Summary of HIPAA Privacy Practices
   
Summary.The attached Notice of Privacy Practices contains a detailed description of how our office will protect your health information, your rights as a patient and our common practices in dealing with patient health information. Please refer to that Notice for further information. Uses and Disclosures of Health Information. We will use and disclose your health information in order to treat you or to assist other health care providers in treating you. We will also use and disclose your health information in order to obtain payment for our services or to allow insurance companies to process insurance claims for services rendered to you by us or other health care providers. Finally, we may disclose your health information for certain limited operational activities such as quality assessment, licensing, accreditation and training of students.
Uses and Disclosures Based on Your Authorization. Except as stated in more detail in the Notice of Privacy Practices, we will not use or disclose your health information without your written authorization.

Uses and Disclosures Not Requiring Your Authorization. In the following circumstances, we may disclose your health information without your written authorization:

To family members or close friends who are involved in your health care
For certain limited research purposes
For purposes of public health and safety
To Government agencies for purposes of their audits, investigations and other oversight activities
To government authorities to prevent child abuse or domestic violence
To the FDA to report product defects or incidents
To law enforcement authorities to protect public safety or to assist in apprehending criminal offenders
When required by court orders, search warrants, subpoenas and as otherwise required by the law

Patient Rights. As our patient, you have the following rights:

To have access to and/or a copy of your health information
To receive an accounting of certain disclosures we have made of your health information
To request restrictions as to how your health information is used or disclosed
To request that we communicate with you in confidence
To request that we amend your health information
To receive notice of our privacy practices
If you have a question, concern or complaint regarding our privacy practices, please refer to the attached Notice of Privacy Practices for the person or persons whom you may contact.

 
LINK TO DETAILED NOTICE OF HIPAA PRIVACY PRACTICES