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Know the Privacy Specifics on Psychotherapy Notes

Published on Fri Jul 16, 2021

Question: One of our patients is demanding that we release all of his records — including the personal psycho­therapy notes written by our psychologist during each session. We don’t consider this part of the patient’s health record and are reluctant to release the information. Are these notes protected under HIPAA? Maine Subscriber Answer: You’re correct. According to the Department of [...]
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