Requesting medical records

You contact medical records, depending on facility you may have to go in person to provide ID snd sign release. Some facilities can verify via email.

Just call them and say you want a copy. You’ll probably have to pay for them

Sorry you’re dealing with this madam

This.

But they don't cross from one portal to another when the doctors are not in the same group/hospital network

This is what I do for a living, I’ve worked in ROI for 25 years. Most facilities hire 3rd party vendors to release medical records. Each state has different laws or guidelines, and depending on the vendor, some will charge you for copies. My company does not charge patients. The best way to get your records would be to call the facility and ask to speak to release of information medical records department, ask them the procedure, or if they use an offsite vendor get the number and call them directly. They will be able to advise you how to go about getting the records, electronically via email is the best way to go. And don’t let them push you around or take too long to provide your records. By law they have 30 days to provide them and in some cases they can get an extension- but they have to follow HIPAA and answer to the OCR and should provide the records fairly quickly. Good luck!

I would check the online patient portal of each provider first. You might find what you need. If it’s a doctors office you will have to request it from them. If it’s a hospital then go to the HIM department. It helps to be very specific about what you need. If it’s an X-ray report just ask for that. Records can be very cumbersome and complicated for the untrained.

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Has anyone ever requested their own records from all the doctors/specialists while dealing with a chronic illness? Any recommendations on how to go about this task?

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I had to when I had my heart attack.

by sheer coincidence I had just changed my health insurance carrier only like a month or so before.

had to get all sorts of medical history to prove that I'd never had any heart related issues before and that it was not a pre-existing issue.

was relatively easy for me because I had never been to any sort of specialist or anything, so was just straight forward family doctor type places I had to call.

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You can start here. They get to charge something generally as well.

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It helps to be very specific about what you need. If it’s an X-ray report just ask for that. Records can be very cumbersome and complicated for the untrained.

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Second this on top of what others said.

If you need you medical records ask for something specific or everything, but you have to specify out what everything means because for some reason the medical records departments can't seem to grasp that.

I order records for people all the time for work, but we only need 5 years. But you can't just ask for the last 5 years, make sure to say something like to include all records, labs, results, doctors notes, specific tests (if there is one you really want) etc.