Notice of Privacy Practices
What the notice will cover
- How your protected health information may be used and disclosed for treatment, payment and health care operations
- Uses and disclosures that require your written authorization, including psychotherapy notes
- Disclosures permitted or required by law without authorization, and California-specific protections
- Your rights: access, amendment, an accounting of disclosures, restrictions (including for services paid in full out of pocket), confidential communications, and a paper copy of the notice
- Your right to be notified of a breach of unsecured health information
- How to ask questions or file a complaint, with the practice or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- The effective date of the notice
Current patients can request the notice now in effect at any time by calling (415) 738-8055.
How this website handles your information (draft for review)
- Forms. The New Inquiry and Contact forms send what you type directly to the practice's Google Workspace account, which is covered by a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement. Please share only what is needed to arrange a first conversation.
- Spam protection. Forms use Cloudflare Turnstile to block automated submissions. It does not use advertising cookies.
- Analytics. The site uses Google Analytics to count visits and completed inquiries. Nothing you type into a form is sent to Google Analytics.
- Email and text. Ordinary email and text messages are not fully secure. Please do not send private health information that way.