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Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Please submit your medical release form to the medical records office by fax, mail, or in person. The form should be completed and dated. If you have any questions about how to request a patient's records, please call 443-997-1355.

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Should I sign this ?HIPAA Authorization? for release of my medical records? No, you should not sign the HIPAA authorization for the release of your medical records. Often, the insurance company will act as though they cannot begin to decide how much money to offer you until they have all of your medical records.

To do so, you must make a written request. This signed and dated request must state your name, the name of your health care provider and the party who should receive your records. Your authorization to release your records is good for one year.

The school code for UTMB is 004952.

HIPAA regulations require that patient documents must be kept a minimum of six (6) years. The Medical Records Act states that unless a patient is a minor, medical records, laboratory and X-ray reports must be kept at least five years (see §4-403 below).

A Privacy Rule Authorization is an individual's signed permission to allow a covered entity to use or disclose the individual's protected health information (PHI) that is described in the Authorization for the purpose(s) and to the recipient(s) stated in the Authorization.