Privacy Policy

NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
For Samuel Weisberg Prosthetics LLC
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed, and how you can get access
to this information. Please review it carefully.

if you have any questions about this notice, please contact Samuel Weisberg at (505)-235-1920
OUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION
This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how we may use and disclose your Protected Health
Information (PHI) to carry out treatment, payment, or health care operations and for other purposes
that are permitted or required by law. It also describes your rights to access and control your PHI.
Your “protected health information” means any of your written or oral health information, including
demographic data that can be used to identify you. This is health information that is created or received
by your health care provider and that relates to your past, present, or future physical or mental health
or condition.

We are strongly committed to protecting your PHI. We create a medical record about your care
because we need the record to provide you with appropriate treatment and to comply with various
legal requirements. We transmit some medical information about your care in order to obtain payment
for the services you receive, and we use certain information in our day-to-day operations. This notice
will let you know about the various ways we use and disclose your medical information and describe
your rights and our obligations with respect to the use or disclosure of your medical information. We
will also ask that you acknowledge receipt of this notice the first time you come to or use any of our
facilities, because the law requires us to make a good faith effort to obtain your acknowledgement.

We are required by law to:

  • Ensure that any medical or health information we have that identifies you is kept confidential and private.
    and will be used or disclosed only in accordance with this Notice of Privacy Practices and
    applicable law;
  • Notify you in the event of a breach of any unsecured protected health information if your
    Information has been compromised.
  • Give you this Notice of our legal duties and our privacy practices, and
  • Abide by the terms of the Notice of Privacy Practices that are in effect from time to time.
  1. Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information
    A. Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information for Treatment, Payment, and Healthcare
    Operations
    Your PHI may be used and disclosed by your care provider(s), our office staff, and others outside of our
    office who are involved in your care and treatment for the purpose of providing health care services to you. Your PHI may also be used and disclosed to pay your health care bills and to support the
    operation of this facility.

The following are examples of the types of uses and disclosures of your protected health care
information that this facility is permitted to make. We have provided some examples of the types of
each use or disclosure we may make, but not every use or disclosure in any of the following categories
will be listed.

For Treatment: We will use and disclose your PHI to provide, coordinate, or manage your healthcare
and any related treatment. This includes the coordination or management of your healthcare with a
third party that has already obtained your permission to have access to your PHI., For example, we
would disclose your PHI, as necessary, to the physician who referred you to us. We will also disclose
PHI to other healthcare providers who may be treating you when we have the required permission
from you to disclose your PHI.

For Payment: Your PHI will be used, as needed, to obtain payment for your healthcare services. This
may include certain activities that your health insurance plan may undertake before it approves or pays
for the healthcare services we recommend for you, such as making a determination of eligibility or
coverage for insurance benefits, reviewing services provided to you for medical necessity, and
Undertaking utilization review activities. We may also tell your health plan about an orthotic or
prosthetic device you are going to receive, to obtain prior approval, or to determine whether your plan
will cover the device.

For Healthcare Operations: We may use or disclose, as needed, your PHI to support the business
activities of this facility. These activities include, but are not limited to, quality assessment activities,
employee review activities, legal services, licensing, and conducting or arranging for other business
activities. We may share your PHI with third-party business associates that perform various activities
(e.g., Satisfaction surveys, healthcare outcome surveys, billing, transcription, accreditation services,
and/or performance tracking surveys) for this facility. Whenever an arrangement between our facility
and our business associates involves the use or disclosure of your PHI, we will have a written contract
that contains terms that will protect the privacy of your PHI.

Treatment Alternatives: We may use or disclose your PHI, as necessary, to provide you with
information about treatment alternatives or other health-related benefits and services that may be of
interest to you.

Appointment Reminders: We may use or disclose your PHI, as necessary, to contact you to remind you
of your appointrnent.

By providing your phone number, you agree to receive SMS text messages from Samuel Weisberg
Prosthetics. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies.

If you are receiving SMS (Text) messages from Samuel Weisberg Prosthetics and wish to stop receiving
them, simply respond with either “STOP” or “UNSUBSCRIBE” to the number from which you receive
further text messages from Samuel Weisberg Prosthetics.

SMS Message Consent
When you opt in to receive SMS communications from <Your Company Name>, we collect your phone number and any other necessary information to communicate with you via text messages. This information is not shared with third parties for marketing purposes. We respect your privacy and are committed to keeping your data secure.

SMS Message Frequency & Fees
The frequency of SMS messages may vary based on the type of communication you are receiving. Please note that standard message and data rates may apply, depending on your carrier’s pricing plan. These fees may vary if the message is sent domestically or internationally.

SMS Opt-In
By providing your phone number and opting in, you agree to receive text messages from this organization. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies.

SMS Opt-Out
If you are receiving text messages from us and wish to stop receiving or Opt-out, simply respond with either “STOP” to the number from which you received the message. Once we receive your message, you will no longer receive further text messages from us.

SMS Privacy Policy
Samuel Weisberg Prothetics maintains strict privacy policies, ensuring that personal information of our users and members is not shared, sold, rented, released, or traded to third parties for marketing/promotional purposes without prior consent or a legal obligation. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties. No mobile opt-in data will be shared with third parties.

Samuel Weisberg Prosthetics maintains strict privacy policies, ensuring that the personal information of our
users and members is not sold, rented, released, or traded to others without prior consent or a legal
obligation.