Privacy

NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

OUR PLEDGE REGARDING MEDICAL INFORMATION

This notice is to inform you that your personal health information will only be used for purposes of treatment in our facility and will not be misused or disclosed by / to anyone outside of our practice. You may gain access to this information if you desire.

Please review is carefully. The privacy of your health information is important to us.

OUR LEGAL DUTY

We are required by applicable federal and state law to maintain the privacy of your health information. We are also required to give you this notice about our privacy practices, our legal duties and your rights concerning your health information. We must follow the privacy practices that are described in this notice while it is in effect. This notice takes effect April 14, 2003 and will remain 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 applicable law. We reserve the right to make the changes in our privacy practices and the new terms of our notice effective for all health information that we maintain, including health information we created or received before we made the changes. Before we make a significant change in our privacy practices, we will change this notice and make the new notice available upon request.

You may request a copy of our notice at any time. For more information about our privacy practices, or for additional copies of this notice, please contact us using the information listed at the end of this notice.

USES AND DICLOSERS OF HEALTH INFORMATION

We use and disclose health information about you for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations. For example:

 

"Treatment: We may use or disclose your health information to a physician or other healthcare provider who is currently providing treatment to you.
Payment: We may use and disclose your health information to obtain payment for services we provide to you (i.e. insurance companies).
Healthcare Operations: We may use and disclose your health information in connection with our healthcare operations. Healthcare operations include quality assessment and improvement activities, reviewing the competence or qualifications of healthcare professionals, evaluating practitioner and provider performance conducting training programs, accreditation, certification, licensing or credentialing activities."

Your Authorization
In addition to our use of your health information for treatment, payment or healthcare 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 an authorization, you may revoke it in writing at any time. Your revocation will not affect any use or disclose permitted by your authorization while it was in effect. Unless you give written authorization, we cannot use or disclose your health information for any reason except those described in this notice.

To Your Family and Friends
We must disclose your health information to you, as described in the Patient Rights section of this Notice. We may disclose your health information to a family member, friend, or other person to the extent necessary to help with your healthcare or with payment for your healthcare, but only if you agree that we may do so.

Persons Involved in Care
We may use or disclose health information to notify or assist in the notification of (included identifying or locating) a family member, your personal representative or another person responsible for your care, of your location, your general condition, or death. If you are present, then prior to use or disclosure of your health information, we will provide you with an opportunity to object to such uses of disclosures. In the event of your incapacity or emergency circumstances, we will disclose health information based on a determination using our professional judgment disclosing only health information that is directly relevant to that person's involvement in your healthcare. We will also use our professional judgment and our experience with common practice to make reasonable inferences of your best interest in allowing a person to pick up filled prescriptions, medical supplies, x-rays, or other similar forms of health information.

Marketing Health-Relation Services: Our chiropractic office does not use patient information for any marketing purposes. We will not use your health information for marketing communications without your written authorization.

Required by Law: We may use or disclose your health information when it is required by law to do so (i.e. missing person, etc.).

Abuse or Neglect: We may disclose your health information to appropriate authorities if we reasonably believe that you are a possible victim of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence or the possible victim of other crimes. We may disclose your health information to the extent necessary to avert a serious threat to your health or safety or the health or safety of others.

National Security: We may disclose to military authorities the health information of Armed Forces personnel under certain circumstances. We may disclose to lawfully authorize federal officials health information required by lawful intelligence, counterintelligence, and other national security activities. We may disclose to correctional institutions or law enforcement officials having lawful custody of protected health information of inmate or patient under certain circumstances.

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 may obtain a form to request access by using the contact information listed at the end of this notice. We may charge you a reasonable cost-based fee for expenses such as copies and staff time. You may request access by sending us a letter to the address at the end of this notice. If you request an alternative format, we will charge a cost-based fee for providing your health information in the format. If you prefer, we will prepare a summary or an explanation of your health information for a fee.

Disclosure Accounting: You have the right to receive a list of instances in which we or our business associates disclosed your health information for any purpose, other than treatment, payment, healthcare operations, and certain other activities for the last 6 years by not before April 14, 2003. 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 of our use or disclosure of your health information. We are not 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 that 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. It must explain why the information should be amended.) We may deny your request under certain circumstances.

QUESTIONS AND COMPLAINTS

If you desire further information about our privacy practices or if you have questions, please contact us. If you are concerned that we may have violated your privacy rights, you may complain to us using the contact information listed at the end of this notice. You also may submit a written complaint to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services. We will provide you with the address to file your complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services upon request.


Contact:

Privacy Officer
Dr. Todd A. Jones, Owner

Telephone:

(918) 481-6535

Address:

6547 East 71st Street
Tulsa, OK 74133-2755

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Office Hours

Our Regular Schedule

Jones Chiropractic Clinic - Tulsa Location

Monday:

9:00 am-1:00 pm

3:00 pm-6:00 pm

Tuesday:

Bixby

Bixby

Wednesday:

9:00 am-1:00 pm

3:00 pm-6:00 pm

Thursday:

Bixby

Bixby

Friday:

9:00 am-1:00 pm

Closed

Saturday:

By Appointment

Sunday:

Closed

Jones Chiropractic Clinic - Bixby Location

Monday:

Tulsa

Tulsa

Tuesday:

9:00 am-1:00 pm

3:00 pm-6:00 pm

Wednesday:

Tulsa

Tulsa

Thursday:

9:00 am-1:00 pm

3:00 pm-6:00 pm

Friday:

Tulsa

Closed

Saturday:

By Appointment

Sunday:

Closed

Testimonials

Reviews By Our Satisfied Patients

  • "I was in a bad wreck that totaled my car. Dr. Jones and his staff were very friendly and helpful through the whole process. I will definitely be back to see them with any other issues."
    Valerie