Patients, attorneys, insurers and other practices all ask for records, and each has different rules.
Treating every records request the same is how practices end up either releasing too much or delaying legitimate continuity-of-care requests. The authorisation requirements, permitted fees and turnaround expectations genuinely differ by requester, and front-desk staff are rarely trained on the distinction.
What goes wrong today
Treating every records request the same is how practices end up either releasing too much or delaying legitimate continuity-of-care requests. The authorisation requirements, permitted fees and turnaround expectations genuinely differ by requester, and front-desk staff are rarely trained on the distinction.
What good looks like
The requester type established at intake, driving which authorisation is needed, what may be charged, and how urgently it must move.