Our Commitment to Your Privacy

It is the policy of our practice that all physicians and staff preserve the integrity and the confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) pertaining to our patients. The purpose of this policy is to ensure that our practice and its physicians and staff have the necessary medical and PHI to provide the highest quality medical care possible while protecting the confidentiality of the PHI of our patients to the highest degree possible.

Our staff is committed to protecting your health information, which is a right you have and one detailed in the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996.  We realize that these laws are complicated, but we must provide you with the following important information:

• How we may use and disclose your individually identifiable health information (IIHI)
• Your privacy rights in your individually identifiable health information
• Our obligations concerning the use and disclosure of your individually identifiable health information