HIPAA Privacy Notice
We respect the privacy of your health information. We keep records about your care to provide treatment, get payment from insurance, and meet legal and professional responsibilities. By law, we must protect this information, let you know how we use it, and tell you if it’s ever improperly accessed.
How We May Use or Share Your Health Information
Treatment: We may share information with our staff or outside providers who help with your care.
Payment: We provide details to your insurance plan or others involved in billing.
Operations: We use and share data to review the quality of care, evaluate staff performance, and handle billing and audit tasks. We have written agreements with outside services (like billing companies) requiring them to keep your information private.
Appointment Reminders & Check-Ins: We may contact you about upcoming visits. We may also use a sign-in sheet or call your name in the waiting area.
Communication with Family or Caregivers: We might share details with those involved in your care or payment, unless you tell us otherwise.
Required by Law: We’ll release information if mandated—things like reporting abuse, cooperating with legal proceedings, or public health requirements.
Your Rights
Request Limits: You can ask us in writing to restrict certain uses or disclosures of your info.
Confidential Contact: You may request we reach you in a specific way or at a certain location.
Review & Copy: You can look at or request a copy of your records. We may charge a reasonable fee to cover costs.
Request Changes: You can ask in writing for a change if you believe there’s an error. If we deny it, we’ll explain why and how you can disagree.
Accounting of Disclosures: You can request a list showing when we shared your info for reasons other than routine care, billing, or those you specifically approved.
Notice Copy: You may ask for a paper or electronic version of this notice at any time.
Updates
We reserve the right to make changes to this notice, and the latest version will apply to all the information we maintain. You can find the most current notice in our office or on our website.
Questions or Concerns
Contact our office if you have any privacy questions. If you believe your rights were violated, you may also contact the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at OCRMail@hhs.gov or visit th