Practice Policies & Consent for Treatment
The agreement between you and the practice: scope of services, confidentiality, telehealth, appointments and cancellations, communication, prescriptions, fees, payment and how treatment ends. Signed once, at the start.
Notice of Privacy Practices
Required by HIPAA. How your health information may be used and disclosed, the eight specific rights you have as a patient, and how to file a complaint. You sign an acknowledgement that you received it — not consent to anything beyond what it describes.
Good Faith Estimate
Required by the No Surprises Act. The expected cost of your care in writing, before care begins, plus your right to dispute a bill that substantially exceeds it.
Controlled Substance Agreement
Signed only by patients prescribed a controlled substance, such as stimulant medication for ADHD. It sets out refill rules, drug screening, safeguarding your medication and single-prescriber requirements. Required by state and federal law.
How the paperwork works
Documents are sent to you after your appointment is confirmed and are completed before you arrive. That is deliberate: paperwork completed in a waiting room eats into appointment time, and documents signed in a hurry are documents nobody has read.
You are welcome to ask questions about any of them before signing, and you will be given a signed copy of anything you sign.
An intake form as well
Alongside the four documents you will receive a clinical intake form covering your history, current medications and symptoms. Completing it in advance means the appointment can be spent talking rather than filling in boxes. Partial answers are fine.
Requesting your records
You have the right to inspect and obtain copies of your medical record. Requests must be made in writing. Copying is charged as published on the fees page. Psychotherapy notes are handled separately under HIPAA and carry additional protections, as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices.
A note on this demonstration site
On the live site, each document above is a downloadable PDF and, where appropriate, an electronically signable form delivered through a HIPAA-compliant platform covered by a signed Business Associate Agreement. The documents themselves have been prepared separately and require review by a Texas health attorney before use.