Type: Act Resolve. Year: House All Representatives House Clerk. Special Events. All Committees Search Committees Search. Search Search the Legislature Search. Print Page. Prev ious Next. Confirm Password. Already have an account? Sign in here. Forgot Password? Sign In Signing In Note that if copies of any records, electronic or paper, are being made on behalf of a beneficiary for the specific purpose of supporting their claim under social security or any other state or federal financial need-based benefit program, you cannot charge any fee to the patient.
Under HIPAA, a physician only has 30 days to provide the requested records if they are maintained on-site. If your records are kept at an off-site location, then the time period is extended to allow 60 days to provide the records.
If those dates present a problem, then you can extend the term for an additional 30 days, but only if the patient or third party is provided with a written statement explaining the reasons for the delay and the specific date by which the records will be provided. Once that period of time has passed, you can either supply your patients with their original medical records or destroy them.
There is no requirement to first notify your patients before destroying their records. Both HIPPA and Massachusetts law give rights to parties who feel that their rights have been violated by their healthcare providers in regard to medical records.
Board of Registration in Medicine, the state agency that regulates doctors in Massachusetts. If the complaint is about a hospital, it may be made to the Mass. The Apple Health app allows users to combine health records from multiple care providers. To begin, open the Apple Health app, navigate to Health Records, select the institutions from which you wish to download your data, and follow the instructions.
Read more about health records on iPhone. To obtain copies of radiology images or films, please contact the Mass General Imaging Department Image Service Center directly at Home Medical Records.
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