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Originally Posted by amirabal  Hipaa has told me that the records are the patients records and as long as the patients is present with their photo id they should be released to the patient possible with a fee to copy the medical records, but they are not allowed to withhold medical records from that patients if all required documents have been given. |
Legally, patients medical information is their property, but the paper its printed on is the doctors property. As silly as it sounds, all that means is doctors can legally charge a small fee for printing, but they cannot withhold the information. There are some minor exceptions, particularly regarding mental illnesses, for example.
Its possible that some of your patients are not willing to pay a fee.
I would suggest contacting the office for your patients to obtain their records - they cannot charge your office to send that information. In fact, it would be better customer service if you provided that service yourself. I have never been asked to get my own records for another doctor - they always make the request themselves.
I work in a medical office and we obtain those records without involving our patients.
If your patients want their own records to keep, from that other physician, they should deal with them exclusively. If your physician needs those records, you can get them without involving the patient.
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