Privacy Policy &
HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

Notice of Privacy Practices

1. Who We Are

Precision Spine & Joint Institute, PLLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is a chiropractic healthcare provider located in Sugar Land, TX. We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI), provide you with this notice of our privacy practices, and follow the terms described in this notice.

2. How We Use and Disclose Your Health Information

We may use and disclose your protected health information for the following purposes without your specific authorization:

• Treatment: We use your PHI to provide, coordinate, or manage your healthcare and related services, including sharing with other providers involved in your care.
• Payment: We may use or disclose your PHI to obtain payment for services rendered, including submission to health insurance companies, personal injury carriers, or workers’ compensation carriers.
• Healthcare Operations: We may use your PHI for quality assessment, training, auditing, and other operational purposes.
• As Required by Law: We will disclose PHI when required to do so by federal, state, or local law.
• Personal Injury & Legal Proceedings: With your written authorization, we may release records to your personal injury attorney or in response to a valid court order or subpoena.

3. Uses and Disclosures Requiring Your Authorization

Other than as described above, we will not use or disclose your health information without your written authorization. You may revoke your authorization at any time in writing, except where we have already relied on it.

4. Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information

You have the following rights regarding your protected health information:

• Right to Inspect and Copy: You may request to inspect and copy your medical records.
• Right to Request Correction: You may request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete information in your records.
• Right to an Accounting of Disclosures: You may request a list of certain disclosures we have made of your health information.
• Right to Request Restrictions: You may ask us to limit how we use or disclose your health information (we are not always required to agree).
• Right to Confidential Communications: You may request that we contact you at a specific location or by a specific method.
• Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice: You may request a paper copy of this notice at any time.

5. Our Responsibilities

We are required to maintain the privacy of your PHI, provide you with notice of our privacy practices, notify you following a breach of unsecured PHI, and abide by the terms of this notice.

6. Website Privacy

Our website does not collect personally identifiable health information. Contact forms and appointment requests are transmitted securely. We do not sell or share personal information submitted through our website with third parties for marketing purposes.

7. Cookies and Analytics

Our website may use cookies or similar tracking technologies for analytics purposes (e.g., Google Analytics) to understand how visitors interact with our website. This data is aggregated and does not identify individual users. You may opt out of analytics tracking through your browser settings.

8. Changes to This Notice

We reserve the right to change this notice at any time. The revised notice will be effective for all PHI we maintain. The current version will be posted on our website.

9. Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

10. Contact Us

For questions about this notice or to exercise your rights, contact Precision Spine & Joint Institute, PLLC at:

(XXX) XXX-XXXX
[YOUR STREET ADDRESS]
Sugar Land, TX 77479