Notice of Privacy Practices

We may use and share your health information without your written authorization for the following purposes.

For treatment. Your radiation oncologist, therapists, dosimetrists, physicists and nurses use your information to plan and deliver your care, and we share it with the physicians who referred you and with others involved in your treatment.

For payment. We use your information to bill and collect from you, your insurer, or another payer — which can include confirming coverage and obtaining prior authorization.

For health care operations. We use it to run the practice: quality review, staff training and evaluation, accreditation, licensing, audits and business planning.

Appointment reminders and health information. We may contact you to remind you of an appointment, or to tell you about treatment alternatives or health-related services that may interest you.

Business associates. Some services are performed by contractors — billing, transcription, IT. Each is required by written agreement to protect your information as we do.

As required or permitted by law. This includes public health activities such as cancer registry reporting; reporting suspected abuse or neglect; health oversight audits and investigations; responses to subpoenas and court orders; specified law-enforcement purposes; coroners, medical examiners and funeral directors; organ and tissue donation; approved research; averting a serious threat to health or safety; specialized government functions including military and national security; and workers’ compensation.