HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

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. Woodland Hills Family Dentistry is committed to protecting the privacy of your protected health information (PHI) and is required by law to do so.

Our Duties

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information, to provide you with this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and to follow the terms of the notice currently in effect.

How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information

• Treatment. We use your health information to provide and coordinate your dental care, including sharing it with other providers, specialists, or labs involved in your treatment.
• Payment. We may use and disclose your information to bill and collect payment from you, your insurance company, or a third party — for example, to verify benefits or obtain prior authorization.
• Healthcare operations. We may use your information for quality assessment, staff training, scheduling, and other administrative activities that support our practice.
• Appointment reminders & communications. We may contact you by phone, text, email, or mail to remind you of appointments, recalls, or treatment recommendations.
• As required by law. We will disclose information when required by federal, state, or local law, including for public health activities or to report suspected abuse.

Uses That Require Your Authorization

Most uses and disclosures of psychotherapy notes, marketing communications, and any sale of your information require your written authorization. Other uses not described in this notice will be made only with your written permission, which you may revoke at any time in writing.

Your Rights

• Access. You have the right to inspect and request a copy of your dental and billing records.
• Amendment. You may request that we correct information you believe is incorrect or incomplete.
• Accounting of disclosures. You may request a list of certain disclosures we have made of your information.
• Restrictions. You may request limits on how we use or disclose your information for treatment, payment, or operations.
• Confidential communications. You may ask us to contact you in a specific way or at a specific location.
• Paper copy. You have the right to a paper copy of this notice at any time, even if you agreed to receive it electronically.

Changes to This Notice

We reserve the right to change this notice and to make the revised notice effective for information we already have as well as any information we receive in the future. The current notice will always be posted in our office and on this page, with the effective date shown above.

Complaints

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

Contact

To exercise any of these rights or for questions about this notice, contact our Privacy Officer at (818) 225-9410 or email om@whdentist.com.

This notice is provided for general informational purposes. Woodland Hills Family Dentistry recommends review by qualified legal counsel before publication.