Patient Privacy and HIPAA Rights

Website information updated September 6, 2026.

This page explains patient privacy rights and how to request help. It is an educational summary, not the practice's adopted Notice of Privacy Practices. Ask the practice for its current notice, including its effective date and privacy contact, when you arrange care or request records.

Request the practice's privacy notice

Use the telephone or office mailing details on our contact page and ask for the current Notice of Privacy Practices or the person handling patient privacy requests. You can ask for a paper copy. Please do not put medical records, insurance identifiers or detailed health information in an ordinary email or public review.

A healthcare provider's notice explains how it uses and shares protected health information, its duties and how to exercise your rights. HHS explains what a Notice of Privacy Practices should provide.

Understanding your rights

HIPAA gives patients rights with covered healthcare providers. These include asking to see or receive health records, requesting a correction, receiving information about certain disclosures, asking for restrictions, and making a privacy complaint. Some rights have exceptions or specific request procedures. HHS provides a patient guide to HIPAA rights.

For access requests, covered providers generally must act within 30 calendar days. A limited extension may be allowed with written notice. Permitted copying fees are limited; records access cannot be conditioned on paying an outstanding treatment bill. See HHS guidance on access to health information.

You can request a reasonable confidential way to receive communications. If you pay in full yourself for a service and request it, a covered provider generally must withhold information about that service from your health plan for payment or healthcare operations, unless disclosure is required by law. Other restriction requests may be declined. The HHS provider notice model explains these distinctions.

How health information may be shared

HIPAA permits certain uses for treatment, payment and healthcare operations without a separate authorization. Other permitted or required disclosures have conditions, such as public-health reporting or complying with applicable law. Marketing and sale of protected health information generally require written authorization. A broad website statement is not permission to use your records for any purpose. HHS describes the Privacy Rule and its limits.

Records from federally protected substance-use-disorder programs can carry additional restrictions. This does not mean that this practice operates such a program. The HHS explanation of Part 2 protections describes the additional rules.

Questions or complaints

Ask the practice's privacy contact about a concern, a copy of the current notice, or the process for a records request. You may also file a HIPAA complaint with the HHS Office for Civil Rights. HIPAA prohibits retaliation for exercising protected rights or filing a complaint.

For information about website browsing, external videos and contact links, read the separate website privacy policy. Visiting this website does not authorize release of your medical records.