Re: Difficult Dr.!!!!! Help

[Guest guest]

Go to the office and demand your records. The Freedom of Information

Act requires that he give these to you although they may charge a

copying fee. Get in their face in person and demand them, it's your

right.

Open DS with Dr. Anthone 7/6/01

Any suggestions on how to get this man to give

> me my records would help a lot. Any advice at all would help.

> Thanks, Roxanne

[Guest guest]

The FOIA only applies to federal agencies. Depending on which

state you live in, you have the right to have copies of your medical

records. As of 1994, only about half of the states had laws that

guaranteed a patient's right to view their own medical records.

Generally speaking, you don't need a letter from your doctor

stating anything if you have the medical records to prove it.

See:

http://www.epic.org/privacy/medical/

under " Laws " .

If your doc is being difficult about writing the letter, just send a

letter requesting copies of ALL your medical records with an offer

to pay any copying costs. Also, check with your state healt

department to see what your rights are. If you have the right to

have your medical records, the doc may not tell you that. Good

Luck!!

-maria

> Any suggestions on how to get this man to give

> > me my records would help a lot. Any advice at all would help.

> > Thanks, Roxanne

[Guest guest]

Hello! I am not a lawyer but I can tell you that its

your legal right to recieve a copy of your medical

record.I would advise you to contact his office in

writing,certified mail where someone has to sign for

the letter and explain that you are trying to get a

copy of your records and that you have made several

attempts to do so with no success and that if they do

not comply with your request within 7 business days

that you will be forced to seek legal assistance at

there expense.If within a week they have not complied

with your request most lawyers will make a phone call

for no charge if you have called several lawyers and

gotten nowhere try legal aid or most countys have a

lawyer referral or maybe even your local district

attorneys office.

You cannot force him to write a letter but you can

force him to give you a copy of your records however

they do also have the right to charge you per copy.

Tara

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[Guest guest]

hmmmmmmmm..... If they're being adversarial about it, you

could start by making your request (with all details and all

reasons why you need a second document from them) in writing

as a registered letter. Now that I think about it, maybe you

should request a copy of your records because you'll want

them eventually anyway. That way you are making a very

common request for a copy of your medical records.

Registering the letter tells him that you fully intent to

get your records, but it does it in a sort of

non-confrontational way. I've seen this work for people who

had a relatively lopsided relationship with a former

employer, a spouse, an ex-spouse, etc. Just the act of

registering your written request pushes a little of the

power over to your side of the court, even if it's only

psychological. Well, it's more than that, it's

documentation, but I'm sure it won't go that far. I don't

think it would be unreasonable to start there. What do you

think?

You do NOT deserve to be treated like a child by this man

and the law is on your side.

Can you tell I was married to an attorney?

Jean.

Difficult Dr.!!!!! Help

> Hi everyone. I'm trying to gather as much diet information

as

> possible for my first appointment. I saw a doctor through

my dad's

> company from 1980-1985. This doctor was constantly on my

case about

> my weight & wanted to do a stomach reduction on me back

then, as a 16

> year old, I refused (Thank God!!). I did diet pills with

him and 2

> diet programs (one of which he had to put me in the

hospital for). I

> contacted him in 1995 when I was gathering info. for VBG

and asked

> him to write me a letter stating my diet history. After he

gave me

> the ASS chewing of a life time (And I took it, not to piss

him off)

> for not letting him " CUT ME " as he put it, he did write me

a letter

> and I had the VBG. Well, it did not work and now I'm

wanting the

> BPD/DS. I contacted his office to again write me a letter

to prove my

> diet history and his nurse informs me that he will not

write a letter

> for me. I explained that it is not a letter of medical

necessity but

> a statment of my attemps at that time. Well, he still

refusses. I

> requested my records and he will not respond to me. His

nurse is just

> as rude as he is, and I have never given them a reason to

be rude. I

> have always been kind. Any suggestions on how to get this

man to give

> me my records would help a lot. Any advice at all would

help.

> Thanks, Roxanne

>

>

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[Guest guest]

hmmmmmmmm..... If they're being adversarial about it, you

could start by making your request (with all details and all

reasons why you need a second document from them) in writing

as a registered letter. Now that I think about it, maybe you

should request a copy of your records because you'll want

them eventually anyway. That way you are making a very

common request for a copy of your medical records.

Registering the letter tells him that you fully intent to

get your records, but it does it in a sort of

non-confrontational way. I've seen this work for people who

had a relatively lopsided relationship with a former

employer, a spouse, an ex-spouse, etc. Just the act of

registering your written request pushes a little of the

power over to your side of the court, even if it's only

psychological. Well, it's more than that, it's

documentation, but I'm sure it won't go that far. I don't

think it would be unreasonable to start there. What do you

think?

You do NOT deserve to be treated like a child by this man

and the law is on your side.

Can you tell I was married to an attorney?

Jean.

Difficult Dr.!!!!! Help

> Hi everyone. I'm trying to gather as much diet information

as

> possible for my first appointment. I saw a doctor through

my dad's

> company from 1980-1985. This doctor was constantly on my

case about

> my weight & wanted to do a stomach reduction on me back

then, as a 16

> year old, I refused (Thank God!!). I did diet pills with

him and 2

> diet programs (one of which he had to put me in the

hospital for). I

> contacted him in 1995 when I was gathering info. for VBG

and asked

> him to write me a letter stating my diet history. After he

gave me

> the ASS chewing of a life time (And I took it, not to piss

him off)

> for not letting him " CUT ME " as he put it, he did write me

a letter

> and I had the VBG. Well, it did not work and now I'm

wanting the

> BPD/DS. I contacted his office to again write me a letter

to prove my

> diet history and his nurse informs me that he will not

write a letter

> for me. I explained that it is not a letter of medical

necessity but

> a statment of my attemps at that time. Well, he still

refusses. I

> requested my records and he will not respond to me. His

nurse is just

> as rude as he is, and I have never given them a reason to

be rude. I

> have always been kind. Any suggestions on how to get this

man to give

> me my records would help a lot. Any advice at all would

help.

> Thanks, Roxanne

>

>

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[Guest guest]

oops, sorry I sent that 2x.

And , I had no idea that there are places where a patient

doesn't have access to their medical records. That's medieval. :\

Thanks for mentioning that, I'd best look a little closer before I

spout.

Jean.

> The FOIA only applies to federal agencies. Depending on which

> state you live in, you have the right to have copies of your

medical

> records. As of 1994, only about half of the states had laws that

, Roxanne

[Guest guest]

Jean,

No kidding. I knew that at least in California, the courts ruled that

your medical records are YOURS...as in: you PAID for them and

they are your property. Can you believe that the docs actually

fought that one?? I thought it was federal, but when I

looked...SURPRISE! That page I posted cites a 1994 Consumer

Reports article that I'll try to find tomorrow.

Now all they need to do is to make all the doctors take

penmanship classes and we'll be all set!

-maria

> And , I had no idea that there are places where a patient

> doesn't have access to their medical records. That's medieval.

[Guest guest]

Any suggestions on how to get

> this man to give

> me my records would help a lot. Any advice at all

> would help.

> Thanks, Roxanne

***Roxanne,

I would sign a release form and have your PCP

request those records. Of course you could have a

lawyer call then but then they will charge you so much

per page. I had to do this once and it cost me $1 per

page and did that ever add up fast. Another way would

be to send them a letter requesting them. Often they

will do it with out even thinking, kid of catch them

off guard abviously they are trying to irritate you.

Good Luck

=====

B 36yrs

Pre-op 11-13-01

BMI 49

BCBS of MI Blue Choice POS

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