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Collecting evidence in litigation is critical to building a strong case, but it can be tricky – especially when opposing counsel raises objections. When subpoenaing records from a third-party witness, disputes often arise...more
Medical record retrieval is critical to a wide variety of legal disputes. These include cases directly about healthcare-related concerns alongside others that could depend on facts proven through the types of medical records...more
A medical record is a documented account of an individual’s medical history, which can be information that can make or break certain legal cases. Most individuals will have unique medical information from multiple providers...more
A negligent surgeon, auto accident, personal injury, bar fight—many legal cases require requesting, analyzing, and organizing medical records. Whether you’re representing the plaintiff or the defendant, you’ll want to reduce...more
Please join us as Bricker attorneys and distinguished experts discuss a myriad of topics designed to provide you with valuable information that you can put to immediate use. We'll also provide networking opportunities to...more
A staple of personal injury litigation in the United States concerns the gathering and exchange of a plaintiff’s medical records through the discovery process. These records are often critical to defendants and must be...more
A recent Connecticut Appellate Court decision highlights the importance of health care provider attention to subpoenas involving patient information. In January 2018, our office published a summary of a then-recent...more
On November 5, 2021, Cook County’s HIPAA Qualified Protective Order (“QPO”) was considerably reconstructed in light of the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision in Haage v. Zavala, 2021 IL 125918. Illinois litigators were...more
We are frequently approached by health care providers who have received a subpoena demanding patient records for a lawsuit to which the health care provider is not a party. Often times these subpoenas arrive without warning...more
The opioid crises has raised a number of concerns for physicians, particularly those treating chronic illness. Heightened regulatory scrutiny of physician activity raises questions over how physicians should respond to...more
There is a common misunderstanding that healthcare providers may not or should not produce medical records that were created by another healthcare provider. Under HIPAA, patients have a right to access all records that a...more
A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia draws a sharp line of distinction for hospitals responding to nonparty subpoenas against the unauthorized disclosure of confidential mental health records. In...more
Healthcare providers often misunderstand their obligation to provide patient records in response to a request from a patient or third party....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Sixth Circuit recently affirmed a U.S. District Court’s decision granting the EEOC’s application to enforce a subpoena in a disability discrimination investigation, finding that company-wide...more
You’ve had your apple a day, but you can’t keep the subpoenas away… And, if your organization is facing a request seeking records or other materials that may contain patient health information (“PHI”), it bears...more
Doctors must educate themselves and particularly their staff on the legal obligations to protect the confidentiality of medical records and how to properly respond to subpoenas and requests for patients’ health information....more
Health care providers who use telemedicine for remote prescribing of controlled substances should pay close attention to an important case currently pending at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case will decide whether...more
Over the past months, my experiences with physician practices have made me realize that many practices do not understand how HIPAA applies to subpoenas for medical records. More worrisome, I suspect that many practices...more
Health care providers and their medical records custodians constantly find themselves under pressure to release medical records immediately upon receipt of a subpoena. However, regardless of the subpoena or the pesky...more
A recent opinion from the Connecticut Supreme Court illustrates that HIPAA is not the only law that covered entities and business associates must worry about if an unauthorized disclosure of protected health information (PHI)...more