Privacy Policy
*Revised Date: November 2025*
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
With your consen, the practice is permitted by federal privacy laws to make uses and disclosures of your health information for purpose of treatment, payment and health care operations.
Protected health information is the information we create and obtain in providing our services to you. Such information may include documenting your symptoms, examination and test results,
diagnoses, treatment, and applying for future care or treatment. It also includes biling documents for those services.
Example of use of your health information for treatment purposes:
A nurse obtains treatment information about you and records it in health record. During the course of your treatment, the doctor determines a need to consult with another specialist in the area. The doctor will share the information with such specialist and obtain input.
Example of use of your health information for payment purposes
We submit a request for payment to your health insurance comnpany. The health insurance conpany requests information from us regarding medical care given. We will provide information to them about you and the care given.
Example of use of your Health Care operations
We obtain services from our insurers or other business associates such as quality assessment, quality improvement, outcome evaluation, protocol and clinical quidelines development, training programs, credentialing, medicaal review, legal services, and insurance.
We will share information about you with such insurers or other business associates as necessary to obtain these services.
Your Health Information Rights
The health record we maintain and billing records are the physical property of the practice. The information in it, however, belongs to you. You have a right to:
- Request a restriction on certain uses and disclosures of your health information by delivering the request in writing to our office. We are not required to grant the request but we will comply with any request granted;
- Request a restriction on disclosures of medical information to a health plan for purpose of carrying out payment and health care operations; and the PHI pertains solely to a health care service for which the provider has been paid out of pocket in full - we must comply with his request;
- Request that you be allowed to inspect and copy your health record and billing record - you may exercise this rights by delivering the request in writing to our office;
- Appeal a denial of access to your protected health information except in certain circumstances;
- Request that your health care record be amended to correct incomplete or incorrect information by delivering a written request to our office;
- File statement of disagreement if your amendment is denied, and require that the request for amendment and any denial be attached in all future disclosures of your protected health information.
SMS/Text Messaging Policy
By providing your mobile phone number and choosing to receive SMS notifications, you consent to receive text messages from Alliance Prosthetics and Orthotics Inc. regarding:
- Appointment reminders
- Follow-Up communication
- Service updates
Your SMS Rights
In compliance with industry regulations, we inform you that:
- You are consenting to receive messages from our business.
- Your personal information will not be shared with third parties for marketing purposes.
- Message frequency varies and may include recurring messages, depending on your services and interactions (e.g., multiple reminders before appointments).
- You may reply STOP at any time to opt out of future text messages.
- You may reply HELP at any time for more information.
- Message and data rates may apply, depending on your mobile carrier.
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