NOTICE OF PRIVACY POLICY

The Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) is a federal program that requires that all medical records and other individually identifiable health information used or disclosed by us in any form are kept confidential. As required by HIPAA, we have prepared this explanation of how we maintain the privacy of your health information and how we may use disclose your health information.

Protecting your privacy is very important to us. It is the policy of our practice that all staff preserve the integrity and confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) pertaining to our patients.  This Notice describes our policies and practices to protect your privacy.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you that you provide to us or that we obtain with your authorization. We do not disclose any personal information about you, obtained in the course of our practice without your consent except as permitted by law.

We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to members of our practice who need to know that information to provide to services to you. We may, with your consent, share such information for the following purposes:  treatment, payment and health care operations. We may also contact you to provide appointment reminders of any health-related services that may be of interest to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information.

 Please contact our office with any questions.

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR POLICY NOT TO DISCLOSE ANYTHING ABOUT YOU TO ANYONE, WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT.