If you receive a third party subpoena or court order for patient records, you can find out how to respond in this article. It provides information on the legal process, including the steps you need to take to comply with the subpoena or court order. It also includes information on protecting the confidentiality of patient records and other legal considerations. Read the article to learn more!
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Neither the Illinois Medical Practice Act nor the Rules specifies a number of years that office medical records must be retained. However, other laws, including statutes of limitation on medical malpractice and personal injury claims, may be used as guidelines for record retention. A physician should consider these laws in formulating a policy that is tailored to the needs of the individual practice.
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A lien is a legal claim against specific property. A health care lien is a claim against monetary proceeds in an injury case. The Illinois health care lien law refers to individual health care licensees as “health care professionals” and to facility health care licensees as “health care providers.” The law allows health care professionals, such as physicians and other health care professionals, and health care providers such as hospitals, to assert liens for service billings against personal injury monies to be paid to the patient by a negligent party.
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If a patient has filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for injuries, you may receive a subpoena directing you to testify as the treating physician.
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Does Illinois law permit health care providers to file and enforce health care liens for services to minor patients (persons under 18 years of age) who have been injured in negligence cases? The short answer is “yes,” as recently confirmed by the Illinois Supreme Court.
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