Notice of Privacy Practices

How We May Use and Disclose Your Information

• For Treatment: To doctors, nurses, technicians, or other personnel involved in your care.
• For Payment: To bill and collect payment from you, an insurance company, or a third party.
• For Healthcare Operations: To run the office, ensure quality care, manage personnel and training, and for compliance purposes.
• Appointment Reminders: To contact you regarding scheduled appointments.
• As Required by Law: When federal, state, or local law requires disclosure, including abuse reporting and preventing serious threats.
• Public Health Risks: For disease prevention, reporting adverse medication reactions, and other public health activities.
• Business Associates: To service providers, including billing companies, EHR vendors, and insurers, who agree to maintain privacy protections and only use information for specified purposes.
• De-identified Information: To use or disclose information with identifiers removed for research, planning, and operational purposes.

Uses and Disclosures Requiring Your Authorization

Other uses and disclosures not listed above require your written authorization. We will not use or disclose your information for marketing purposes or sell your information without written permission. You may revoke authorization at any time.

Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information

• Inspect and Copy: You have the right to see and receive paper or electronic copies of your health records within 30 days. Additionally, you may request that records be sent to a third party.
• Amend: You have the right to request correction of information you believe is incorrect or incomplete.
• Accounting of Disclosures: You have the right to request a list of non-treatment, payment, or operations disclosures.
• Request Restrictions: You have the right to request limits on use and disclosure. We may decline except for out-of-pocket payments.
• Confidential Communications: You have the right to request communication by a specific method or location.
• Paper Copy: You have the right to receive a copy of this notice at any time.

Our Duties

We are required by law to:

• Maintain privacy and security of your protected health information.
• Provide this notice.
• Notify you promptly of any breach that may compromise your privacy or security.
• Abide by the terms of this notice.

Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.

You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.