Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Notice

This document outlines how your medical information may be used and disclosed, as well as how you can access this information. Please review it carefully.

I. Dental Practice Covered by this Privacy Notice
This notice outlines the privacy practices of Naren Family Dental (“Dental Practice”). “We” and “our” refer to the Dental Practice, while “you” and “your” denote our patients.

II. How to Contact Us/Our Privacy Officer
Should you have any inquiries or require additional information regarding this Privacy Notice, please reach out to the Privacy Officer at Naren Family Dental:
4008 Mitchell Mill Rd, Suite 108, Raleigh, NC 27616
(919)-453-0777
https://raleighdentalandimplants.com/

III. Our Commitment to Your Privacy and Legal Obligations
Protecting the privacy of your health information is of utmost importance to us. We recognize that your health information is confidential, and we are dedicated to safeguarding it. This notice delineates how we may use and disclose your protected health information for the purposes of treatment, payment, healthcare operations, and other permissible or legally required purposes. It also outlines your rights to access and manage your protected health information. Protected health information encompasses details about you, including demographic information, which can identify you and relates to your past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition, as well as healthcare services.

We are mandated by law to:

• Ensure the security of your protected health information
• Furnish you with this Privacy Notice detailing our legal obligations and privacy practices concerning your information
• Adhere to the terms of our currently active Privacy Notice

IV. How We May Use or Disclose Your Health Information
The following examples illustrate the various ways we may employ or disclose your health information. These instances are not exhaustive. We are permitted by law to use and disclose your health information for the following purposes:

A. Common Purposes and Disclosures
Treatment: We may utilize your health information to provide dental treatment or services, such as teeth cleaning, examinations, or dental procedures. We may also disclose health information about you to dental specialists, physicians, or other healthcare professionals involved in your care.

1. We might disclose health information about you to dental specialists, physicians, or other healthcare professionals involved in your care.
2. Payment: Your health information may be used and disclosed to obtain payment from health plans and insurers for the care we provide to you.
3. Healthcare Operations: Health information about you may be used and disclosed in healthcare operations necessary for the functioning of our practice. This includes reviewing our treatment and services, training, evaluating the performance of our staff and healthcare professionals, quality assurance, financial or billing audits, legal matters, and business planning and development.
4. Appointment Reminders: We may use or disclose your health information to remind you of a dental appointment. We may contact you via postcard, letter, phone call, voicemail, message, or email.
5. Treatment Options and Health-Related Benefits and Services: Your health information may be used and disclosed to inform you about treatment options, alternatives, or health-related benefits and services that may be of interest to you.
6. Disclosure to Family and Friends: If you do not object or if you are absent, we may disclose your health information to a family member or friend involved in your care or payment for your care if we believe it is in your best interest.
7. Disclosure to Business Associates: We may disclose your protected health information to our third-party service providers, known as “business associates,” who perform functions on our behalf or provide us with services, if the information is necessary for those functions or services. For instance, we may use a business associate to assist us in maintaining our practice management software. Our business associates are contractually obligated to protect the security of your information and are not allowed to use or disclose any information other than as specified in our contract.

B. Uncommon Purposes and Disclosures

Disclosures Required by Law: We may use or disclose patient health information to the extent required by law. For example, we are required to disclose patient health information.

Public Health Activities: Patient health information may be disclosed for public health activities and purposes, including preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability; reporting births or deaths; reporting child abuse or neglect; reporting adverse reactions to medications or foods; reporting product defects; facilitating product recalls; and notifying individuals who may have been exposed to a disease or may be at risk of contracting or spreading a disease or condition.

Abuse, Neglect, or Domestic Violence: Health information may be disclosed to the appropriate government authority about a patient whom we believe is a victim of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence.

Health Oversight Activities: Patient health information may be disclosed to a health oversight agency for activities necessary for the government to provide proper oversight of the healthcare system, certain government benefit programs, and compliance with specific civil rights laws.

Legal Proceedings: Patient health information may be disclosed in response to (I) a court or administrative order or (ii) a subpoena, discovery request, or other legal process that is not ordered by a court if efforts have been made to notify the patient or to obtain a protective order for the requested information.

Law Enforcement: We may disclose your health information to law enforcement for purposes such as identifying or locating a suspect, witness, or missing person, or to report a crime.

Coroners, Medical Examiners, and Funeral Directors: Your health information may be disclosed to a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director to allow them to carry out their duties.

Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation: We may use or disclose your health information to organ procurement organizations or other entities that obtain, store, or transplant cadaveric organs, eyes, or tissue for donation and transplantation.

Research Purposes: Your information may be used or disclosed for research purposes with patient authorization or approval from an Institutional Review Board or Privacy Board.

Threat to Health or Safety: We may use or disclose your health information if we believe it is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious threat to someone’s health or safety.

Specialized Government Functions: Your health information may be disclosed to military authorities (domestic or foreign) regarding their members or veterans, for national security and protective services for the President or other heads of state, to the government for trusted status reviews, and to a correctional institution about its inmates.

Workers’ Compensation: We may disclose your health information to comply with workers’ compensation laws or similar programs that provide benefits for work-related injuries or illnesses.

V. Your Written Authorization for Any Other Use or Disclosure of Your Health Information

Uses and disclosures of your protected health information involving psychotherapy notes (if any), marketing, sale of your protected health information, or other purposes or disclosures not described in this notice will be made only with your written authorization

User
“Disclosure to Family and Friends: If you do not object or if you are absent, we may disclose your health information to a family member or friend involved in your care or payment for your care if we believe it is in your best interest.”mon Purposes and Disclosures

1. Disclosures Required by Law: We may use or disclose patient health information to the extent we are required by law to do.