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Don't Be Stingy With Your Patient Records Under HIPAA, HHS Instructs

Published on Fri Jun 05, 2015

If your patients ask to see their records, you should be ready to hand them over. A patient should be able to review his Medical records at any time he requests them, the Department of Health and Human Services says in its “Patients’ Bill of Rights in Medicare and Medicaid.” “Patients have the right to review and copy their own [...]
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