Privacy Policy

Effective June 19th 2024

Privacy Policy

Tempe Primary Care (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your Protected Health Information (PHI) when you visit our website www.TempePrimaryCare.com (the “Site”). By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of information:

  1. Personal Information: Information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, email address, phone number, and mailing address, when you voluntarily submit this information through forms on our Site.
  2. Medical Information: Information related to your health, medical history, and treatment, which you may provide when requesting appointments or communicating with our healthcare providers through the Site.
  3. Usage Data: Information on how you access and use the Site, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and other similar data collected through cookies and other tracking technologies.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  1. To Provide Services: To schedule appointments, respond to your inquiries, and deliver healthcare services.
  2. To Improve Our Site: To understand how our Site is used and to enhance the user experience by identifying and fixing issues, and developing new features.
  3. To Communicate with You: To send you updates, newsletters, and other communications regarding our services, provided you have opted to receive such communications.
  4. To Comply with Legal Obligations: To fulfill our legal obligations, including maintaining records as required by law, and responding to legal requests or inquiries.

Uses and Disclosures of PHI

We may use and disclose your PHI for the following purposes:

  1. Treatment: To provide, coordinate, or manage your healthcare and related services.
  2. Payment: To obtain payment for healthcare services provided to you.
  3. Healthcare Operations: For activities necessary to run our practice and ensure that our patients receive quality care.
  4. Without Your Consent: For certain public health activities, health oversight activities, judicial and administrative proceedings, law enforcement purposes, and other specific situations as required or permitted by law.

Patient Rights

You have the following rights regarding your PHI:

  1. Access: You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your PHI.
  2. Amendment: You have the right to request an amendment of your PHI if you believe it is incorrect or incomplete.
  3. Accounting of Disclosures: You have the right to receive an accounting of certain disclosures of your PHI.
  4. Request Restrictions: You have the right to request restrictions on the use or disclosure of your PHI for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations.
  5. Confidential Communications: You have the right to request that we communicate with you about medical matters in a certain way or at a certain location.

Data Security

We implement appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to protect your PHI from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

Breach Notification

In the event of a breach of your PHI, we will notify you as required by the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.

Authorization

Uses and disclosures of your PHI not described in this privacy policy will be made only with your written authorization. You may revoke such an authorization at any time, in writing, except to the extent that we have already taken action in reliance on your authorization.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our Site and updating the effective date at the top of this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Tempe Primary Care
2055 E Southern Ave Ste A, Tempe, AZ 85282
Email: Contact@TempePrimaryCare.com
Phone: 602-282-0080

By using our Site, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.