We
are committed to preserving the privacy of your personal health information. In
fact, we are required by law to protect the privacy of your medical information
and to provide you with Notice describing:
HOW
MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN ACCESS
THIS INFORMATION.
We use health
information about you for treatment, to obtain payment for treatment, for
administrative purposes, and to evaluate the quality of care that you receive.
We may be required
or permitted by certain laws to use and disclose your medical information for
other purposes without your consent or authorization. As our patient, you have
important rights relating to inspecting and copying your medical information
that we maintain, amending or correcting that information, obtaining an
accounting of our disclosures of your medical information, requesting that we
communicate with you confidentially, requesting that we restrict certain uses
and disclosures of your health information, and complaining if you think your
rights have been violated.
We have available
a detailed Notice of Privacy Practices which fully explains your rights and our
obligations under the law. We may revise our Notice from time to time. The
effective date at the top right hand side of this page indicates the date of
the most current Notice in effect.
You have the right
to receive a copy of our most current Notice in effect. If you have not yet
reserved a copy of our current Notice, please ask at the front desk and we will
provide you with a copy.
If you have any
questions, concerns or complaints about the Notice or your medical information,
please contact Tom Polston of our office at 972-434-2073.