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I was recently off work for 8 days for a "mini breakdown" for lack of a better term. My therepist approved this time off and filed the paperwork for FMLA.
Now my employer has contacted my therapist and requested all of my therapy notes. Is that even legal?? i signed a release... do those normally include personal therapy notes? If i refuse to give them acce
ss can they hold that against me and deny my FMLA claim?
Any advice would be appriciated.
Now my employer has contacted my therapist and requested all of my therapy notes. Is that even legal?? i signed a release... do those normally include personal therapy notes? If i refuse to give them acce
ss can they hold that against me and deny my FMLA claim?
Any advice would be appriciated.
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FMLA only requires general information on a form signed by the doctor. NOT your private notes.
such as: Name of illness, Length of illness, how long you are expected to be off work, could it return, or be what is referred to as "intermittant" you really want that where work is concerned". Any visit to the therapist can then be logged as FMLA. Those visits can eat up some hours.
I had one doctor answer the form like this, he really hated where I worked.
Length of illness--
doctors reply, "how the hell should I know, am I God?".
And, it went through.
How would you know, ask for a copy of your personal file and anything in it. (pertaining to this incident) Make sure you keep copies of all documentation that you give to them, now and in the future. Start your own file. You never know when you might need it for disability. I never though I would, am now in big mess.
Requests to release medical records to a third party such as an insurance company, employer, or government agency must be accompanied by a permission form signed by the patient authorizing release of the information. Unfortunately, a patient has little choice
but to sign the form if he/she wants to be reimbursed.
In these cases, information disclosed should be limited to the minimal amount of information necessary for the purpose at hand, and the consent only should be valid for a limited period of time.
The American Psychiatric Association is unwavering in its support of patients right to privacy with respect to their medical records. The American Psychiatric Association Guidelines on Confidentiality state, The patients consent to the release of information from his or her medical record should be informed and given freely, without threat or coercion. For their consent to be informed, patients should have an appreciation of the nature and content of the information to be released, the purposes for which it will be used, the manner in which it will be protected, and the extent to which any of the information be redisclosed to other parties.
But yes, do try to keep a record of all signed documentation that goes between you and your employer.