
As a West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County car accident victim, you're medical records are protected under HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and any authorization for their release must contain the following:
--a detailed description of the specific information to be disclosed
--the name/i.d. of the person authorized to disclose the info (health care provider)
--name/i.d. of person to whim health care provider may make the requested use of disclosure (your Palm Beach County car accident attorney
--description of the purpose of requested use/disclosure
--expiration date or expiration of event for authorization that relates to the individual or purpose of the use or disclosure
--signature of individual and date signed (if authorization is signed by the attorney there must be a description of the representative's authority to act for the individual)
--individual's right to revoke the authorization, any exceptions to the revocation and a description of how the individual may revoke
-- a statement that the health care provider may not condition treatment, payment, enrollment or eligibility for benefits on whether individual signs authorization
--potential that information to be disclosed may be subject to re-dislcosure and no longer protected under the privacy rules
It is important that you know all of your rights as a car accident victim. Make sure you discuss with your West Palm Beach car crash attorney your right to privacy.
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