HIPAA COMPLIANT
Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 2026 · Version 1.0
1. Information We Collect
- •Account Information: Name, email address, phone number, state of residence, and account type (patient, clinic, or hospital).
- •Organization Data (Clinics/Hospitals): Organization name, NPI number, EIN/Tax ID, specialty, billing contact, CMS certification number, and address.
- •Medical Documents: Insurance denial letters, appeal letters, and approval letters uploaded to process your case.
- •Payment Information: Credit/debit card details are collected and stored by our payment processor (Paddle). We never store raw card numbers on our servers.
- •Usage Data: Log data, device information, and interaction data to improve our service.
2. HIPAA Compliance
- •ApproveIt maintains full HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliance for all Protected Health Information (PHI).
- •We execute Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) with all clinic and hospital clients and with our infrastructure providers.
- •All PHI is encrypted at rest using AES-256 encryption and in transit using TLS 1.3.
- •Access to PHI is restricted to automated AI processing systems only. No human at ApproveIt reviews your medical documents.
- •We maintain audit logs of all access to PHI for compliance purposes.
- •Our infrastructure runs on HIPAA-eligible services with signed BAAs throughout the data chain.
3. How We Use Your Data
- •Appeal Processing: AI analysis of denial letters, clinical evidence research, appeal letter generation, and electronic submission.
- •Case Management: Tracking case status, monitoring insurer deadlines, and automated escalation.
- •Communication: Email notifications about case status, deadline alerts, and account updates.
- •Billing: Processing success fees when appeals are approved.
- •We NEVER sell, rent, or share your medical data with third parties for marketing or advertising purposes.
4. Data Storage & Retention
- •All data is stored in Supabase (PostgreSQL) with HIPAA-compliant infrastructure.
- •Uploaded medical documents (PDFs, images) are automatically deleted after 90 days.
- •Structured data (claim amounts, denial reasons, case status) is retained for the duration of your account.
- •Upon account deletion, all data is permanently removed within 30 days.
- •Row Level Security (RLS) ensures complete data isolation — no user can access another user's data.
5. Third-Party Services
- •Supabase: Database, authentication, and file storage (HIPAA BAA in place).
- •Anthropic (Claude AI): AI processing for denial analysis and appeal generation. All calls are server-side only.
- •Google (Gemini): OCR processing for document text extraction. Server-side only.
- •Paddle: Payment processing for success fees. PCI DSS compliant. Paddle acts as Merchant of Record.
- •Resend: Transactional email delivery for notifications.
- •Vercel: Application hosting. No PHI is stored in Vercel infrastructure.
- •All AI processing happens via secure server-side API routes. No patient data is exposed to the browser or client-side code.
6. Your Rights
- •Access: You can view all your data through your dashboard at any time.
- •Deletion: Request complete deletion of your account and all associated data by emailing approveit602@gmail.com.
- •Portability: Download your case data and appeal letters from your dashboard.
- •Correction: Update your personal information through account settings.
- •HIPAA Rights: You have the right to an accounting of disclosures of your PHI and to request restrictions on certain uses.
- •All requests are processed within 30 days.
7. Contact
- •Privacy questions: approveit602@gmail.com
- •HIPAA inquiries: approveit602@gmail.com
- •General support: approveit602@gmail.com