Colorado Orthopedics Specialists
(Doing Business as Colorado Joint Replacement and Colorado Limb Consultants)
Privacy Notice
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.
This Privacy Notice is being provided to you as a requirement of a federal law, the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This Privacy Notice describes how we
may use and disclose your protected health information to carry out treatment, payment, or
health care operations and for other purposes that are permitted or required by law. It also
describes your right to access and control your protected health information. Your “protected
health information” means any written or oral information about you, including demographic
data that can be used to identify you, created or received by your health care provider, which
relates to your past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition.
Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information for Treatment,
Payment, and Health Care Operations
We may use your protected health information for the purposes of providing treatment, obtaining
payment for treatment, and conduction health care operations. Your protected health information may be
used or disclosed only for these purposes unless we have obtained your authorization or the use or
disclosure is permitted or required by the HIPAA regulations or other law. Disclosures of your protected
health information for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice may be made in writing, orally, or by
electronic means.
1. Treatment. We will use and disclose your protected healthcare information to provide, coordinate,
or manage your health care and related services, including coordination and management with third
parties for treatment purposes. Here are some examples of how we may use or disclose your
protected health information for treatment:
a. We may disclose your protected