RE: Medical Records and Payments

[Guest guest]

I'm real sorry to hear what you're going

through.

Can't your new doctor resquest the medical

records? I ask this because that's the practice

here (I'm in Canada) If I want my records I'd

have to pay but if my doctor requests them she

can get them.

One would think it would be against some law to

hold one's medical care hostage by not allowing

a new doctor to have access to the records of

past treatment.

Guess that's the difference of the two countries

Is it possible to, if you have to, deal for

some records? What about disability don't they

have special dispersments for such occassions?

Good luck

lyn

jbrosenfeld@... wrote:

>

> My old pain doc is refusing to give me or

foward my records until I pay him at least a

portion of what I owe them. Can they do that?

[Guest guest]

Jess,

If another docto requests your files, your doctor will have to provide copies

irregardless of if you owe a bill or not.

Deb RN

[Guest guest]

Hello

I had a problem with one of my doctors it was a primary doctor. I went there

for about 25 years. I changed Dr because I need a dr that does critical care,

and when they asked for medical records they only sent the 5 pages that was in

the new file but not the other 8 files that was in the back. So if you have a

lot of files you need to tell the new dr that he needs to get all files, not

just the current one

have a great day.

david

> Jess,

> If another docto requests your files, your doctor will have

> to provide copies irregardless of if you owe a bill or not.

>

> Deb RN

[Guest guest]

Will all doctors request them.  The doctors I have talked to said I need to have

them faxed over prior to the visit.

 

Jess

Deb wrote:

Jess,

If another docto requests your files, your doctor will have to provide copies

irregardless of if you owe a bill or not.

Deb RN

[Guest guest]

Do you know if they will charge the other doctor?  They told me there is a per

page charge.

 

Thanks,

 

Jess

[Guest guest]

Jess,

Go into the new doc's office prior to your visit and sign a release. Then the

docs office can request them to be faxed.

Deb RN

[Guest guest]

Jess

For the patient yes but not for the doctor. If you are concerned what is in the

chart you can read it without a charge, but for dr to dr records there is never

a charge.

Deb RN

>jessica rosenfeld

>Do you know if they will charge the other doctor?  They told me there is a

charge per page charge.

 

[Guest guest]

My experience has been a little different. Only Kaiser charged me when

I answered " continuity of care " or " personal files " when I requested

records. I've done this lots of times since I keep my own complete file

at home after discovering how many mistakes were in my records.

Providence says they charge, but even with multiple requests of

hundreds of pages, no bill. Seems arbitrary and miserly to me. But I've

never had a doctor be charged for it, at least not that flowed down to

my bill.

in OR