Can anyone tell me who exactly has contact with my health records? For example, after it leaves the doctors hands, who gets it next, then who, and then who, etc.? Coders, transcribers, billers? Who else, what order?
2006-10-19 03:41:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Are you in the US? There are laws here protecting your privacy, and they are stringent. Your personal info can only be released for certain specific reasons. Your doctor sees your records, of course, and whatever nurse or pa is dealing with you. The business office at your doctors sees some information which she then codes for the insurance company. Your insurance company sees that, but only those people who actually need to see what your claim is for, and they aren't interested, believe me. If they tell anyone anything about you, they can get a large fine and go to jail, and they will lose their jobs. So: the doctor and nurse(s), the billing office (but they won't read it in detail, just bill the insurance company), the claims people at the insurance company. The law is very strict about the protection of your data. Your doctor needs to take security measures, as does your insurance company.
Oh, also some companies may request release of personal health information to them, to evaluate their costs and whatnot. They have to meet certain standards as well, and i am not sure what info they get, but they are not allowed to punish you for anything they get that way, so no worries.
2006-10-19 03:55:37 · answer #1 · answered by Beneficentia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any medical personnel who need to have it. At the office: dr. nurses, medical assistants, billers, front desk when you schadule the app and other personnel as well. Now all this info is protected by a law named HIPPA, with deprives any unauthorized person to have contact with your health info. Other DR,. like specialists may request the records form your primary Dr, in orther to give you a specific diagnose. Medical Insurance Companies, often require the records from the physician to determine Medical Necessity and pay or not pay the DR for their services. When you are having a surgical procedure, maybe the hospital will require part of the records....etc. IN general, only quilified personnel should have acces to your health info.
2006-10-19 10:56:16 · answer #2 · answered by scorpionbeat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one. Your doctor is actually REQUIRED to keep your chart in the office for a number of years (7 i believe) even if you are no longer seeing that doctor. He can only transfer your records to another doctor with your consent. (and you need to give written consent) This is all because of HIPPA regulations. These were put into effect to protect the patients information. Its basically a patient confidentiality contract. Anyone that works in a doctors office has to sign a form saying that they wont repeat what happens in the office or any patient information that they could possibly overhear.
2006-10-19 11:12:50 · answer #3 · answered by Jackie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all the above, plus the office nurse. nurse gets it 1st to take off orders, the rest dont actually have to be in the chart they can do the billing from the billing form the doc fills out. Of course the records clerk has to file stuff in it so she sees it.
2006-10-19 10:46:59 · answer #4 · answered by David B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would stay in that office. My doctor writes in my chart while he works and then gives it to one of the office staff to put back in the filing cabinet.
It should never leave the office unless you have sent in a written request to have it forwarded to another doctor.
2006-10-19 10:46:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your undertaker and the IRS who work hand in hand.
2006-10-19 10:55:40 · answer #6 · answered by robert m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋