Search a title or topic

Over 20 million podcasts, powered by 

Player FM logo
Artwork

Content provided by Legal Talk Network. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Legal Talk Network or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!

Fighting The “HIPAA Police,” Accessing Your Client’s Medical Records

39:13
 
Share
 

Manage episode 390379180 series 61472
Content provided by Legal Talk Network. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Legal Talk Network or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is 27 years old. For better or worse, it was designed to protect patients. But in reality, it has also hampered attorneys in their quest for medical records critical to ensuring fair compensation for injured workers.

Guest Jared Vishney is the founder and CEO of the medical record retrieval technology company Arctrieval. He says most firms wait more than three months for medical records, some as much as four months or more. HIPAA regulations (and penalties) have turned medical record holders so risk averse that it’s hard for patients to get their own records.

The rules around HIPAA and medical records are murky. How much time do institutions have to turn over requested records? How can attorneys and clients push providers to turn over records faster? Workers’ Comp attorneys may find themselves caught in a disconnect between medical record technology and a web of legislation that is supposed to oversee electronic health record systems and rates for copies of those records. It’s hard for clients and attorneys to know they’re getting the full picture, and costs can run into the thousands of dollars.

Hear about tips and tricks for getting the records you need. If you’ve been frustrated by a tangled medical records system, this episode of Workers’ Comp Matters is for you.

Mentioned in this Episode:

“Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability Act,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

“Section 164.524 - Access of individuals to protected health information,” Legal Information Institute, Cornell University

“Medical Records: Fees and Challenges Associated With Patient Access,” GAO report to Congress

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  continue reading

155 episodes

Artwork
iconShare
 
Manage episode 390379180 series 61472
Content provided by Legal Talk Network. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Legal Talk Network or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is 27 years old. For better or worse, it was designed to protect patients. But in reality, it has also hampered attorneys in their quest for medical records critical to ensuring fair compensation for injured workers.

Guest Jared Vishney is the founder and CEO of the medical record retrieval technology company Arctrieval. He says most firms wait more than three months for medical records, some as much as four months or more. HIPAA regulations (and penalties) have turned medical record holders so risk averse that it’s hard for patients to get their own records.

The rules around HIPAA and medical records are murky. How much time do institutions have to turn over requested records? How can attorneys and clients push providers to turn over records faster? Workers’ Comp attorneys may find themselves caught in a disconnect between medical record technology and a web of legislation that is supposed to oversee electronic health record systems and rates for copies of those records. It’s hard for clients and attorneys to know they’re getting the full picture, and costs can run into the thousands of dollars.

Hear about tips and tricks for getting the records you need. If you’ve been frustrated by a tangled medical records system, this episode of Workers’ Comp Matters is for you.

Mentioned in this Episode:

“Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability Act,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

“Section 164.524 - Access of individuals to protected health information,” Legal Information Institute, Cornell University

“Medical Records: Fees and Challenges Associated With Patient Access,” GAO report to Congress

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  continue reading

155 episodes

All episodes

×
 
Loading …

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

 

Listen to this show while you explore
Play