HIPAA Privacy Policy

Our Commitment to Your Privacy

Southwest Dental Group is committed to protecting the privacy of your health information. We are required by law to maintain the privacy of protected health information (PHI), give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and follow the terms of the notice currently in effect.

How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information

We may use and disclose your health information for treatment, payment, and health care operations. For example, we may share information with other providers involved in your care, bill your insurance for services, and use records to improve the quality of care we deliver.

We may also use or disclose your information when required by law, for public health activities, to report suspected abuse or neglect, for health oversight, in judicial or administrative proceedings, for law enforcement purposes, or for research where privacy protections are in place.

Your Rights

• Request a copy of your medical record.
• Ask us to correct information you believe is incorrect or incomplete.
• Request confidential communications by an alternate means or at an alternate location.
• Ask us to limit certain uses or disclosures of your information.
• Receive an accounting of certain disclosures we have made.
• Receive a paper copy of this notice on request.
• File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.

Changes to This Notice

We reserve the right to change this notice and make the revised notice effective for information we already have as well as any information we receive in the future. The current notice will be posted in our office and on our website.

Complaints and Contact

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our office or with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.

To exercise any of your rights or ask questions about this notice, contact our office at (580) 255-6621 or visit us at 1007 W Oak Ave, Duncan, OK 73533.

[HIPAA POLICY — replace this scaffold with the practice's official Notice of Privacy Practices if a specific version is required.]