Effective Date: 1/1/2025
Optimization Clinic LLC respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how Optimization Clinic LLC collects and uses information about you when you opt-in to receive SMS messages from us.
PRIVACY POLICY / HIPPA COMPLIANCE
OUR LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES. We are required by law to give you this notice. It provides you on how we may use and disclose protected health information about you and describes your rights and our obligations regarding the use and disclosure of that information. We shall maintain the privacy of protected health information and provide you with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your protected health information.
We have the right to change these policies at any time. If we change our privacy policies, we will notify you of these changes immediately. This current policy is in effect unless stated otherwise. If the policy is changed, it will apply to all your current and past health information.
You may request a copy of our notice any time. You may contact Optimization Clinic LLC at 16 Terra Linda Ct, Eagle Point OR 97524 or (p) 541-646-9400 at any time to request a copy of this privacy policy.
HOW WE MAY USE OR DISCLOSE YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION
The following examples describe ways that we may use your protected health information for your treatment, payments, healthcare operations etc. but please be advised that not every use or disclosure in a particular category will be listed.
Treatment: We may use and disclose your protected health information to provide you treatment. This includes disclosing your protected health information to other medical providers, trainees, therapists, medical staff, and office staff that are involved in your health care.
For example, your medical provider might need to consult with another provider to coordinate your care. Also, the office staff may need to use and disclose your protected health information to other individuals outside of our office such as the pharmacy when a prescription is called in.
Payment: Your protected health information may also be used to obtain payment from an insurance company or another third party. This may include providing an insurance company your protected health information for a pre-authorization for a medication we prescribed.
Health Care Operations: We may use or disclose your protected health information in order to operate this medical practice. These activities include training students, reviewing cases with employees, utilizing your information to improve the quality of care, and contacting you be telephone, email, or text to remind you of your appointments.
If we have to share your protected health information to third party “business associates” such as a billing service, if so, we will have a written contract that contains terms that will protect the privacy of your protected health information.
We may also use and disclose your protected health information for marketing activities. For example, we might send you a thank you card in the mail with a coupon for specialized services or products. We may also send you information about products or services that might be of interest to you. You can contact us at any point to stop receiving this information.
We will not use or disclose your protected health information for any purpose other than those identified in this policy without your specific, written Authorization. You may give us written authorization to use your protected health information or to disclose it to anyone for any purpose. You can revoke this authorization at any time but will not affect the protected health information that was shared while the authorization was in effect.
Appointment reminders: We may contact you as a reminder that you have an appointment for your initial visit, follow up visit, or lab work via text, phone call or email.
Others Involved in Your Health Care: We may disclose protected health information about you to your family members or friends if we obtain your verbal agreement to do so, or if we give you an opportunity to object to such a disclosure and you do not raise an objection. For example, we may assume that if your spouse or friend is present during your evaluation, that we can disclose protected professional information to this person. If you are unable to agree or object to such a disclosure, we may disclose such information as necessary if we determine that it is in your best interest based on our professional judgment if there is an urgent or emergent need.
Research: We will not use or disclose your health information for research purposes unless you give us authorization to do so.
Organ Donation: If you are an organ donor, we may release protected health information to organizations that handle organ procurement or organ, eye or tissue transplantation if it is necessary to facilitate this process.
Public Health Risks: We may disclose your protected health information, if necessary, in order to prevent or control disease, report adverse events from medications or products, prevent injury, disability or death. This information may be disclosed to healthcare systems, government agencies, or public health authorities. We may have to disclose your protected health information to the Food and Drug Administration to report adverse events, defects, problems, enable recalls etc. if required by FDA regulation.
Health Oversight Activities: We may disclose protected health information to health oversight agencies for audits, investigations, inspections or licensing purposes. These disclosures might be necessary for state and federal agencies to monitor healthcare systems and compliance with civil law.
Required by Law: We will disclose protected health information about you when required to do so by federal, state and/or local law.
Workman’s compensation: We may disclose your protected health information to workman’s comp or similar programs.
Lawsuits: We may disclose your protected health information in response to a court action, administrative action or a subpoena.
Law Enforcement: We may release protected health information to a law enforcement official in response to a court order, subpoena, warrant, subject to all applicable legal requirements.
When you opt-in to receive SMS messages, we collect:
Your phone number
Consent to send SMS messages
Your email address
Your basic contact information
Your messaging history
Any health information you provide to us when you contact us through out website or trough text messaging inquiring information from our clinic
How We Collect Your Information
We may collect your information directly from you, such as when you complete a form or contact us; automatically, such as when you interact with our website; or from others, such as when we receive information about you from third parties.
How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
Send you the SMS messages you’ve opted in to receive
Provide updates, promotions, or other relevant content based on your preferences
Choices and Controls
To operate our business
Disclosures of Your Information
We may disclose your information to our affiliated companies; to third party service providers, business advisors, or consultants who provide services to us; in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, restructuring, financing transaction, or sale of assets; as required by law or administrative order; to assert claims or rights or to defend against claims.
We do not share your personal information, phone number, or SMS consent opt-in data with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.
Protection of Information
We take steps to protect your information against unauthorized use or disclosure.
Updates
We may periodically update this privacy policy. If we make material changes that have a substantive and adverse impact on your privacy, we will provide notice on this website before the change becomes effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information about our privacy practices.
How to Contact Us
You can reach us by texting or calling 541-646-9400, you may also contact us directly at info@optimizationclinic.com
