Privacy HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

Effective November 1, 2026

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. A printed copy is available at both front desks.

This notice applies to both Farzad Dental offices: Philip Farzad DDS, Inc. (Encino) and P Farzad DDS Inc (Palmdale). We are required by law to protect the privacy of your protected health information (PHI), to give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, to notify you if a breach affects your unsecured PHI, and to follow the notice currently in effect.

How we may use and share your health information

• Treatment: to provide and coordinate your dental care, including with specialists and labs.
• Payment: to bill and receive payment from you, your insurance plan or another payer.
• Health care operations: to run our practice, train staff, improve quality and contact you about appointments.
• Appointment reminders and care related messages by phone, text or email, as you have agreed.
• People involved in your care: a family member or caregiver you name, unless you object.
• As required or permitted by law: public health and safety, health oversight, abuse or neglect reporting, lawsuits and legal proceedings, law enforcement, workers' compensation, coroners, organ donation, and military and national security, as permitted or required by HIPAA and California law.

Uses that need your written permission

We will not use or share your information for marketing, sell your information, or use it for most other purposes not described here unless you give written authorization. You can revoke an authorization in writing at any time.

Your rights

• Get a copy of your dental and billing records, on paper or electronically. We may charge a reasonable, cost based fee.
• Ask us to correct information you think is wrong or incomplete.
• Request confidential communications, such as calling a different number or mailing to a different address.
• Ask us to limit what we use or share. We are not always required to agree, but we must agree not to share with your health plan for a service you paid for in full out of pocket, if you ask.
• Get a list of certain disclosures we made in the past six years.
• Get a paper copy of this notice at any time.
• Choose someone to act for you, such as a legal guardian or medical power of attorney.

Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights were violated, contact our Privacy Officer below. You may also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, at hhs.gov/ocr/complaints. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

Website and online forms

Our website appointment form is for scheduling only and is not intended for health details. Information you choose to submit is handled under this notice and our Privacy Policy.

Changes to this notice

We may change this notice. The new notice will apply to all information we hold and will be posted on this page and in our offices.

Privacy Officer

Dr. Philip Farzad, DDS, is the Privacy Officer for both offices. Contact the office where you receive care: