The Office of Personnel Management is asking insurers that cover federal employees and retirees to hand over details about their medical visits, their pharmacy claims, and more.

OPM seeks claims-level medical data on 8M federal workers; insurers and privacy experts raise HIPAA and security concerns.

Your guide to getting medical records and documents from one doctor’s office or clinic to a new healthcare professional. This can be a multi-step process that isn’t always as easy as it may seem. If ...

HIPAA regulations strictly control access to a deceased spouse’s medical records, including those from Medicare. You can only access these records if you legally represent their estate or have ...

Two thousand years ago, physicians in Egypt documented their patients’ symptoms and treatments on papyrus scrolls. These early medical records served a simple, localized purpose: they supported direct ...

Washington is finally moving to scrap its decades-old jumble of paper charts and clunky electronic systems in favor of one ...

HIPAA regulations strictly control access to a deceased person’s medical records, including those from Medicare. A spouse can only access these records if they legally represent their partner’s estate ...