Privacy Notice

Your privacy and the security of your health information are very important to us.

Hunt Dentistry complies with all applicable federal and state privacy laws, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Any personal or health information you provide through this website or during your care is used only for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations, or as otherwise permitted by law. We do not share your information with third parties without your authorization, except as required or allowed by HIPAA regulations.

The below notice describes how health information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information.

NOTICE OF PRIVACY POLICY

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requires that health providers keep your medical and dental information private. The HIPAA Privacy Rule states that health providers must also post in a clear and prominent location, and provide patients with, a written Notice of Privacy Policy.

The privacy practices described are currently in effect. We reserve the right to change our privacy practices, and the terms of this Notice at any time, provided such changes are permitted by law. If changes are made, a new Notice of Privacy policy will be displayed in our office and provided to patients. You may request a copy of our Notice at any time. Additional information may be obtained from the HIPAA Coordinator listed in our written HIPAA plan.

USES AND DISCLOSURES OF HEALTH INFORMATION

The following describes how information about you may be used in this dental office:

Treatment Services: We may use or disclose your health information to all of our staff members, other dentists, your physicians, and/or other health care providers taking care of you.

Payment and Health Care Operations: We may use or disclose your health information to obtain payment for services we provide to you, to participate in quality assurance, disease management, training, licensing, and certification programs. Upon your written request, we will not disclose to your health insurer any services paid by you out of pocket.

Marketing/Fundraising: We will not use your health information for marketing or fundraising purposes without your written consent. You can opt out of receiving information about our marketing or fundraisers. We will not sell your health information without your explicit authorization.

Appointment Reminders: We may use or disclose your health information to provide you with appointment reminders such as voicemail messages, text messages, emails, postcards, or letters.

Legal Requirements: We may use or disclose your health information when required to do so by law.

Abuse or Neglect: If abuse or neglect is reasonably suspected, we may use or disclose your health information to the appropriate governmental authorities.

National Security: When required, we may disclose military personnel health information to the Armed Forces. Information may be given to authorized federal offices when required for intelligence and national security activities. Health information for inmates in custody of law enforcement may be provided to correctional institutes.

Family Members, Friends, and Others Involved in Care: At your request, we may disclose your health information to a family member or other person if necessary to assist with your treatment and/or payment for services. Based on our judgement and as per 164.522(a) of HIPAA we may disclose your information to these persons in the event of an emergency situation. We also may make information available so that another person may pick up filled prescriptions, medical supplies, records, or x-rays for you. Your information may be disclosed to assist in notifying a family member, caregiver, or personal representative of your location, condition, or death.

Business Associates: Some services in our organization are provided through contacts with business associates. Examples include practice management software representatives, accountants, answering service personnel, etc. When these services are contracted, we may disclose your health information to our business associates so that they can perform the job we have asked them to do and bill you or your third-party payer for services rendered. All of our business associates are required to safeguard your information and to follow HIPAA Privacy Rules.

Workers’ Compensation: We may release medical information about you for workers’ compensation or similar programs. These programs provide benefits for work-related injuries or illnesses.

Research: We may use or disclose medical information to researchers when an institution’s review board or special privacy board has reviewed the proposed study and established protocols to ensure the privacy of the health information used in their research and determined that the researcher does not need to obtain your authorization prior to using your medical information for research purposes.

Public Health Activities: We may use or disclose your health information for public health activities, to include the following: to prevent or control disease, injury, or disability: to report reactions with medications or problems with products, to notify people of recalls of products they may be using to notify a person who may have been exposed to a disease or who may be at risk for contracting or spreading a disease of condition, to notify the proper government authority if we believe a patient has been the victim of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence (when required by law).

Other Authorizations: In addition to our use of your health information for treatment, payment, or health care operations, you may give us written authorization to use your health information or to disclose it to anyone for any purpose. If you give us authorization, you may revoke it at any time. Your revocation will not affect any use or disclosures permitted by your authorization while it was in effect. Unless you give us a written authorization, we cannot use or disclose your health information for any reason except those described in this Notice.

Breach Notification: We will notify you any time your PHI may have been compromised through unauthorized acquisition, use or disclosure.

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Records: The confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records is protected by strict federal law and regulations (42 CFR Part 2). Generally, we may not disclose any information identifying a patient as having a substance use disorder unless:

The patient consents in writing; The disclosure is allowed by a court order; or the disclosure is made to medical personnel in a medical emergency. Information related to substance use disorder treatment cannot be used to criminally investigate or prosecute a patient.

Reproductive Health Care Privacy: We recognize that information regarding reproductive health care is highly sensitive. We will not use or disclose your protected health information to conduct a criminal, civil, or administrative investigation into, or impose liability for, the mere act of seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating lawful reproductive health care.

Marketing and Fundraising: We will not use your health information for marketing or fundraising purposes without your written consent. You have the right to opt out of receiving fundraising communications from us. We will not sell your health information without your explicit authorization

PATIENT RIGHTS

Access: You have the right to look at or get copies of your health information, with limited exceptions. You may request that we provide copies in a format other than photocopies. We will use the format you request unless we cannot practicably do so. You must make a request in writing to obtain access to your health information.

You are not entitled to originals, only copies. Postage will be added if copies are to be mailed. If you prefer, we will prepare a summary or an explanation of your health information for a fee. Details of all fees are available from the HIPAA Coordinator.

Accounting of Disclosures: You have the right to receive a list of instances in which we or our business associates disclosed your health information for purposes, other than treatment, payment, healthcare operations and certain other activities, for the last 6 years. If you request this accounting more than once in a 12-month period, we may charge you a reasonable, cost-based fee for responding to these additional requests.

Restriction: You have the right to request that we place additional restrictions on our use or disclosure of your health information. We will keep your information confidential from your health plans if you pay cash, at your request. In some instances, we may not be required to agree to these additional restrictions, but if we do, we will abide by our agreement (except in an emergency).

Alternative Communication: You have the right to request that we communicate with you about your health information by alternative means or to alternative locations. (You must make your request in writing.) Your request must specify the alternative means or location, and provide satisfactory explanation how payments will be handled under the alternative means or location you request.

Amendment: You have the right to request that we amend your health information. Your request must be in writing. We may deny your request under certain circumstances.

QUESTIONS AND COMPLAINTS

If you want more information about our Privacy Policy or have questions or concerns, please contact us. If you have concerns relating to a perceived violation of your privacy rights, to access to your health information, to amending or restricting the use or disclosure of your health information, or to requesting alternative means of communication, you may contact us using the contact information listed at the end of this Notice. You also may submit a written complaint to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). We will provide you with the HHS address upon request.

Privacy Policy

Personally Identifiable Information

Hunt Dentistry’s Privacy Policy is to allow our users to anonymously access the information on Hunt Dentistry’s properties. Hunt Dentistry does not collect, sell, or provide any personally identifiable information regarding you or other users, unless you voluntarily provide that information to us for that purpose.

HIPAA Compliant

This website resource allows you to learn information related to certain health topics and find health service providers in your area by linking you to individual health service provider’s web sites. Due to the nature of this web site, Hunt Dentistry cannot check or verify the accuracy of information contained on health service provider’s web sites. The inclusion of any link to such sites does not imply endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by Hunt Dentistry of these sites. Hunt Dentistry does not warrant the accuracy of information obtained from these web sites. You are advised to conduct your own thorough review of the health service provider (“provider”) prior to retaining or taking advice from that provider. Advice given and opinions expressed throughout providers’ sites are those of the provider, not of Hunt Dentistry. Hunt Dentistry’s expressly disclaims all liability for any actions taken or not taken by you based upon any or all advice given or any service provided by the provider to you.

Privacy of Your Health Information

We understand that your health information is personal to you and we are committed to protecting information about you. However, we have no control over the information contained on a provider’s web site and in linking you to a provider’s web site, we do not warrant that any health information provided by you will be protected or treated in a manner complying with privacy laws including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, regulations enacted thereunder, or applicable state laws. Hunt Dentistry expressly disclaims all liability for any wrongful disclosure of your health information by the provider.

Security

Hunt Dentistry places the utmost importance on protecting information transmitted via this web site and will take security precautions to protect all such information. However, Hunt Dentistry cannot guarantee that any electronic communication is totally secure. Hunt Dentistry will take measures to secure and protect all customer-specific information from loss, misuse, and alteration.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.

• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please contact info@huntdentistryaz.com.

​Updates to Terms

Hunt Dentistry reserves the right to modify or amend its Terms of Use at any time, and from time to time. Any changes to the policy will be posted on this site.

Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions shall be construed, interpreted and performed exclusively according to the, excluding conflict of law rules, of the State of Arizona, United States of America. Any legal action with respect to any transaction must be commenced within one year after the cause of action has arisen.

Links

This site contains links to other sites. Hunt Dentistry is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites that are linked to us.

Questions

Should you have any questions of concerns regarding Hunt Dentistry’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, please contact our web developer at bishop@bishopdesignhouse.com