Our Legal Duty

We are required by applicable federal and state law to maintain the privacy of your health information. We are also required to give you this Notice about our privacy practices, our legal duties, and your rights concerning your health information. We must follow the privacy practices that are described in this Notice while it is in effect.

We reserve the right to change our privacy practices and the terms of this Notice at any time, provided such changes are permitted by applicable law. Before we make a significant change in our privacy practices, we will change this Notice and make the new Notice available upon request.

Uses and Disclosures of Health Information

We use and disclose health information about you for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations. For example:

• Treatment: We may use or disclose your health information to a physician or other healthcare provider providing treatment to you.
• Payment: We may use and disclose your health information to obtain payment for services we provide to you.
• Healthcare Operations: We may use and disclose your health information in connection with our healthcare operations, such as quality assessment and improvement activities, reviewing the competence of healthcare professionals, and conducting training programs.
• Required by Law: We may use or disclose your health information when we are required to do so by law, such as for public health activities, reporting abuse or neglect, or in response to a court order.

Patient Rights under HIPAA

• Access: You have the right to look at or get copies of your health information, with limited exceptions.
• Disclosure Accounting: You have the right to receive a list of instances in which we or our business associates disclosed your health information for purposes other than treatment, payment, healthcare operations, and certain other activities.
• Restriction: You have the right to request that we place additional restrictions on our use or disclosure of your health information.
• Alternative Communication: You have the right to request that we communicate with you about your health information by alternative means or to alternative locations.
• Amendment: You have the right to request that we amend your health information.