HIPAA Alert: The Patient's Right to Request Medical Record Corrections & Amendments

REMINDER: Know and follow HIPAA regulations and MHS policy regarding our patients' requests to correct or amend their medical records.

Patients have the right to correct/amend the protected health information (PHI) in their medical records.

Amendment Request Procedure

1. Requests must be submitted in writing using the "Request for Correction/Amendment of Medical Record" form located on mhsintranet under Resources/HIPAA/Patient Request forms.

2. Send completed request forms to MHS Privacy Officer Zorana Vojnovic at @email or interoffice mail code F. 

Potential Reasons for Denial of the Request

Requests for amendment may be denied if the PHI that is the subject of the request:

• was not created by this organization (an MHS hospital or clinic)

• is not a part of the designated record set

• is not available for inspection in accordance with a right to deny access (see Patient’s Right to Access Medical Record Denial Process policy)

• is deemed to be accurate and complete

Questions?

Contact HIPAA Privacy Officer Zorana Vojnovic at (402) 354-6863 or @email.

See the "Amendment of Protected Health Information" policy on mhsintranet.

Attention, Supervisors

Please post this HIPAA Alert and discuss in your staff meetings. 

[Editor's Note: To access resources on mhsintranet, you may be asked to enter your user name and password as reauthentication.]