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Judge takes HIPAA pre-suit authorization dispute under advisement; final ruling set for Sept. 1
Summary
In a refiled health-care-liability case, defense counsel argued the plaintiff's pre-suit authorization improperly seeks psychotherapy notes and is therefore invalid; the court took the question under advisement and reset a final ruling for Sept. 1, allowing limited discovery on prejudice.
A Dixon County judge took under advisement a dispute over whether a plaintiff's pre-suit medical-authorization is invalid because it requests psychotherapy notes, and set a final ruling for the court's September 1 docket.
Defense counsel argued the refiled complaint's authorization is not HIPAA-compliant and urged dismissal under Tennessee Code Annotated §29-26-121, saying a psychotherapy-notes authorization cannot be combined with other…
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