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Central Park Dentistry<\/p>\n
We are required by law to maintain the privacy of protected health information, to provide individuals with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to protected health information, and to notify affected individuals following a breach of unsecured protected health information. We must follow the privacy practices that are described in this Notice while it is in effect. This Notice takes effect 2\/16\/26, and will remain in effect until we replace it.<\/p>\n
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, and to make new Notice provisions effective for all protected health information that we maintain. When we make a significant change in our privacy practices, we will change this Notice and post the new Notice clearly and prominently at our practice location, and we will provide copies of the new Notice upon request.<\/p>\n
You may request a copy of our 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.<\/p>\n
___________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n HOW WE MAY USE AND DISCLOSE HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT YOU<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n We may use and disclose your health information for different purposes, including treatment, payment, and health care operations. For each of these categories, we have provided a description and an example. Some information, such as HIV-related information, genetic information, alcohol and\/or substance abuse records, and mental health records may be entitled to special confidentiality protections under applicable state or federal law. We will abide by these special protections as they pertain to applicable cases involving these types of records.<\/p>\n Treatment: <\/strong>We may use and disclose your health information for your treatment. For example, we may disclose your health information to a specialist providing treatment to you.<\/p>\n Payment: <\/strong>We may use and disclose your health information to obtain reimbursement for the treatment and services you receive from us or another entity involved with your care. Payment activities include billing, collections, claims management, and determinations of eligibility and coverage to obtain payment from you, an insurance company, or another third party. For example, we may send claims to your dental health plan containing certain health information.<\/p>\n Healthcare Operations: <\/strong>We may use and disclose your health information in connection with our healthcare operations. For example, healthcare operations include quality assessment and improvement activities, conducting training programs, and licensing activities.<\/p>\n Individuals Involved in Your Care or Payment for Your Care: <\/strong>We may disclose your health information to your family or friends or any other individual identified by you when they are involved in your care or in the payment for your care. Additionally, we may disclose information about you to a patient representative. If a person has the authority by law to make health care decisions for you, we will treat that patient representative the same way we would treat you with respect to your health information.<\/p>\n Reminders: <\/strong>We may use or disclose medical information to end you reminders about your dental care, such as appointment reminders via US Mail, email and telephone. By providing your email address to us, you agree that you may receive reminders and breach notifications via email as a possible alternative to US Mail. It is the policy of our office to leave a message that you provide (home, cell or work). If you prefer that we NOT leave a message to confirm treatment or appointments, please call to notify us.<\/p>\n Disaster Relief: <\/strong>We may use or disclose your health information to assist in disaster relief efforts.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Required by Law: <\/strong>We may use or disclose your health information when we are required to do so by law.<\/p>\n Public Health Activities: <\/strong>We may disclose your health information for public health activities, including disclosures to:<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Prevent or control disease, injury or disability;<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Report child abuse or neglect;<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Report reactions to medications or problems with products or devices;<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Notify a person of a recall, repair, or replacement of products or devices;<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Notify a person who may have been exposed to a disease or condition; or<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Notify the appropriate government authority if we believe a patient has been the victim of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence.<\/p>\n Special protections for SUD records: <\/strong>Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment records have enhanced protections. They cannot be used in legal proceedings without your consent or court order.<\/p>\n If a use or disclosure of health information described above in this notice is prohibited or materially limited b other laws that apply to us, it is our intent to meet the requirements of the more stringent law.<\/p>\n National Security: <\/strong>We may disclose to military authorities the health information of Armed Forces personnel under certain circumstances. We may disclose to authorized federal officials health information required for lawful intelligence, counterintelligence, and other national security activities. We may disclose to correctional institution or law enforcement official having lawful custody the protected health information of an inmate or patient.<\/p>\n Secretary of HHS: <\/strong>We will disclose your health information to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services when required to investigate or determine compliance with HIPAA.<\/p>\n Worker\u2019s Compensation: <\/strong>We may disclose your PHI to the extent authorized by and to the extent necessary to comply with laws relating to worker\u2019s compensation or other similar programs established by law.<\/p>\n Law Enforcement: <\/strong>We may disclose your PHI for law enforcement purposes as permitted by HIPAA, as required by law, or in response to a subpoena or court order.<\/p>\n Health Oversight Activities: <\/strong>We may disclose your PHI to an oversight agency for activities authorized by law. These oversight activities include audits, investigations, inspections, and credentialing, as necessary for licensure and for the government to monitor the health care system, government programs, and compliance with civil rights laws.<\/p>\n Judicial and Administrative Proceedings: <\/strong>If you are involved in a lawsuit or a dispute, we may disclose your PHI in response to a court or administrative order. We may also disclose health information about you in response to a subpoena, discovery request, or other lawful process instituted by someone else involved in the dispute, but only if efforts have been made, either by the requesting party or us, to tell you about the request or to obtain an order protecting the information requested.<\/p>\n Research: <\/strong>We may disclose your PHI to researchers when their research has been approved by an institutional review board or privacy board that has reviewed the research proposal and established protocols to ensure the privacy of your information.<\/p>\n Coroners, Medical Examiners, and Funeral Directors: <\/strong>We may release your PHI to a coroner or medical examiner. This may be necessary, for example, to identify a deceased person or determine the cause of death. We may also disclose PHI to funeral directors consistent with applicable law to enable them to carry out their duties.<\/p>\n Fundraising:<\/strong> We may contact you to provide you with information about our sponsored activities, including fundraising programs, as permitted by applicable law. If you do not wish to receive such information from us, you may opt out of receiving the communications.<\/p>\n Business Associates: <\/strong>We may disclose your medical information to our business associates that perform functions on our behalf or provide us with services if the information is necessary for such functions or services. Our business associates are required, under contract with us, to protect privacy of your information and are not allowed to use or disclose any information other than as specified in our contract.<\/p>\n Data Breach Notification Purposes: <\/strong>We may use your contact information to provide legally required notices of unauthorized acquisition, access or disclosure of your health information.<\/p>\n Other Uses and Disclosures of PHI<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Your authorization is required, with a few exceptions, for disclosure of psychotherapy notes, use or disclosure of PHI for marketing, and for the sale of PHI. We will also obtain your written authorization before using or disclosing your PHI for purposes other than those provided for in this Notice (or as otherwise permitted or required by law). You may revoke an authorization in writing at any time. Upon receipt of the written revocation, we will stop using or disclosing your PHI, except to the extent that we have already taken action in reliance on the authorization.<\/p>\n Additional Restrictions on use and disclosure: <\/strong>Certain federal and state laws may require special privacy protections that restrict the use and disclosure of certain health information, including highly confidential information about you. \u201cHighly Confidential Information\u201d may include confidential information under Federal Laws governing reproductive rights, alcohol and drug abuse information and genetic information as well as state laws that often protect the following types of information:<\/p>\n YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION RIGHTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Access. <\/strong>You have the right to look at or get copies of your health information, with limited exceptions. You must make the request in writing. You may obtain a form to request access by using the contact information listed at the end of this Notice. You may also request access by sending us a letter to the address at the end of this Notice. If you request information that we maintain on paper, we may provide photocopies. If you request information that we maintain electronically, you have the right to an electronic copy. We will use the form and format you request if readily producible. We will charge you a reasonable cost-based fee for the cost of supplies and labor of copying, and for postage if you want copies mailed to you. Contact us using the information listed at the end of this Notice for an explanation of our fee structure.<\/p>\n If you are denied a request for access, you have the right to have the denial reviewed in accordance with the requirements of applicable law.<\/p>\n Disclosure Accounting: <\/strong>With the exception of certain disclosures, you have the right to receive an accounting of disclosures of your health information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. To request an accounting of disclosures of your health information, you must submit your request in writing to the Privacy Official. If you request this accounting more than once in a 12-month period, we may charge you a reasonable, cost-based fee for responding to the additional requests.<\/p>\n Right to Request a Restriction: <\/strong>You have the right to request additional restrictions on our use or disclosure of your PHI by submitting a written request to the Privacy Official. Your written request must include (1) what information you want to limit, (2) whether you want to limit our use, disclosure or both, and (3) to whom you want the limits to apply. We are not required to agree to your request except in the case where the disclosure is to a health plan for purposes of carrying out payment or health care operations, and the information pertains solely to a health care item or service for which you, or a person on your behalf (other than the health plan), has paid our practice in full.<\/p>\n Alternative Communication: <\/strong>You have the right to request that we communicate with you about your health information by alternative means or at alternative locations. You must make your request in writing. Your request must specify the alternative means or location, and provide satisfactory explanation of how payments will be handled under the alternative means or location you request. We will accommodate all reasonable requests. However, if we are unable to contact you using the ways or locations you have requested we may contact you using the information we have.<\/p>\n\n