HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

Advanced Tech Hearing Aid Centers is required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI), to give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and to follow the terms of the notice currently in effect.

• Treatment. To provide, coordinate, or manage your hearing care — including sharing information with your physician or another provider involved in your care.
• Payment. To bill and collect payment from you, an insurer, or another responsible party.
• Health care operations. For quality review, staff training, scheduling, and normal business operation of our practice.
• Appointment reminders. To contact you about appointments, follow-up care, or device service.
• As required by law. When federal, state, or local law requires disclosure.

Other uses and disclosures — including most marketing and any sale of PHI — require your written authorization, which you may revoke at any time in writing.

• Inspect and obtain a copy of your health record.
• Request a correction to information you believe is incorrect or incomplete.
• Request confidential communication at an alternate address or phone number.
• Request a restriction on certain uses and disclosures.
• Receive an accounting of certain disclosures we have made.
• Obtain a paper copy of this notice on request.
• Be notified if a breach occurs that may have compromised your information.

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our office using the contact details below, 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.

Please do not send medical details through the website form or by email. Website messages are not a secure channel for protected health information — call our office and we'll take care of it on the phone.

We reserve the right to change this notice and to make the revised notice effective for health information we already hold as well as information we receive in the future. The current notice is always posted on this page and in our office.