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Your health information is protected
Effective date: September 8, 2026 This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed by Digestive & Liver Center of Arkansas, and how you can get access to that information. We are required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to maintain the privacy of your protected health information and to provide you with this notice.
How we may use and disclose your information
For treatment. We use your health information to provide your care and to coordinate with other clinicians involved in your treatment. For example, we may send pathology results to the physician who referred you, or share a FibroScan result with your primary care provider. For payment. We use your information to bill your insurance plan and to obtain prior authorization for procedures such as colonoscopy or for prescription therapy. For health care operations. We use your information to run the practice, including quality review, staff training, and scheduling. As required by law. We disclose information when required by federal, state, or local law, including public health reporting and mandated reporting of certain conditions.
Your rights
You have the right to:
- Inspect and copy your medical record, in paper or electronic form.
- Request an amendment if you believe something in your record is incorrect or incomplete.
- Request restrictions on how we use or disclose your information.
- Request confidential communications, such as asking us to call a specific number or send mail to a particular address.
- Receive an accounting of disclosures we have made outside of treatment, payment, and operations.
- Receive a paper copy of this notice at any time, even if you agreed to receive it electronically.
- File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated. You will never be penalized for filing a complaint.
How to exercise your rights or file a complaint
Speak with our office manager, or write to us at 3416 Old Greenwood Rd, Fort Smith, AR 72903. You may also call (479) 242-2888. You may also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights.
Changes to this notice
We reserve the right to change this notice and to make the revised notice effective for information we already hold as well as information we receive in the future. The current notice is always posted in our office and on this page. This notice is provided for general information and is pending review by the practice's legal counsel prior to launch.