This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can obtain access to this information. Please review it carefully. As required by law, this notice provides you with information about your rights and our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to the privacy of protected health information.
This notice also discusses the uses and disclosures we will make of your protected health information. We must comply with the provisions of this notice, although we reserve the right to change the terms of this notice from time to time and to make the revised notice effective for all protected health information we maintain.
You can always request a copy of our most current privacy notice from our office. We can use or disclose your protected health information for purposes of treatment, payment and health care operations.
We may contact you to provide appointment reminders or information about treatment alternatives or other health-related benefits and services that may be of interest to you or relate specifically to your medical care through our office.
For example, we may leave appointment reminders on your answering machine or with a family member or other person who may answer the telephone at the number that you have given us in order to contact you.
