HIPAA

Notice of
Privacy Practices

How your protected health information may be used and disclosed, and how you can access it.

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.

Effective date: November 14, 2026

Our commitment

Lonestar Anesthesiology & Pain Professionals ("we," "us") is required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information (PHI), to give you this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices regarding PHI, to notify you following a breach of unsecured PHI, and to follow the terms of the Notice currently in effect.

How we may use and disclose your health information

  • Treatment: We use and share your PHI to provide anesthesia and pain care and to coordinate with your surgeon, referring physician, hospital, or surgery center.
  • Payment: We use and share your PHI to bill and obtain payment from you, your health plan, or other payers, including verifying coverage and providing information for claims.
  • Health care operations: We use and share your PHI to run our practice, improve care, and support quality, credentialing, and administrative activities.
  • Others involved in your care: With your permission, we may share information with a family member or others you identify who are involved in your care or payment.
  • As required or permitted by law: Including for public health and safety, health oversight, judicial and law-enforcement requests, workers' compensation, and to avert a serious threat to health or safety, subject to legal limits.

Uses and disclosures that require your written authorization

Most uses and disclosures of psychotherapy notes (if any), uses and disclosures for marketing, and sales of PHI require your written authorization. Special protections apply to reproductive health care information and to substance use disorder treatment records (42 CFR Part 2); these require your authorization except in limited, legally defined circumstances. Other uses and disclosures not described in this Notice will be made only with your written authorization, which you may revoke at any time.

Your rights

  • Get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record
  • Ask us to correct information you believe is incorrect or incomplete
  • Request confidential communications (e.g., contact you at a specific number or address)
  • Ask us to limit what we use or share (we will say yes unless it would affect your care; we must agree to certain requests where you pay out of pocket in full)
  • Get a list of certain disclosures we have made
  • Get a paper copy of this Notice
  • Choose someone to act for you (a personal representative or someone with medical power of attorney)
  • File a complaint if you feel your rights are violated

Complaints

You may file a complaint with our Privacy Officer at (832) 698-5330, 7010 Champions Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Houston, TX 77069, or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, at hhs.gov/ocr. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

Changes to this Notice

We can change this Notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The new Notice will be available on request, in our office, and on this website.

Web forms on this site are not a secure channel for PHI. For medical needs call (832) 698-5330; for emergencies call 911.

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