As required by law, our office adheres to written policies and procedures to protect the privacy of information about you that we create, receive, or maintain. Your answers are for our records only and will be kept confidential subject to applicable laws. Please note that you will be asked some questions about your responses to this questionnaire and there may be additional questions concerning your health. This information is vital to allow us to provide appropriate care for you. This office does not use this information to discriminate.

Purpose of Consent: By signing this form, you will consent to our use and disclosure of your protected health information to carry out treatment, payment activities, and healthcare operation.
Notice of Privacy Practices: You have the right to read our Notice of Privacy Practices before you decide whether to sign this Consent. Our Notice provides a description of our treatment, payment activities, and healthcare operations, of the uses and disclosures we may make of your protected health information, and of other important matters about your protected health information.
We reserve the right to change our privacy practices as described in our Notice of Privacy Practices. If we change our privacy practices, we will issue a revised notice of Privacy Practices, which will contain the changes. Those changes may apply to any of your protected health information that we maintain.
You may obtain a copy of our Notice of Privacy Practices, including any revisions of our Notice, at any time by contacting us by phone or email.
Right to Revoke: You will have the right to revoke this Consent at any time by giving us a written notice of your revocation submitted to the Contact Person listed above. Please understand that revocation of this Consent will not affect any action we took in reliance of this Consent before we received your revocation, and that we may decline to treat you or to continue treating you if you revoke this Consent.

NOTE: Both Doctor and patient are encouraged to discuss any and all relevant patient health issues prior to treatment.

If I am entitled to benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, or any insurance policy or other health benefit plan (covering me or anyone legally responsible for me), in consideration of services provided to me, I assign, transfer and convey the benefits payable under such program, policy or plan for services rendered to me. I authorize payment of these benefits directly, with such benefits being applied to my bill. I understand and acknowledge that this assignment does not relieve me of financial responsibility for charges incurred by me or anyone on my behalf, and I hereby acknowledge responsibility for and agree to pay charges not paid under this assignment, including any coinsurance amounts, deductibles, Durable Medical Equipment, and any charges for service deemed to be non-covered, not pre-certified, or not pre-authorized by my insurance plan.

NOTE: Both Doctor and patient are encouraged to discuss any and all relevant patient health issues prior to treatment.