Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C.
Privacy Policy
Last updated and effective as of November 2, 2023:
This Statement discloses the Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) for our website and describes how we collect, protect, and use information we receive from visitors to our website. Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., has created this policy in order to demonstrate and inform you of our firm commitment to privacy.
This Policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline or through any other website (even if affiliated with Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C.).
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT:
This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including: Information about your browser, network, and device, web pages you visited prior to coming to this website, web pages you view while on this website, and your IP address. This information may also include details about your use of this website, including, clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling, searches, and timestamps. We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity. Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.
Additionally, there are two kinds of information websites can obtain about you:
(1) Anonymous Information: “Anonymous Information” is aggregate data that websites use to administer their sites. It may include such information as your browser type or your Internet Protocol (IP) address. Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., may from time to time retain third parties to help us collect and aggregate website customer information.
IP Addresses: An IP address is a unique string of numbers that is assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider. Web servers automatically identify your computer by its IP address. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our website, avoid hacking attacks on a websites server, and may use it to gather broad demographic, geographic, and industry information. We do not link IP addresses to any personally identifiable information, even if such information is voluntarily provided by a user.
Cookie Information: As is the case with many websites, our website uses technology called “cookies” and similar technologies, which are small data files that are downloaded onto your computer. The use of cookies is standard on the Internet, and allows us to tailor your visits to our website to your individual preferences. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses. These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you. We may also contract with third party service providers who assign cookies and/or web beacons to conduct site tracking for us. These companies use cookies solely to provide us with aggregate data about website traffic. Although most web browsers automatically accept cookies, you can change your browser to prevent cookies or notify you whenever you are sent a cookie. Even without accepting a cookie, you can still access most of the features on our website.
(2) Personally Identifiable Information: “Personally Identifiable Information” is any information that personally identifies you, such as your name, email address or your telephone number. Sometimes this personal information is needed when you submit a resume or when you contact us via email or online forms. We may ask you to provide us with personal information on a voluntary basis in certain areas of our website. In particular, you may be asked to provide the following information:
Email Correspondence: Scattered throughout our website are links or forms that can be used to contact Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., so you can comment, make a complaint, make suggestions, and ask questions. Your contact information, such as name, address, email address, and telephone number may be required on these forms so we can address our answer in a mannerly way. Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., may put such information on file, but does not currently share, sell, license or transmit this information with third parties without express authorization from you.
Social Networks: Our website may, from time to time, offer the opportunity to publicly comment or share information through the use of third party social media services and social networks (i.e. Facebook, X, Instagram). Our website may also enable you to post content from some of our websites to your profile on such networks. These networks should authenticate your identity and allow you to post and share certain personal information with their website. Should you provide information in connection with these services, your username may also be required and made publicly available. Please be aware that the privacy policy of that site will apply to any content you provide in such instances.
Webforms: When you submit information to this website via webform, we collect the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us. All webform submissions are sent to our Gmail email account to be viewed. To protect your privacy, do not send any confidential or sensitive information through the webforms on our website. We will use the information you provide to us to respond to you regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of Squarespace, and our practice, other than as necessary to fulfill your request.
Fonts: This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including: Information about your browser, network, or device, information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it, your IP address.
HOW WE USE GATHERED INFORMATION
The information you share with us may be used in a few ways:
(1) Anonymous Information: Anonymous Information is used internally for website administration, troubleshooting, and to help improve the quality of the website and their design. We may share such aggregated, non-personally identifiable information, such as demographics, with existing, and prospective business partners and advertisers. We never connect aggregate information with personally identifiable information, and none of the anonymous information we share will contain any information that identifies you individually.
(2) Personally Identifiable Information: Personally Identifiable Information collected by Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., may be used for purposes including administration of the website and communications with you. In all cases, however, we will only use your information as permitted by law and our applicable contracts. In addition, we may from time to time contract with third parties to assist us in maintaining and managing our customer information. In such instances, we advise these companies not to retain, store, share, or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. We also may disclose personally identifiable information if we are required to do so by law or we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to (a) comply with the law or with legal process; (b) protect and defend our rights and property; (c) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of a website; or (d) protect the personal safety or property of our users or the public. Please note that we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.
OPT-OUT
We support the right of our visitors to choose. If you do not wish to receive future communications of any nature from Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., you can contact us through our website or at the address provided below, indicating that you no longer want to receive information relating to our business.
ACCESS AND CORRECTION
You have certain rights to know about the personally identifiable information that Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., holds about you and may be gathered through the website, including the right to correct, amend or delete the information that Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., has on file if it is incorrect. If you wish to exercise these rights, please contact us or by postal mail at the address below.
SECURITY
Our website incorporates safeguards to protect the security, integrity and privacy of the personal information we have collected. We have put in place reasonable precautions to protect information from loss, misuse, and alteration.
Security of information communicated by or to us over the Internet is of utmost concern to us; however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Please note that your email, like most, if not all, non-encrypted Internet communications, may be accessed and viewed by other Internet users, without your knowledge and permission, while in transit to us. For that reason, to protect your privacy, please do not use email to communicate information to us that you consider confidential. While we strive to protect your personal information, Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or through our website. Once we receive your transmission, we will use reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our internal systems. Depending on the nature of the inquiry, your communication may be discarded or archived. If you wish, you may contact us instead via telephone at the numbers provided throughout our website.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THROUGH BUSINESS TRANSFERS
As we continue to develop our business, we may buy, merge or partner with other companies or businesses, and in so doing, acquire customer information. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets. Similarly, in the event that a portion or substantially all of Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C.’s, assets are sold or transferred to a third party, customer information (including personally identifiable information) would likely be one of the transferred business assets.
OUR COMMITMENT TO CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Protecting the privacy of children is very important to us. The Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act of 1998 (“COPPA”) defines a “Child” as anyone under the age of 13. Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., strictly adheres to COPPA. For that reason, we do not collect or maintain information obtained through our website from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website are structured to attract anyone under 13.
EXTERNAL LINKS
Our website may provide links to various websites that we do not control. When you click on one of these links, you will be transferred out of our website and connected to the website of the organization or company that you selected. We are not responsible for the nature, quality or accuracy of the content or opinions expressed on such websites, and such websites are not investigated, monitored or checked for quality, accuracy or completeness by us. Inclusion of any linked website on our website does not imply or express an approval or endorsement of the linked website by us, or of any of the content, opinions, products or services provided on these websites. Even if an affiliation exists between Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., or our website and a third-party website, we exercise no control over linked sites. Each of these linked sites maintains its own independent privacy and data collection policies and procedures. While Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., expects its partners and affiliates to respect the privacy of our users, Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., cannot be responsible for the actions of third parties. If you visit a website that is linked to from our website, we encourage you to consult that website’s privacy policy before providing any personal information and whenever interacting with any website.
CONSENT AND MODIFICATIONS TO PRIVACY STATEMENT
Our website is controlled, operated, and administered entirely within the United States. By using our website, you signify your agreement to the terms of this policy. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not disclose any personal information through our website. This policy and the use of our website is governed by Indiana State law. Any claim related to our website or this policy shall be brought in a federal or state court in Indianapolis, Indiana, within one year after the claim arises. Users of the website consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such courts as the most convenient and appropriate for the resolution of disputes concerning this Policy. This Policy and the notices outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any third party.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
Under the California Civil Code, residents of the State of California that have provided any personally identifiable information to Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., have the right to request a list of all third parties to which Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., has disclosed personally identifiable information during the preceding year for direct marketing purposes. Alternatively, the law provides that if Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., has a privacy policy that gives either an opt-out or opt-in choice for use of personally identifiable information by third parties (such as advertisers or affiliated companies) for marketing purposes, Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., may instead provide you with information on how to exercise your disclosure choice options. Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., qualifies for the alternative option; it has established this policy that provides you with details on how you may either opt-out or opt-in to the use of your personally identifiable information by third parties for direct marketing purposes.
If you are a California resident and request information about how to exercise your third party disclosure choices, please send a request to bloomingtonanesthesiologists@gmail.com with a preference on how our response to your request should be sent.
MODIFICATIONS TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C., may modify this policy at any time, at its discretion, and modifications are effective upon being posted on the website. You are responsible for reviewing this policy during every visit to our website to ensure that you are aware of any changes to it.
ACCOUNT REVISIONS, REVOKING AND DELETING PERSONAL INFORMATION
We welcome your questions, comments and all feedback pertaining to your privacy or any other issue with regard to our website.
At any time, you may ask us to cease further use of your email address to send you correspondence and direct us to delete any personally identifiable information you have supplied. Although it is not always possible to remove or modify such information, we will make reasonable efforts to do so. If you have given us information for one of those third parties we mentioned above and we have already passed it on, we may not be able to delete or change the information.
In the event that you have given us personally identifiable information in the past and then have second thoughts or want to update it, or if you have any other questions regarding this Policy or our website, you may contact us at:
Bloomington Anesthesiologists, P.C.
PO Box 1332
Bloomington, IN 47402
1-800-740-1416
bloomingtonanesthesiologists@gmail.com
Notice of Privacy Practices
Last updated and effective as of November 2, 2023:
Patient Health Information
Under federal law, your patient health information is protected and confidential. Patient health information includes information about your symptoms, test results, diagnosis, treatment, and related medical information. Your health information also includes payment, billing, and insurance information. Your information may be stored electronically and if so, is subject to electronic disclosure.
How We Use & Disclose Your Patient Health Information
Treatment: We will use and disclose your health information to provide you with medical treatment or services. For example, nurses, physicians, and other members of your treatment team will record information in your record and use it to determine the most appropriate course of care. We may also disclose the information to other health care providers who are participating in your treatment, to pharmacists who are filling your prescriptions, and to family members who are helping with your care.
Payment: We will use and disclose your health information for payment purposes. For example, we may need to obtain authorization from your insurance company before providing certain types of treatment or disclose your information to payors to determine whether you are enrolled or eligible for benefits. We will submit bills and maintain records of payments from your health plan.
Health Care Operations: We will use and disclose your health information to conduct our standard internal operations, including proper administration of records, evaluation of the quality of treatment, arranging for legal services and to assess the care and outcomes of your case and others like it.
Special Uses and Disclosures
Following a procedure, we will disclose your discharge instructions and information related to your care to the individual who is driving you home from the center or who is otherwise identified as assisting in your post-procedure care. We may also disclose relevant health information to a family member, friend or others involved in your care or payment for your care and disclose information to those assisting in disaster relief efforts.
Other Uses and Disclosures
We may be required or permitted to use or disclose the information even without your permission as described below:
Required by Law: We may be required by law to disclose your information, such as to report gunshot wounds, suspected abuse or neglect, or similar injuries and events.
Research: We may use or disclose information for approved medical research.
Public Health Activities: We may disclose vital statistics, diseases, information related to recalls of dangerous products, and similar information to public health authorities.
Health oversight: We may disclose information to assist in investigations and audits, eligibility for government programs, and similar activities.
Judicial and administrative proceedings: We may disclose information in response to an appropriate subpoena, discovery request or court order.
Law enforcement purposes: We may disclose information needed or requested by law enforcement officials or to report a crime on our premises.
Deaths: We may disclose information regarding deaths to coroners, medical examiners, funeral directors, and organ donation agencies.
Serious threat to health or safety: We may use and disclose information when necessary to prevent a serious threat to your health and safety or the health and safety of the public or another person.
Military and Special Government Functions: If you are a member of the armed forces, we may release information as required by military command authorities. We may also disclose information to correctional institutions or for national security purposes.
Workers Compensation: We may release information about you for workers compensation or similar programs providing benefits for work-related injuries or illness.
Business Associates: We may disclose your health information to business associates (individuals or entities that perform functions on our behalf) provided they agree to safeguard the information.
Messages: We may contact you to provide appointment reminders, patient satisfaction surveys or for billing or collections and may leave messages on your answering machine, voicemail or through other methods.
In any other situation, we will ask for your written authorization before using or disclosing identifiable health information about you. If you choose to sign an authorization to disclose information, you can later revoke that authorization to stop any future uses and disclosures. Subject to compliance with limited exceptions, we will not use or disclose psychotherapy notes, use or disclose your health information for marketing purposes or sell your health information, unless you have signed an authorization.
Individual Rights
You have the following rights with regard to your health information. Please contact our administrator to obtain the appropriate form for exercising these rights.
You may request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures. We are not required to agree to a requested restriction, except for requests to limit disclosures to your health plan for purposes of payment or health care operations when you have paid in full, out-of-pocket for the item or service covered by the request and when the uses or disclosures are not required by law.
You may ask us to communicate with you confidentially by, for example, sending notices to a special address.
In most cases, you have the right to look at or get a copy of your health information. There may be a small charge for copies.
You have the right to request that we amend your information.
You may request a list of disclosures of information about you for reasons other than treatment, payment, or health care operations and except for other exceptions.
You have the right to obtain a paper copy of the current version of this Notice upon request, even if you have previously agreed to receive it electronically.
Our Legal Duty
We are required by law to protect and maintain the privacy of your health information, to provide this notice about our legal duties and privacy practices regarding protected health information, and to abide by the terms of the notice currently in effect. We are required to notify affected individuals in the event of a breach involving unsecured protected health information.
Changes in Privacy Practices
We may change this notice at any time and make the new terms effective for all health information we hold. For more information about our privacy practices, contact us.
Complaints
If you are concerned that we have violated your privacy rights, you may contact our administrator. You also may send a written complaint to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Our administrator can provide you with the appropriate address upon request. You will not be penalized in any way for filing a complaint.
If you have any questions, requests or complaints, please contact us.