What is a Medical Records Release Form?
According to the Federal HIPAA Privacy Rule, your medical records are considered private and confidential. No one can see them without your express permission. Information that requires a medical records release form in order to be released to an outside party includes the following: • Any information medical providers insert into your medical record • Any conversations between medical staff regarding your medical care • Any information about you that’s stored in the computer system of your health insurance company • Any financial information about you – such as bills – that your medical office has stored in its computer system • Any health information about you that’s stored by: • Health insurance companies • Medicare and Medicaid • Health care providers • Health care processing companies This is a very strict and enforced privacy law that protects you, as a health care patient, from having your health information released to anyone without your permission.
