Privacy Policy & HIPAA Notice

When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights. This section explains your rights and some of our responsibilities to help you.

• ✔ Get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record: You can ask to see or get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record and other health information we have about you.
• ✔ Ask us to correct your medical record: You can ask us to correct health information about you that you think is incorrect or incomplete.
• ✔ Ask us to limit what we use or share: You can ask us not to use or share certain health information for treatment, payment, or our operations.
• ✔ Request confidential communications: You can ask us to contact you in a specific way (for example, home or office phone) or to send mail to a different address.
• ✔ Choose someone to act for you: If you have given someone medical power of attorney or if someone is your legal guardian, that person can exercise your rights and make choices about your health information.

For certain health information, you can tell us your choices about what we share. If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situations described below, talk to us.

• ✔ Share information with your family, close friends, or others involved in your care.
• ✔ Share information in a disaster relief situation.

* In these cases we never share your information unless you give us written permission: Marketing purposes, or the sale of your information.

We typically use or share your health information in the following ways:

• ✔ Treat you: We can use your health information and share it with other professionals who are treating you.
• ✔ Run our organization: We can use and share your health information to run our practice, improve your care, and contact you when necessary.
• ✔ Bill for your services: We can use and share your health information to bill and get payment from health plans or other entities.
• ✔ Comply with the law: We will share information about you if state or federal laws require it.
• ✔ Help with public health and safety issues: Preventing disease, reporting suspected abuse or neglect, or preventing a serious threat to health or safety.

• ✔ We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information.
• ✔ We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.
• ✔ We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice and give you a copy of it.