Question

Medical records are protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Can your medical records be made available to others who request this information (employers, insurance companies, other doctors)?

Answer 1

Answer:

Yes it can but only on your permission

Explanation:

HIPAA stands for health insurance portability and accountability act. This law was enacted by the Federal government and what it does is to offer privacy to a patient's health information.

A patient's medical records and information is kept private. Whenever these individuals health information, and medical records are needed to be released to another entity such as a doctor or an employer, this person must be the one to give permission for it to be released in the form of a written authorisation.