Summary of Our Notice of Privacy Practices

Effective date: November 15, 2026

We are required by law to protect the privacy of your health information and to give you a Notice of Privacy Practices that describes how we may use and share it, your rights, and our duties. This page summarizes that Notice. Read the full Notice of Privacy Practices; a paper copy is available at the front desk at any time.

How we use and share your information

For treatment, payment and health care operations, the law allows us to use and share your health information without asking you first. Some examples:

• To provide and coordinate your care, and to share information with others who are treating you — for example, sending results to your referring physician or a prescription to your pharmacy.
• To bill and collect payment for your care, including confirming coverage with your health plan.
• To run the practice and improve the care we give, such as reviewing the quality of treatment.
• To contact you about appointments, test results and other matters relating to your care.
• To share information relevant to your care with family or friends you have involved, unless you tell us not to.
• When the law permits or requires it — for example, public health reporting, reporting abuse, neglect or domestic violence, health oversight, or a court order.

We will not use your information for marketing, sell it, or publish your photographs or story to promote the practice without your written authorization. Some information — such as HIV test results, mental health information, substance use disorder treatment records and genetic information — has extra protection. These examples are not complete; the full Notice describes every use and disclosure we are permitted to make.

Your rights

• Get a paper or electronic copy of your medical and billing records.
• Ask us to correct your record.
• Get a list of certain disclosures we have made.
• Ask us to limit what we use or share, and require us not to share with your health plan a service you paid for in full yourself.
• Ask us to contact you in a particular way or at a particular place.
• Get a paper copy of the Notice at any time.
• Be told if your unsecured health information is breached.
• Choose someone, such as a legal guardian or someone with medical power of attorney, to act for you.
• File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

Our responsibilities

We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your health information, to follow the Notice that is currently in effect, and to let you know promptly if a breach occurs. We may change the Notice, and the changes will apply to information we already hold; the current Notice is always available at the front desk and on our website.

New patients confirm they received the Notice on the Acknowledgment of Notice of Privacy Practices, which is part of the New Patient Packet.