Notice of Privacy Practices
The following information is a summary of the NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES. 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.

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your medical information. We must present a copy of this notice to you. We must follow the terms of this notice. If the notice is changed in any material way, a revised notice will be available upon request.

We will use your medical information for Treatment. For example, a nurse who is providing your care will report any changes in your condition to your doctor. We will use your medical information for Payment. For example, we may need to give your insurance plan information about your diagnosis, treatment and supplies used. We will use your medical information for Health Care Operations. For example, we may use your medical information to evaluate our services. We do not require authorization to use your medical information for these purposes. We may contact you at any phone number or address you have provided to us to discuss the treatment and its procedures or other health care matters or to obtain payment for our services.

We may use and disclose your medical information to inform you of treatment alternatives or other health related benefits and services. We may disclose your medical information to family members or others who are involved in your care or payment for that care. You must notify Our Privacy Officer in writing if you do not want us to communicate with you in any of these ways.

We may use your medical information for any uses that are required or permitted by law.

Other uses and disclosures will be made only with your written authorization. You may cancel an authorization at any time by notifying Our Privacy Officer in writing.

You have the following rights: Right to privacy notice; Right to request restrictions on uses and disclosures of your medical information; Right to receive confidential communications; Right to inspect and copy your medical information; Right to request an amendment to your medical information; and Right to an accounting of disclosures of your medical information.

If you feel that your privacy rights have been violated, please contact the individual listed at the end of this notice immediately or the U. S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Contact Information. Our Complaint Designee can be contacted at (847) 823-0340. Our Privacy Officer may be reached at the same number.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.

Purpose of This Notice
This notice tells you about how United Shockwave Therapies will use and disclose your medical information. It tells you about your rights and our responsibilities to protect the privacy of your medical information. It also tells you how to submit a complaint to us or the government if you believe that we have violated any of your rights or any of our responsibilities.

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your medical information. We must present you with a copy of this notice and attempt to obtain your written acknowledgement of its receipt. We must follow the terms of this notice that are currently in effect.

We will tell you if we change this notice. A copy of the revised notice is available upon request, and is posted at our location and on our website. We may change our practices and those changes may apply to medical information we already have about you as well as any new information.
This notice will be given to you on the date that you first receive medical products or treatment from United Shockwave Therapies. In an emergency, we will give you the notice as soon as possible after the emergency treatment has been given.

How We Use or Disclose Your Medical Information For Treatment

We will use your medical information to provide you with treatment and services. We may share this information with members of our healthcare staff or with others involved in your care such as doctors, nurses, or health care facilities. For example, a nurse who is providing your care will report any changes in your condition to your doctor. We may also disclose your health information to a member of your family or other person who is involved in your care.

For Payment
We may use or disclose your medical information to bill and collect payment for the services we provided to you. For example, we may need to give your health insurance plan information about your diagnosis, treatment and supplies used. We may also contact your insurance plan to confirm your coverage or to request prior approval for a planned treatment or service.

Health Care Operations
We may use or disclose your medical information for operational purposes. For example, we may use your medical information to evaluate our services, including the performance of our staff in caring for you. We may also use this information to learn how to continually improve the quality and effectiveness of the health care services that we provide to you.Your name and address may be used to send out patient satisfaction surveys.

We may contact you either by telephone or by mail at your home or your office to remind you of an appointment that you have with us, to discuss pre-procedure requirements, to follow up the treatment post-procedure, or any other matter related to the health care services we provide or payment for your health care services. We may leave messages for you. If you want us to contact you in a certain way or at a certain location, see "Right to Receive Confidential Communications" in this notice.

There are some services that are provided for us by our business associates such as accountants, consultants and attorneys. Whenever we share information with our business associates we will have a written contract with them that requires that they protect the privacy of your medical information.

Other Uses and Disclosures of Your Medical Information
Treatment Alternatives - We may use and disclose medical information about you to contact you about other health care treatment that is available to you. If you do not want to receive these communications, please notify Our Privacy Officer in writing.

Health Related Benefits and Services - We may use and disclose medical information about you to contact you about other health care benefits or services that may interest you. If you do not want to receive these communications, please notify Our Privacy Officer in writing.

Individuals Involved in Your Care - We may disclose se medical information about you to a family member, other relative, close friend or any other person identified by you if they are involved in your care or payments related to your care. We may also use or disclose medical information about you to notify those persons of your location, general condition or death. If there is a family member, other relative or close friend to whom you do not want us to disclose medical information about you, please notify Our Privacy Officer in writing.

Required by Law - We may use or disclose medical information about you when we are required to do so by law.

Communicable Diseases - We may disclose your medical information to a person who may have been exposed to an infectious disease or who is at risk of spreading the disease or condition.

Public Health Activities - We may disclose medical information about you for public health activities to prevent or control disease.

Victims of Abuse, Neglect or Domestic Violence - We may disclose medical information about you to a government agency if we believe you are the victim of abuse, neglect or domestic violence.

Health Oversight Activities - We may disclose medical information about you to a health oversight agency. Oversight activities can include, for example, investigations, inspections and audits; civil, administrative, and criminal procedures or actions; or other activities necessary for the government to monitor government programs, compliance with civil rights laws and the health care system in general.

Food and Drug Administration - We may disclose medical information about you to monitor drugs or devices controlled by the Food and Drug Administration.

Legal Activities - We may disclose medical information about you in response to a court proceeding. We may also disclose medical information about you in response to a discovery request, subpoena, or other lawful process by another party involved in the dispute, but only if we have made an effort to inform you of the request or to obtain an order protecting the information the party has requested.

Plan Sponsors - We may use or disclose your information to the plan sponsor (usually your employer) of a group health plan.

Disclosures for Law Enforcement Purposes - We may disclose information about you to law enforcement officials for law enforcement purposes:

• As required by law.
• In response to a warrant, summons court order, subpoena or similar legal process.
• To identify or locate a suspect, fugitive, material witness or missing person.
• When information is requested about an actual or suspected victim of a crime.
• To report a death as a result of possible criminal conduct.
• About crimes that occur on our premises.
• To report a crime in emergency circumstances.

Workers' Compensation - We may disclose medical information about you to comply with workers' compensation laws that provide benefits for work-related injuries or illnesses.

Public Health or Safety - We may use or disclose medical information about you if we believe it is necessary to prevent a threat to the health or safety of a person or the general public.

Military - If you are a member of the Armed Forces, we may use and disclose medical information about you to your military command.

National Security and Intelligence - We may disclose medical information about you to authorized federal officials for national security and intelligence activities.

Security Clearance - We may use medical information about you for a required security clearance.

Inmates - We may disclose medical information about you to a correctional institution or law enforcement official who has custody of you.

Research - We may disclose your medical information to researchers under certain limited circumstances.

Other uses and disclosures will be made only with your written authorization. You may cancel an authorization at any time by notifying Our Privacy Officer in writing of your desire to cancel it. If you cancel an authorization it will not have any affect on information that we have already disclosed. Examples of uses or disclosures that may require your written authorization include the following:
• A request to provide certain medical information to a drug company for marketing purposes.
• Disclosure of Highly Confidential Information for purposes other than treatment, payment, or health care operations, or as allowed or required by federal or Illinois law.

Your Rights
The information contained in your health or medical record is the physical property of United Shockwave Therapies. The information in it belongs to you. You have the following rights:

Right to Request Restrictions - You have the right to ask us not to use or disclose your medical information for a particular reason related to treatment, payment or our operations. You may ask that family members or other individuals not be informed of specific medical information. That request must be made in writing to Our Privacy Officer. We do not have to agree to your request. If we agree to your request, we must keep the agreement, except in the case of a medical emergency. Either you or United Shockwave Therapies can stop a restriction at any time.

Right to Receive Confidential Communications - You have the right to ask that we communicate with you in a certain manner or at a certain place. If you want to request confidential communications the request must be made in writing to Our Privacy Officer. We must agree to your request if it is reasonable.

Right to Inspect and Copy Your Medical Information - You have the right to request to inspect and obtain a copy of your medical information. You must submit your request in writing to Our Privacy Officer. If you request a copy of the information or that we provide you with a summary of the information we may charge a fee for the costs of copying, summarizing and/or mailing it to you.

If we agree to your request we will tell you. We may deny your request under certain limited circumstances. If your request is denied, we will let you know in writing and you may be able to request a review of our denial.

Right to Request Amendments to Your Medical Information - You have the right to request that we correct your medical information. If you believe that any medical information in your record is incorrect or that important information is missing, you must submit your request for an amendment in writing to Our Privacy Officer. Additionally, you must provide a reason that supports your request.

We do not have to agree to your request. If we deny your request we will tell you why. You have the right to submit a statement disagreeing with our decision. We may deny your request if we determine that the information:
• Was not created by us
• Is not part of the medical information that we maintain
• Is in records that you are not allowed to inspect and copy
• Is already accurate or complete

Right To An Accounting of Disclosures of Health Information - You have the right to find out what disclosures of your medical information have been made. The list of disclosures is called an accounting. The accounting may be for up to six (6) years prior to the date on which you request the accounting, but can not include disclosures before April 14, 2003.

We are not required to include disclosures for treatment, payment or healthcare operations or certain other exceptions. Requests for an accounting of disclosures must be submitted in writing to Our Privacy Officer. You are entitled to one free accounting in any twelve (12) month period. We may charge you for the cost of providing additional accountings. If there will be a charge we will notify you in advance.

Right To Obtain a Copy of the Notice - You have the right to request and get a paper copy of this notice and any revisions we make to the notice at any time.

Federal and Illinois laws also provide you with the right to be informed about and give your written authorization before any health information, including Highly Confidential Information, is disclosed, unless such disclosure is allowed or required by law. Examples of Highly Confidential Information are mental health treatment information, substance abuse prevention, treatment or referral; developmental disability services, HIV/AIDS testing and treatment, venereal disease treatment, sexual assault treatment, and testing and treatment for genetic disorders.

Complaints
You have the right to complain to us and to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services if you believe we have violated your privacy rights. There is no risk in filing a complaint.

To file a complaint with us, contact by phone or by mail:
Our Designee: Complaint Designee
1875 Dempster, Suite G-04
Park Ridge, IL 60068
847.823.0340

To file a complaint with the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services send your complaint to him or her in care of:
Office of Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20201

Questions and Information
If you have any questions or want more information about this Notice of Privacy Practices, please contact:
Our Privacy Officer
1875 Dempster, Suite G-04
Park Ridge, IL 60068
847.823.0340
by phone with questions or with written requests for information as defined under the Your Rights section of this notice. Complaints or questions may be made by phone or in writing.

The revision date of this privacy notice is: April 14, 2003.