Obtaining Hipaa Records
obtaining hipaa records
Adoptees, have you requested your own medical records from the agency?
One of the major incentives that SMAAC mothers are working toward is to encourage mothers of loss to obtain the records from the agency or home where they were incarcerated. This includes the Social Worker notes, the medical records of pregnancy and birth for both mother and baby, the Surrender Doc, and other medical and social notes from all personnel.
Adoptees also have records there, from their birth on. These are records to which, under HIPAA, you are legally entitled, but which (for the mothers at least) have been very difficult, but not impossible, to obtain. It requires persistence in asking, and asking over and over for mothers.
If you have gotten them, did you also have a hassle or were they forthcoming? What records did you obtain?
If you have not gotten them, why?
ETA: This was created for mothers, but the same holds for adoptees. The resources and the suggestions may be helpful.
http://seniormothersadoptionactivistcoalition.org/site/?page_id=140
Sly – in most states, it is illegal for the hospital to withhold your medical records. If you can’t get them after asking for them, I would recommend taking an attorney with you on your next visit. If you can’t afford one, take a friend that looks like an attorney (but DON’T impersonate anyone that is living or dead- that’s illegal too) and doesn’t mind pretending to be one.
HIPAA to Allow Access Reports on Medical Records – InfoLawGroup
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