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North Carolina Medico-Legal Guidelines

North Carolina Medico-Legal Guidelines. 50 Year Collaboration. Why?. Inter-Professional Code. 2005: HIPAA Compliance. Medical Records You Have What We Want!. Why Do We Want Them?. Authorization. Sample Authorizations. What to Provide. Charges for Records. Workers’ Comp: One Free Copy.

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North Carolina Medico-Legal Guidelines

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  1. North CarolinaMedico-Legal Guidelines

  2. 50 Year Collaboration

  3. Why?

  4. Inter-Professional Code

  5. 2005: HIPAA Compliance

  6. Medical Records You Have What We Want!

  7. Why Do We Want Them?

  8. Authorization

  9. Sample Authorizations

  10. What to Provide

  11. Charges for Records

  12. Workers’ Comp: One Free Copy

  13. Workers’ Comp: Reasonable Fee

  14. PI and SSD: Reasonable Fee

  15. Protecting Your Lien

  16. Don’t Withhold!

  17. Don’t Be Late!

  18. Subpoenas: The Medical Record at Trial

  19. Authorization or Court Order

  20. No Authorization & No Court Order

  21. Object or Seal & Produce Presiding Judge Jones To Remain Sealed until otherwise ordered by the Presiding Judge

  22. Meetings with Treatings

  23. Depositions

  24. Requests for Trial Testimony

  25. Trial Subpoenas

  26. Who Pays & How Much?

  27. Medico-Legal Guidelines

  28. 2009 Revisions 2009 Revisions • Published in the North Carolina Rules of Court, Supplement • Focus • mental health, • substance abuse, and • psychotherapy records and notes • Appendices G-1 through G-4 were revised 

  29. 2009 Revisions • Listing of N.C. statutes pertaining to the disclosure of confidential or protected health information • Sample court order for trial judges that allows medical providers to release mental health, substance abuse or psychotherapy records pursuant to federal law • All references to psychotherapy “treatment” have been changed to psychotherapy “notes” (a narrow set of records as defined in HIPAA)

  30. Contact Information North Carolina Bar Association Post Office Box 3688Cary, North Carolina 27519(919) 677-0561 North Carolina Medical Society Post Office Box 27167 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 (919) 833-3836

  31. A Special Thanks to Our Actors! Doctor: Bill Mazzella, M.D. Lawyer: Susan Giamportone, Esq. Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLC Widow: Mia Parham Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau, P.A. Office Administrator: Sue Towe Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau, P.A.

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