Privacy Policy
This notice informs you on how you may access your medical
information and how this information may be used and disclosed.
Please review the policy carefully, as the privacy of your medical
information is very important to us.
Our Legal Duty
We are required by applicable federal and state laws to maintain the privacy
of your protected health information. We are also required to give you this notice about our privacy
practices, our legal duties, and your rights concerning your protected health information. We must
follow the privacy practices that are described in this notice while it is in effect. This notice
takes effect April 14, 2003, and will remain in effect until we replace it.
We reserve the right to change our privacy practices and the terms of this notice at any time, provided that such changes are permitted by applicable law. We reserve the right to make the changes in our privacy practices and the new terms of our notice effective for all protected health information that we maintain, including medical information we created or received before we made the changes.
You may request a copy of our notice (or any subsequent revised notice) at any time. For more information about our privacy practices, or for additional copies of this notice, please contact us using the information listed at the end of this notice.
Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information
We will use and disclose your protected health information about you for treatment,
payment, and health care operations. Following are examples of the types of uses and disclosures
of your protected health care information that may occur. These examples are not meant to be exhaustive,
but to describe the types of uses and disclosures that maybe made by our office.
Treatment
We will use and disclose your protected health information to provide, coordinate
or manage your healthcare and any related services. This includes the coordination or management
of your health care with a third party. For example, we would disclose your protected health information,
as necessary, to a home health agency that provides care to you. We will also disclose protected
health information to other physicians who may be treating you. For example, your protected health
information may be provided to a physician to whom you have been referred to ensure that the physician
has the necessary information to diagnose or treat you.
In addition, we may disclose your protected health information from time to time to another physician or health care provider (e.g., a specialist or laboratory) who, at the request of your physician, becomes involved in your care by providing assistance with your health care diagnosis or treatment to your physician.