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.

WHO WILL FOLLOW THIS NOTICE?

This notice describes the practices of Dr. Ira Shandles-Tampabay Podiatry Associates, PA

14310 N. Dale Mabry Suite 180 Tampa, Florida 33618 and the practices that will be followed by all of Dr. Ira Shandles

Tampabay Podiatry Associates, PA 14310 N. Dale Mabry Suite 180 Tampa, Florida 33618 workforce members who handle your medical information.

OUR PLEDGE REGARDING YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION

 Dr. Ira Shandles-Tampabay Podiatry Associates, PA understands that medical information about you and your health is personal. We are committed to protecting medical information about you. We maintain our records and conduct our treatment environment with a goal of providing the highest level of protection for your medical information, while still providing you with the highest level of medical care. This notice applies to all of the records of your medical care which are received or created by Dr. Ira Shandles-Tampabay Podiatry Associates, PA. 

Your other medical treatment providers (e.g. doctors, hospitals, home health agencies, etc.) may have different policies or notices regarding the use and disclosure of your medical information. 

This notice will tell you about the ways in which Dr. Ira Shandles-Tampabay Podiatry Associates, PA may use and disclose medical information about you. Your medical information, also referred to as "protected health information" is that information about you, including demographic information, that may identify you and that relates to your past, present or future physical or mental health information and related health care services. 

In this notice, we also describe your rights and certain obligations Dr. Ira Shandles-Tampabay Podiatry Associates, PA has regarding the use and disclosure of your protected health information. We are required by name to:

1. Make sure that medical and other information that identifies you (protected health information) is kept private.

2. Give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to protected health information about you.

3. Follow the terms of the notice that is currently in effect.

USES AND DISCLOSURES FOR TREATMENT, PAYMENT AND HEALTH CARE OPERATIONS

By becoming a patient at Dr. Ira Shandles-Tampabay Podiatry Associates, PA, you are giving consent for Dr. Ira Shandles-Tampabay Podiatry Associates, PA to use your protected health information for certain activities, including
treatment, payment and other health care operations. Sometimes, you may hear these three activities referred to as "TPO".