Without authorization to obtain their adult children’s medical information, parents cannot:
- Know the health status of their child in a medical emergency
- Provide input on medical decisions in critical situations
- Negotiate or investigate medical billing information
- Help schedule and coordinate healthcare
From a healthcare perspective, when a child turns eighteen, they are legally a stranger to their parents.
Parents have no more right to obtain medical information on their legal-age son or daughter than they would
to obtain information about a stranger on the street. This is true even when the child is covered under his
or her parents’ health insurance, and even when the parents are paying the bill. HipaaRelease provides peace
of mind for emergency situations, billing inquiries, and general support of medical decision making for your
adult child/loved one. Keeping up with paperwork is antiquated and unreliable……..