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Welcome to Striking a Balance

Notice of Privacy Practices

ABIL LLC

DBA Striking a Balance Nutrition and Wellness

Notice of Privacy Practices

Effective Date: October 5, 2026

Our Commitment to Protecting Your Privacy

At Striking a Balance Nutrition and Wellness, we understand that your health information is personal. Protecting your privacy and maintaining the confidentiality of your Protected Health Information (PHI) is important to us.

This Notice describes how your health information may be used and disclosed, your rights regarding your health information, and our legal responsibilities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Please read this Notice carefully.

How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information

Treatment

We may use and disclose your Protected Health Information (PHI) to provide nutrition assessments, Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT), nutrition counseling, individualized nutrition recommendations, meal planning, follow-up care, and other nutrition-related services.

We may also communicate with your physician and other healthcare providers involved in your care to coordinate treatment, when authorized by you or otherwise permitted or required by law.

Certain nutrition assessment information, including information collected through tools such as VioScreen and “What Your Nutrition Score,” may be processed and stored within the Living Plate RX platform when these tools are used as part of our services. This information may support nutrition assessments, individualized care planning, and monitoring of progress over time.

Payment

We may use or disclose your health information to:

Process payments for services.
Issue invoices, receipts, or superbills.
Verify payment information.
Collect outstanding balances.
Respond to billing questions.

Healthcare Operations

We may use your health information for activities necessary to operate our practice, including:

Quality improvement.
Record management.
Practice administration.
Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
Professional consultation when appropriate and permitted by law.

Appointment Reminders and Communication

We may contact you regarding appointments or other practice-related matters using:

Telephone
Voicemail
Email
Text message (SMS)
The secure Healthie Client Portal

Whenever possible, clinical communication will occur through secure methods.

Your Choices About Certain Disclosures

In certain situations, you may tell us your preferences about how your health information is shared. This may include sharing information with family members, close friends, or others involved in your care or payment for your care.

If you are unable to tell us your preference, we may share information when permitted by law and when we believe it is in your best interest or necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.

Other Uses and Disclosures Permitted by Law

We may disclose your health information when required or permitted by law, including:

Public health reporting.
Health oversight activities.
Judicial or administrative proceedings.
Law enforcement requests.
Workers’ compensation.
To prevent or lessen a serious threat to health or safety.
Other situations permitted under HIPAA.

Substance Use Disorder Records

To the extent that Striking a Balance Nutrition and Wellness receives or maintains substance use disorder patient records that are protected by 42 CFR Part 2, additional federal confidentiality protections may apply.

We will not use or disclose Part 2 records in civil, criminal, administrative, or legislative investigations or proceedings against you unless permitted by applicable law, including with your written consent or as authorized by a court order and subpoena when required.

Uses Requiring Your Authorization

Certain uses or disclosures of your Protected Health Information require your written authorization.

Examples include:

Sharing information with individuals not involved in your care when authorization is required.
Marketing communications that require authorization under HIPAA.
The sale of your Protected Health Information, when authorization is required by law.
Most uses and disclosures of psychotherapy notes, if applicable.
Any other use or disclosure not otherwise permitted by law.

You may revoke your authorization at any time by providing written notice, except to the extent that action has already been taken based on your authorization.

Your Privacy Rights

You have the right to:

Inspect and obtain a copy of your health records, subject to applicable legal requirements.
Request that inaccurate or incomplete information be corrected or amended.
Request restrictions on certain uses or disclosures of your health information. While we will consider your request, we are not required to agree to every requested restriction.
If you pay for a healthcare service or item out of pocket in full, request that information about that service or item not be disclosed to your health plan for payment or healthcare operations. We will agree to the request unless disclosure is required by law.
Request confidential communications, such as asking that we contact you at a different phone number, mailing address, or email address.
Receive an accounting of certain disclosures of your health information, as permitted by law.
Receive a paper copy of this Notice at any time, even if you previously received it electronically.
Designate another individual to act on your behalf when legally authorized.
File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.

Electronic Health Records

Striking a Balance Nutrition and Wellness maintains electronic health records using secure systems designed to protect your information.

Your health information may be stored or processed using third-party platforms that support the delivery of nutrition care, including:

Healthie – secure electronic health record, client portal, scheduling, secure messaging, telehealth, and clinical documentation.
Living Plate RX – third-party nutrition assessment tools that may be used to support nutrition assessments, including VioScreen and “What Your Nutrition Score,” when offered as part of our services.

These platforms are used to support your nutrition care and are expected to maintain appropriate safeguards to protect your information.

Although reasonable safeguards are in place, no method of electronic communication or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Our Responsibilities

Striking a Balance Nutrition and Wellness is required by law to:

Maintain the privacy and security of your Protected Health Information.
Provide you with this Notice of Privacy Practices.
Follow the terms of this Notice currently in effect.
Notify you if a breach of unsecured Protected Health Information occurs, as required by law.

We will not use or disclose your health information other than as described in this Notice unless you authorize us to do so in writing or the use or disclosure is otherwise permitted or required by law.

Changes to This Notice

We reserve the right to change this Notice at any time. Any revised Notice will apply to all Protected Health Information maintained by our practice.

The current version of this Notice will be available through your Healthie Client Portal under the Documents section and on the Striking a Balance Nutrition and Wellness website. You may also request a paper or electronic copy at any time.

Questions or Complaints

If you have questions about this Notice or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact:

Striking a Balance Nutrition and Wellness
ABIL LLC
Attn: Antonia Zettas, RD, LDN
1689 2nd Street Ste. 104
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: (941) 298-8333
Fax: (941) 870-1637
Email: antonia@strikingabalance.com

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint.

Thank you for choosing Striking a Balance Nutrition and Wellness. We are committed to protecting your privacy while providing compassionate, individualized, and evidence-based nutrition care.

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Notice of Privacy Practices

Treatment

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Healthcare Operations

Appointment Reminders and Communication

Your Choices About Certain Disclosures

Other Uses and Disclosures Permitted by Law

Substance Use Disorder Records

Uses Requiring Your Authorization

Your Privacy Rights

Electronic Health Records

Our Responsibilities

Changes to This Notice

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