended for people in the United States. If you use the site from outside the U.S., you agree your data may be stored, processed, and transferred within the U.S. where laws may differ. Changes to this policyWe may update this policy. We will post the new version here with the updated date. Continued use after updates means you accept the changes. If you have questions about this policy or want a list of third-party tools we use, email: info@meridianpsyhciatry.com.Meridian Psychiatry — Notice of Privacy Practices (HIPAA)
Effective date: October 5, 2025 This notice explains how we may use and share your medical information (called Protected Health Information or PHI) and what rights you have under HIPAA.Our promiseWe are committed to protecting your medical information. We follow federal HIPAA rules and will only use or disclose PHI as allowed by law. How we may use and share PHIWe may use or disclose PHI for:
- Treatment — to provide, coordinate, or manage your care. (For example, sharing notes with other providers involved in your care.)
- Payment — to bill and collect payment from you or your insurer.
- Health care operations — for quality checks, staff training, recordkeeping, and similar business functions.
These three categories are common HIPAA uses (treatment, payment, operations).
Other permitted uses:
Required by law (court orders, public health reporting).
Emergencies or to prevent harm.
With your written authorization for uses not covered above (for example, most marketing). You can revoke such authorizations in writing at any time.Business associatesWe may share PHI with vendors who help run our practice (billing, telehealth platforms, secure messaging, etc.). When a vendor handles PHI, we put a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) in place so they legally must protect your PHI. Your HIPAA rights (simple)
You have the right to:
- Get a copy of your medical record (paper or electronic).
- Ask us to correct your record if you think it is wrong.
- Ask for limits on how we use or share your PHI (we will review reasonable requests).
- Ask for confidential contact (for example, a different phone or mailing address).
- Get a list of certain times we shared your PHI.
- Get a paper copy of this notice.
To use any of these rights, email: info@meridianpsyhciatry.com. We will respond within the time the law allows. How to complainIf you think your privacy rights were violated, you can complain to Meridian Psychiatry (email above) or to:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services — Office for Civil Rights. You will not be punished for filing a complaint.
Telehealth & electronic communications
Telehealth visits and secure messages are part of your medical record. Telehealth platforms we use will follow HIPAA rules and have BAAs when they handle PHI. Standard email and SMS are not secure; avoid sending PHI over unsecured email or text unless you accept the risks. Retaining records and deletionWe keep medical records as required by law and professional rules. If you ask us to delete records, we will follow legal and clinical obligations — some records cannot be fully deleted.
Meridian Psychiatry
Provider: Jason Pierre, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
NPI: 1548098916
Email (privacy contact): info@meridianpsyhciatry.com
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