Choice Legal
2601 East 4th Avenue
Tampa, FL 33605
info@choicelegal.com
855-875-8550
Things you need to Know in Retrieving Medical
Records
Can I acquire access to my medical records?
Yes - but there are exceptions.
If a practitioner or medical facility (public or personal) chooses that it would be hazardous to a patient to enable him/her access to their medical records, gain access to can be rejected. You can challenge a decision by a hospital/doctor who rejects you gain access to your records (see below).
Your records held by public medical facilities are usually offered for gain access to by you or your legal professional after you have actually supplied written authorization or authority and paid the required cost.
Records held by exclusive medical facilities, nevertheless, are typically harder to get despite authorization or authority from an individual. Higher costs will typically be charged.
Who "has" my medical records?
Australian law says that an individual does not own his/her clinical records. An exclusive specialist, eg, your GP, has the medical record. Can anyone else get access to my clinical records? Indeed however gain access to can only be gotten with your permission or by Court process (a subpoena).
No access to your medical records can be provided a third celebration, eg, insurer/pathologist/other doctor unless you provide your permission. Exactly how do I get access to my clinical records?
Your demand has to:
• Be in writing
• State your name and address
• Identify the clinical records you look for (ie, the date/s of admission to medical facility or the date of assessment with the physician);
• Point out how you wish the info to be provided
• Private Hospitals are entitled to make various other arrangements for access to Health Details they hold. Each center will have a particular procedure and documents that need to be completed and followed prior to gain access to will be provided.
What does the Doctor/Hospital do when they get my request?
A Doctor/Hospital should react to your request within 45 days and suggest whether they are going to allow you access or permit or decline you access to the details. If you are refused access then you must be offered with a composed reason for the refusal which refusal should be composed and provided in accordance with the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002. If the Doctor/Hospital falls short to react to your request, then they are required to have actually refused you gain access to.
Will it cost me any cash?
Yes. Hospitals and practitioners enforce fees for retrieval of your records and photocopying costs. Public medical facilities currently charge $33.00 (consisting of GST) for access to a copy of a "sensible" size clinical record. Added expenses are imposed for lengthy papers, eg, admissions to the intensive care device.
Private hospitals differ in their charges and charges. You will get that info from the medical records department.
About Choice Legal
Choice Legal
is a leading provider of Nationwide record retrieval services for Insurance
Defense and Plaintiff firms. Our experts collect records using industry leading
technology, offering accurate and fast service for our clients. We offer easy
to use online systems and paperless solutions for secure and permanent access
to your records from our records repository for as long as you need them.
Providing
vital legal support services for 30 years to Insurance companies and law firms,
Choice Legal has the experience and customer service expertise to streamline
the discovery process. We handle the entire record retrieval process for you.
Free up your staff to handle more important case-related activities and turn
the record retrieval hassle into a billable expense.
New orders
may be placed on-line at ChoiceLegal.com, e-mailed, faxed, or telephoned. We
take it from there, all the way through to delivering your records in bound and
labeled sets, optional CDs, and then post them on our HIPAA-compliant secure
website. Let us help you eliminate time delays in collecting records, while at
the same time, improving the accuracy of the records you receive.
Choice Legal
uses the most advanced technology to assist in fast and efficient medical
records retrieval. Our platform automates the entire process of Subpoena and
Notice preparation and service, to tracking each assignment through to
completion. Clients benefit from our online status access, new order entry, and
secure online records repository.
Authorizations
can be uploaded to our site from your desk, so we can get it in the providers
hand within 24 hours and get started retrieving your records.
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Subpoena
and Notice preparation
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Serve
Subpoenas
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Deliver
Authorizations
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Advance
custodial fees
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Retrieval
of Records
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All
types of records
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X-ray
and film duplication
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Upload
to Secure Online System
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Hard
Copies Available
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Client
Views/Prints/Saves
Contact Information
Choice Legal
2601 East 4th Avenue
Tampa, FL 33605
info@choicelegal.com
855-875-8550
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