Privacy Policy

Total Dental Sleep Solutions (“we”, “our”, “us”) is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting the health information you share with us.

This policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share your Protected Health Information (PHI). Our practices follow HIPAA and the HITECH Act, so your data stays safe and your rights are respected.

• PHI — identifiable health data you share, such as medical histories, treatment details, or billing information.
• Non-PHI — website visits and anonymous browsing data.

We may use or share your information for:

• Treatment — sharing information with other health professionals involved in your care.
• Payment — processing insurance claims or billing.
• Healthcare operations — internal reviews, quality checks, appointment reminders, and practice management. This includes calling or emailing you about appointments unless you ask us not to.

These are standard uses under HIPAA’s treatment, payment, and operations framework. We will not share more than the minimum necessary.

We may disclose PHI without consent where the law requires it — for public health, legal proceedings, or emergencies. We will only share what is necessary.

You have the right to:

• See or get a copy of your PHI.
• Ask for corrections.
• Request restrictions on how we use or share your data.
• Choose how we contact you — for example, your mobile rather than your home number, or text rather than email.
• Get a record of who we have shared your information with.
• Revoke an authorization in writing, unless we have already acted on it.

We follow HIPAA’s Privacy Rule and the HITECH updates, including administrative, physical, and technical safeguards: encryption, access controls, employee training, breach response plans, and audits.

Where we work with partners such as billing services or laboratories, we make sure they are bound by HIPAA as well.

If a data breach affects your PHI, we will notify you as the law requires.

If this policy changes we will tell you clearly — through updated text on this site or direct communication.