1. Name three reasons a medical facility might be requested to release a patient's medical records.

 

2. Identify three situations in which a patient's written consent to release medical records might be waived.  

 

3. What is needed before the medical facility can send a patient's medical record to the insurer?  

 

4. If an insurance company submits a request for medical records pertaining to an enrolled patient's outpatient foot surgery and you are responsible for sending the records, should you send the patients entire file to be on the safe side? Why or why not?

 

5. As the person who reviews requests for patients' medical records, do you need to know the purpose for which the data will be used? Explain your answer.