{"id":2787,"date":"2023-09-05T18:46:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T22:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/final-records-request-letter\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T11:47:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:47:35","slug":"final-records-request-letter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/professional-attorney-information-center\/forms-and-letters-for-personal-injury-lawyers\/sample-correspondence\/medical-records-request\/final-records-request-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Sample Letter Requesting Medical Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a sample letter requesting medical records when all of your other requests have failed.<\/p>\n<p>Patients have a legal right to get their medical records if they or their attorneys present a HIPAA compliant authorization to do so. \u00a0Yet many Maryland health care providers make the process a lot harder than it should be.<\/p>\n<p>When you can&#8217;t get medical records &#8212; particularly your own records &#8212; it is not hard to get very angry. \u00a0But you don&#8217;t want to wage war with the health care provider to get your medical records. \u00a0It just slows the process down.\u00a0 And you might need the treating doctors to testify in your case. Only send this letter after you have already made an initial <a href=\"\/professional-attorney-information-center\/forms-and-letters-for-personal-injury-lawyers\/sample-correspondence\/medical-records-request\/\">written request<\/a> and have not gotten any response and, even then, don&#8217;t be a jerk about it when you follow up on it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/professional-attorney-information-center\/forms-and-letters-for-personal-injury-lawyers\/sample-correspondence\/medical-records-request\/final-records-request-letter\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Sample Letter Requesting Medical Records\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a sample letter requesting medical records when all of your other requests have failed. 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