Your Doctor Refuses to Give You Your Medical Records- What Can You Do? NY Attorney Explains
Your NY Doctor Refuses to Give You Your Medical Records- What Can You Do? Medical Malpractice Attorney Gerry Oginski Explains http://www.oginski-law.com/library/ca... NY Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury Trial Lawyer 516-487-8207 Email: [email protected] You think your doctor did something wrong. You want to get copies of your medical records. You ask the doctor for your records. The doctor's office says you must put it in writing. You give the doctor's office written permission to release copies of your records. Yet still, they refuse to turn your medical records over to you. Or, they simply ignore your request for weeks and months. What do you do in that case? By law, you are entitled to obtain copies of your medical records. You will not be able to obtain the original records, only copies. The doctor's office can only release copies of your records if you provide them with written permission to do so. Then, the office will request copying costs from you. Once you pay the copying costs, they should readily turn over copies of your records. There are many instances where we are evaluating a medical malpractice case, and the doctor's office refuses to timely turn over your records. If that happens to you, what can you do to get your records? The simple answer is to send a copy of the documents you provided to the doctor's office and put them in a letter addressed to the New York State Department of Health. Simply explain that you made a proper and timely request for copies of your records and that the doctor's office is refusing to turn over your medical records. That will prompt an inquiry by the NYS Department of Health to the doctor's office. That should immediately prompt the physician's office to send those records out immediately in order to prevent further investigation by the Department of Health. Watch the video to learn more... Here's a cardiac malpractice case where I was able to achieve a $6 million dollar settlement for my client: http://www.oginski-law.com/video/card... Here's a foot surgery case where a Westchester, NY jury awarded my client $1.55 million dollars for her pain and suffering: http://ow.ly/azKg6 To learn more about how medical malpractice cases work in the state of New York, I encourage you to explore my educational website, http://www.oginski-law.com/library/ca.... If you have legal questions, I invite you to pick up the phone and call me at 516-487-8207 or by email at [email protected]. This is what I do every day and I'd be happy to chat with you. Law Office of Gerald Oginski 25 Great Neck Road, Ste. 4 Great Neck, NY 11021 516-487-8207 Email: [email protected]
