Privacy Policy

For your treatment:

We use your health information to diagnose and treat conditions like chronic sinusitis, nasal obstruction, and allergies. That may include sharing details with other providers involved in your care — for example, sending imaging or scan results to a radiologist, coordinating with your primary care physician, or referring you to another specialist.

For payment:

We use and share the minimum information necessary to bill your insurance, verify your coverage, or obtain prior authorization for a procedure such as balloon sinuplasty.

For healthcare operations:

We use health information internally to run our practice responsibly — reviewing the quality of care we provide, training staff, and handling routine tasks like appointment reminders. We may share information with outside vendors who perform services for us, such as billing or laboratory partners; those vendors are contractually required to protect your information just as we do.

In the situations below, we're permitted or required by law to use or share your information without asking your permission first:

Required by law — when federal, state, or local law requires the disclosure.

Public health and safety — to report information to public health authorities, such as for disease control or a product safety recall.

Health oversight activities — to agencies that oversee the healthcare system, such as during a licensing review or audit.

Suspected abuse or neglect — if we're required or permitted by law to report suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence to the appropriate authorities.

Legal proceedings — in response to a court order, subpoena, or other lawful request.

Law enforcement — for limited purposes, such as identifying a suspect or reporting a crime that occurred at our office.

Coroners, medical examiners, and organ or tissue donation — to help identify a deceased person, determine a cause of death, or facilitate donation.

Research — for research that has been approved by an oversight board to protect your privacy, or with your written authorization.

To prevent a serious threat — if we believe it's necessary to prevent a serious threat to your health and safety or someone else's.

Workers' compensation — as required by workers' compensation laws.

Government and military purposes — in limited circumstances required by law.

Compliance reviews — if requested by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to confirm we're following federal privacy law.

Get a copy of your records:

You can ask to see or get a copy of your medical and billing records. We'll respond within 30 days and may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee for copies.

Ask us to correct your record:

You can ask us to correct information you believe is incorrect or incomplete. We may decline, but we'll explain why in writing, and you have the right to add a statement of disagreement to your file.

Request confidential communications:

You can ask us to contact you in a specific way — for example, a cell phone rather than a home phone — or at a different address. We will accommodate all reasonable requests.

Ask us to limit what we share:

You can ask us not to use or share certain health information for treatment, payment, or operations. We're not required to agree — except when you've paid in full, out of pocket, for a service and ask us not to share that information with your health plan. In that case, we must agree.

Get a list of certain disclosures:

You can request an accounting of certain disclosures we've made over the past six years — this doesn't include disclosures for treatment, payment, or operations, or ones you've specifically authorized.

Get a paper copy of this notice:

You can ask for a paper copy of this notice at any time, even if you've agreed to receive it electronically.

Choose someone to act on your behalf:

If someone has medical power of attorney for you, or is your legal guardian, that person can exercise these rights and make choices about your health information on your behalf.

Be notified of a breach:

If a breach compromises the privacy or security of your unsecured health information, we're required by law to notify you.

If you have questions about this notice, or believe your privacy rights have been violated, you can file a complaint with us or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. You will not be retaliated against in any way for filing a complaint.

To reach our Privacy Officer: Privacy Officer, Parkland Sinus and Allergy — phone at (954) 476-0400 (Plantation) or (954) 796-0400 (Coral Springs).

To file with HHS: Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201 — 1-877-696-6775 — hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint