Confidentiality of private mental health records shared among addiction clients. This is clearly illegal. W are the options?

Below is the link to the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation. You can file a complaint directly with them via the various options...

Can your work's health insurance give your employer your medical record info? And can the health board access med records?

As an initial matter, pursuant to HIPAA, you have a right to place restrictions on who can access your health care records and who cannot. You...

I currently work in a health care office. I have been wondering if my office manager has been committing insurance fraud.

I agree with the attorney above that it may depend upon the terms of the contract between the Provider and the Payor. However, if you have...

I'm confused by the question. First, as a general matter, physicians are bound by the Hippocratic Oath by which they have sworn to do everything...

Do I need to hire a health law lawyer?

Notwithstanding the response by the other attorney above, patients are entitled, pursuant to HIPAA, to request restrictions regarding the use and...

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What can be a remedy for destruction of X-ray and CTs by doctors/clinic in New York state?

I agree with the above responses, the question is a bit ambiguous. Were the destroyed xrays of a relatively recent condition and you didn't want...

I have a rental property and I just found out my tenant has a criminal background. I did not sign the lease. How can I terminate

I agree with both answers above. Since you have not yet signed the lease, there is no lease which you have to terminate. I would just return the...

If I pay the mortgage and costs of a house but it is titled in fathers name, do I have any equitable right to the sale proceeds?

I agree with Attorney Smollens above that you really should have addressed these issues before the house went into contract and closed, not after. ...

I need paperwork filled out by my doctor, for the military. Can the doctor refuse to fill out the paperwork?

I agree with the attorneys above that Tricare handles healthcare for the military. If the paperwork you are asking the doctor to fill out would be...

Is it legal for a church to endorse a real estate agency and inform its members it gets a donation When they use the agency?

I agree with the attorney above. Pursuant to IRC § 501(c)(3), no part of a non profits (such as churches) net earnings can inure to the benefit...