Privacy Policy for Manhattan Oral Facial Surgery LLC
Manhattan Oral Facial Surgery LLC (“we,” “our,” “us”) is committed to protecting the privacy of your health information and complying with all applicable federal and state laws. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices with regard to the collection, use, and disclosure of your health information. This policy will remain in effect until modified or replaced. We may update this policy from time to time, and we will notify you of any material changes.
Use and Disclosure of Health Information
We use and disclose your health information for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations. For example:
Treatment: We may use and disclose your health information to provide you with treatment, including sharing it with other healthcare providers involved in your care.
Payment: We may use and disclose your health information to obtain payment for services we provide to you, such as billing your insurance provider.
Healthcare operations: We may use and disclose your health information for our internal operations, including quality assessment and improvement activities, reviewing the competence or qualifications of healthcare professionals, conducting training programs, and accreditation, certification, licensing or credentialing activities.
Authorization: We will obtain your written authorization before using or disclosing your health information for any purpose other than treatment, payment, or healthcare operations. You may revoke your authorization at any time, except to the extent we have already taken action in reliance on it.
Family and Friends: We may disclose your health information to a family member, friend or other person to the extent necessary to help with your healthcare or with payment for your healthcare, but only if you agree that we may do so.
Persons Involved in Care: We may use or disclose health information to notify, or assist in the notification of (including identifying or locating) a family member, your personal representative or another person responsible for your care, of your location, your general condition, or death.
Marketing Health-Related Services: We may use your health information to contact you about products or services that we believe may be of interest to you. We will obtain your written authorization before using your health information for marketing purposes.
Cookies: We may use cookies to improve your experience on our website, measure usage of various pages, and provide online functionality. You may set your browser to block cookies.
Required by Law: We may use or disclose your health information when we are required to do so by law.
Patient Rights
Access: You have the right to access your health information and request copies of it, with limited exceptions. We may charge a reasonable fee for producing dental records and X-rays as allowed by law.
Restrictions: You have the right to request that we place additional restrictions on our use or disclosure of your health information. We are not required to agree to these additional restrictions, but if we do, we will abide by our agreement.
Breach Notification: We will notify you in the event of a breach of your health information.
Alternative Communication: You have the right to request that we communicate with you about your health information by alternative means or to alternative locations.
Amendment: You have the right to request that we amend your health information. We may deny your request under certain circumstances.
Questions and Concerns: If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our practices regarding your health information, please contact us using the contact information provided on our website.
Complaints: If you believe that we have violated your privacy rights, you may file a complaint with us or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Manhattan Oral Facial Surgery LLC6118 Riverdale Ave, Bronx, NY 10471
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by posting a notice on our website or by other means as required by law. Your continued use of our services after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.