Hipaa Limited Access
hipaa limited access
Isn’t it a HIPAA Violation?
Is it a violation for a diagnostic center (or a Doctor’s office) to refuse to release your own information to you when you request it? (citing that they must first get authorization from the prescribing doctor and then when challenged to show a HIPAA rule citing that they must get authorization from anyone other then the patient the diagnotic center and/or doctors office they still refused? Then citing that I must hand write a request for release of my medical information that I must then mail to their HIPPA compliance officer who would then have to authorize my access to MY OWN RECORDS..
I am livid and ticked…. This all stems from a Dr.’s office wanting complete control and they are limiting my ability to get a second opinion trying to bully me and I am flaming ticked.
I have filed a complaint with the Dept of Health and Human Services through HIPAA but am curious if anyone else has had similar problems and what recourse/relief if any you got.
Thanks!
I”m no expert…but I do believe that you have the right to your own files…or at least to a second opinion. I would call the Dr’s office that you will be recieving a second opinion from, and see what their procedure is for retrieving records to review. See what they can do to help. I would also tell the Dr. who won’t release your records that you have the right to share your files with who you wish. They are your files, and there should be no reason that you should have to seed through Red Tape to get to them for a second opinion.
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