Privacy and Accessibility

Treatment

We may use and disclose your health information to provide, coordinate, and manage your care, including consultations, referrals, prescriptions, laboratory services, imaging, and communication with other treating providers.

Payment

We may use and disclose your information to bill and collect payment, verify eligibility, obtain prior authorization, submit claims, and coordinate benefits.

Health care operations

We may use and disclose information for quality improvement, credentialing, training, auditing, compliance, patient safety, business planning, and other activities needed to operate our practices.

Care coordination and value-based care

We may use and disclose information as permitted by law to coordinate care, support population health activities, improve outcomes, measure quality, and participate in value-based arrangements.

Other permitted or required uses

We may also use or disclose information as permitted or required for public health activities, health oversight, abuse or neglect reporting, judicial and administrative proceedings, law enforcement, workers’ compensation, organ and tissue donation, research approved under applicable requirements, and to prevent or lessen a serious threat to health or safety.

• Inspect or obtain an electronic or paper copy of health and billing records, subject to limited exceptions.
• Ask us to correct health information that you believe is incorrect or incomplete.
• Request confidential communications at an alternative address or by an alternative method.
• Ask us to limit certain uses or disclosures. We are not required to agree to every request.
• Request that we not disclose information about care to a health plan when you paid for that care in full out of pocket, unless disclosure is required by law.
• Receive an accounting of certain disclosures.
• Choose someone to act for you when that person has legal authority.
• Receive a paper copy of this notice at any time.

Unless you object, we may share information relevant to your care or payment with a family member, caregiver, personal representative, or another person involved in your care. We may use professional judgment when you are unable to express a preference.