Many attorneys request all of the patients medical records. Is that allowed?
The attorney, who is not a covered entity, is not bound to request the minimum necessary information. However, because you are a covered entity, you are required to release only the minimum necessary. Use your professional judgment when trying to determine whether the attorneys request is reasonable. Sometimes an entire medical record is the minimum necessary. If a 40-year-old woman is suing because of pain and suffering from a back injury in a car wreck, requesting her entire medical record is not reasonable.
