We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your health information and provide you notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your health information. We will abide by the terms of this notice.

How We May Use or Disclose Your Health Information

The following categories describe examples of the way we use and disclose health information:

For Treatment: We may use your health information to provide you with medical treatment or services. For example, your health information will be disclosed to those who participate in your care. We may also disclose your health information to your physician or another healthcare provider to be sure those parties have all the information necessary to diagnose and treat you.

For Payment: We may use and disclose your health information to others so they will pay us or reimburse you for your treatment. For example, a bill may be sent to you, your insurance company, or a third-party payer. The bill may contain information that identifies you, your diagnosis, and treatment or supplies used in the course of treatment.

We may share your health information with pharmaceutical company patient assistance programs and patient support organizations in order to assist you in obtaining payment for your care or payment for certain parts of your care.

For Health Care Operations: We may use and disclose your health information in order to support our business activities. For example, we may use your health information for quality assessment activities, training of medical students, necessary credentialing, and other essential activities.
We may ask you to sign your name on a sign-in sheet at the registration desk and we may call your name in the waiting room when we call you for your appointment.
We may disclose your health information to a third party that performs services, such as
billing and collection, on our behalf. In these cases, we will enter into a written agreement with the third party to ensure they protect the privacy of your health information.

Appointment Reminders: We may use and disclose your health information in order to contact you and remind you of an upcoming appointment for treatment or health care services.

Treatment Alternatives and Health-Related Benefits and Services: We may use your health information to inform you of services or programs that we believe would be beneficial to you. We may call, mail, or email you information about these services or goods. For example, we may contact you to make you aware of new products, supply product information, or a new patient assistance program that may be available to you

Individuals Involved in Your Care or Payment for Your Care: We may release your health information, including information about your condition, to a family member or friend who is involved in your medical care or who helps pay for your care. If you would like us to refrain from releasing your health information to a family member or friend, please notify the Practice Administrator; 2730 S Val Vista Dr. Building 13 Suite 177 Gilbert, Arizona 85295.

We are also allowed by law to use and disclose your health information without your authorization for the following purposes:

As Required by Law: We may use and disclose your health information when required to do so by federal, state, or local law.

Judicial and Administrative Proceedings: If you are involved in a legal proceeding, we may disclose your health information in response to a court or administrative order. We may also release your health information in response to a subpoena, discovery request, or other lawful processes by someone else involved in the dispute, but only if efforts have been made to tell you about the request or to obtain an order protecting the information requested.

Law Enforcement: We may disclose your health information, within limitations, to law enforcement officials for several different purposes:
• To comply with a court order, warrant, subpoena, summons, or other similar processes
• To identify or locate a suspect, fugitive, material witness, or missing person;
• About the victim of a crime, if unable to obtain the victim’s agreement
• About a death we suspect may have resulted from criminal conduct;
• About criminal conduct we believe in good faith to have occurred on our premises; and
• To report a crime, the location of a crime, and the identity, description, and location of the individual who committed the crime, in an emergency situation.

Public Health Activities: We may use and disclose your health information for public health activities, including the following:
• To prevent or control disease, injury, or disability;
• To report births or deaths;
• To report child abuse or neglect;
• To report adverse events, product defects or problems;
• To track FDA-regulated products;
• To notify people and enable product recalls; and
• To notify a person who may have been at risk for contracting or spreading a disease or condition

Health Oversight Activities: We may use and disclose your health information to health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law. These oversight activities are necessary for the government to monitor the health care system, government benefit programs, and compliance with civil rights laws.

Serious Threat to Health or Safety: If there is a serious threat to your health or safety or the health and safety or the public or another person, we may use and disclose your health information to someone able to help prevent the threat.

Organ/Tissue Donation: If you are an organ donor, we may use and disclose your health information to organizations that handle organ procurement or organ, eye, or tissue transplantation or to an organ donation bank.

Workers’ Compensation: We may disclose your health information for workers’ compensation or similar programs. These programs provide benefits for work-related injuries or illness.

Coroners, Medical Examiners, and Funeral Directors: We may use and disclose health information to a coroner or medical examiner. This disclosure may be necessary to identify a deceased person or determine the cause of death. We may also disclose health information, as necessary, to funeral directors to assist them in performing their duties.

Victims of Abuse, Neglect, or Domestic Violence: We may disclose health information to the appropriate government authority if we believe a patient has been the victim of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence. We will only make this disclosure if you agree, or when required or authorized by law.

Military and Veterans Activities: If you are a member of the Armed Forces, we may disclose your health information to military command authorities. Health information about foreign military personnel may be disclosed to foreign military authorities.

National Security and Intelligence Activities: We may disclose your health information to authorized federal officials for intelligence, counterintelligence, and other national security activities authorized by law.

Protective Services for the President and Others: We may disclose your health information to authorized federal officials so they may provide protective services for the President and others, including foreign heads of state.

Inmates: If you are an inmate of a correctional institution or under the custody of a law enforcement official, we may disclose your health information to the correctional institution or law enforcement official to assist them in providing you health care, protecting your health and safety, or the health and safety of others, or for the safety or the correctional institute.

Other Uses and Disclosures of Your Health Information: Other uses and disclosures of your health information not covered by this Notice or the laws that apply to us will be made only with your authorization. If you authorize us to use or disclose your health information, you may revoke that authorization, in writing, at any time. If you revoke your authorization, we will no longer use or disclose your health information as specified by the revoked authorization, except to the extent that we have taken action in reliance on your authorization.

Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information
You have the following rights regarding health information we maintain about you:

Right to Request Restrictions: You have the right to request restrictions on how we use and disclose your health information for treatment, payment, or health care operations. We are not required to agree with your request. If we do agree, we will comply with your request unless the information is needed to provide you emergency treatment. To request restrictions, you must make your request in writing and submit it to the Practice Administrator; 2730 S Val Vista Dr. Building 13 Suite 177 Gilbert, Arizona 85295.

Right to Request Confidential Communications: You have the right to request that we communicate with you in a certain manner or at a certain location regarding the services you receive from us. For example, you may ask that we only contact you at work or only by mail. To request confidential communications, you must make your request in writing and submit it to the Practice Administrator; 2730 S Val Vista Dr. Building 13 Suite 177 Gilbert, Arizona 85295. We will not ask you the reason for your request. We will attempt to accommodate all reasonable requests.

Right to Inspect and Copy: You have the right to inspect and copy health information that may be used to make decisions about your care. Usually, this includes medical and billing records but does not include psychotherapy notes or information that is compiled in reasonable anticipation of, or in use in, a civil, criminal, or administrative action or proceeding, To inspect and copy your health information, you must make your request in writing by filling out the appropriate form provided by us and submitting it the Practice Administrator at 2730 S Val Vista Dr. Building 13 Suite 177 Gilbert, Arizona 85295. If you request a copy of your health information, we may charge a fee for the costs of copying, mailing, or preparing the requested documents.
We may deny your request to inspect and copy in certain very limited circumstances. If you are denied access to your health information, you may request that the denial be reviewed by a licensed health care professional chosen by us. The person conducting the review will not be the person who denied your request. We will comply with the outcome of the review.

Right to Amend: If you feel that your health information is incorrect or incomplete, you may request that we amend your information. You have the right to request an amendment for as long as the information is kept by or for us. To request an amendment, you must make your request in writing by filling out the appropriate form provided by us and submitting it to the Practice Administrator 2730 S Val Vista Dr. Building 13 Suite 177 Gilbert, Arizona 85295.
We may deny your request for an amendment. If this occurs, you will be notified of the reason for the denial and given the opportunity to file a written statement of disagreement with us.

Right to any Accounting of Disclosures: You have the right to request an accounting of certain disclosures we make of your health information. Please note that certain disclosures, such as those made for treatment, payment or health care operations, need not be included in the accounting we provide to you.
To request an accounting of disclosures, you must make your request in writing by filling out the appropriate form provided by us and submitting it to the Practice Administrator 2730 S Val Vista Dr. Building 13 Suite 177 Gilbert, Arizona 85295. Your request must state a time period that may not be longer than six years, and which may not include dates before 5/1/2020. The first accounting you request within a 12-month period will be free. For additional accounting, we may charge you for the costs of providing the accounting, we will notify you of the costs involved and give you an opportunity to withdraw or modify your request because any costs have been incurred.