Florida Healthcare Record Attorneys
Medical records permeate everything in healthcare − whether it is treating patients or defending an investigation. The current push for seamless access to these records, coupled with increasing pressures for medical record privacy and security, is creating new challenges for healthcare providers every day.
As a result, there is an ever-growing myriad of federal and state statutes and regulations governing how medical records should be handled. In addition, healthcare providers must understand and comply with these complex and often-conflicting laws to prevent investigations and ensure proper medical records usage, including transfer and release.
At the Florida law firm of Michael R. Lowe, P.A., our lawyers guide our clients through the nuances of the laws, including common challenges and emerging issues such as:
- Proper release of medical records
- Confidentiality issues, including superconfidential matters (mental health, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, pregnant minors)
- Business associate agreements
- Florida Statutes and Board of Medicine regulations
- HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations, including compliance plans
- Office of Civil Rights (OCR) investigations
- Response to subpoenas and civil litigation
- Electronic medical records (EMR) and electronic health records (EHR)
- Regional health information organizations (RHIO)
- Third-party requests for medical records
- E-discovery, which may arise in healthcare fraud investigations under the Federal False Claims Act
- Ownership of healthcare medical records when it comes to breakup of clinics and physician departures
Attorney Michael R. Lowe is Board-Certified in Health Law by the Florida Bar.
To speak to a lawyer at our firm about medical records, privacy, security or HIPAA issues, call us at 407-332-6353 or contact us online.
