Patient Consent
Our Privacy Policy provides information about how we may use and disclose protected health information about you. The Policy contains a Patient Rights section describing your rights under the law. You have the right to review our Policy before signing this Consent. The terms of our Policy may change. If we change our Policy, you may obtain a revised copy by contacting our office.
You have the right to request that we restrict how protected health information about you is used or disclosed for treatment, payment or health care operations. We are not required to agree to this restriction, but if we do, we shall honor the agreement.
By signing this form, you consent to our use and disclosure of protected health information about you for treatment, payment and health care operations. You have the right to revoke this Consent, in writing, signed by you. However, such a revocation shall not affect any disclosures we have already made in reliance on your prior Consent. Our Office provides this form to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
The patient understands that:
• Protected health information may be disclosed or used for treatment, payment or health care operations
• Our office has a Privacy Policy and that the patient has the opportunity to review this Notice
• Our office reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy
• The patient has the right to restrict the uses of their information but our Office does not have to agree to those restrictions
• The patient may revoke this Consent in writing at any time and all future disclosures will then cease
• Our office may condition treatment upon the execution of this Consent