Notice of Privacy Practices (HIPAA)

At West River Dental, LLC, we are required by law to protect the privacy of your health information and to provide you with a Notice that explains how we use and disclose it. This page is a summary of our Notice of Privacy Practices. For the full, legally binding Notice, please review the complete document linked below.

How We May Use and Share Your Information

We may use and disclose your protected health information, as permitted by law, in order to:

• Treat you: Coordinate and manage your dental care with other providers or facilities involved in your treatment.
• Obtain payment: Bill and collect payment from you, your insurance company, or other responsible parties for services you receive.
• Run our practice: Improve our services, manage our office, train staff, conduct quality reviews, and carry out other health care operations.
• Comply with legal requirements: Respond to valid laws, regulations, court orders, and other legal processes.
• Protect health and safety: Help prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to you or others, as allowed by law.
• Support public health activities: Report certain diseases, injuries, or conditions to public health authorities when required.
• Support specialized purposes: Respond to certain requests related to workers’ compensation, law enforcement, or other government functions, as permitted by law.
• Involve family or others: Share information with family members or friends who are involved in your care, when appropriate and consistent with your preferences and applicable law.

In all cases, we limit the information shared to the minimum necessary for the purpose of the use or disclosure, consistent with applicable regulations.

Special Protections

Some types of health information may receive additional protections under federal or state law. When those laws apply, we follow the more protective requirements.

Your Rights

You have important rights with respect to your health information, including the right to:

• Access: Request to see or get a copy of your health and billing records.
• Request corrections: Ask us to correct information in your records that you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Request restrictions: Ask us not to use or share certain information for specific purposes, when allowed by law.
• Request confidential communications: Ask us to contact you in a specific way (for example, at a certain phone number or mailing address).
• Receive an accounting of disclosures: Request a list of certain disclosures of your information made for reasons other than treatment, payment, and health care operations.
• Get a paper copy of the Notice: Request a paper copy of our full Notice of Privacy Practices at any time, even if you have viewed it electronically.
• Be notified of a breach: Receive notification if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your protected health information, as required by law.

Our Responsibilities

We are required to:

• Maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information.
• Provide you with a Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices.
• Follow the terms of the Notice that is currently in effect.
• Inform you if we change our privacy practices and make the revised Notice available.

Questions, Requests, or Complaints

If you have questions about this summary or want to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us:

West River Dental, LLC
Attn: Privacy Officer
701 NW Arizona Ave, Suite #100
Bend, OR 97703
Phone: (541) 317-5732

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint.

Full Notice of Privacy Practices

This page is only a summary. For the complete, detailed Notice of Privacy Practices that describes all permitted uses and disclosures of your information and all of your rights, please review the full document here:

View the Full Notice of Privacy Practices (PDF)

Effective Date of Notice: January 27, 2026

Last Updated: 1/28/2026