Becker's Healthcare December 19, 2023
Optum Medical Care, a multispecialty physician group that serves patients in New Jersey and Southern Connecticut, has agreed to pay $160,000 to resolve claims that it did not provide prompt access to medical records.
According to a Dec. 15 news release from the HHS, in 2021, six complaints were filed with the Office for Civil Rights against Optum Medical Care, alleging a failure to provide requested medical records to adult patients and parents of minor patients.
The OCR launched an investigation into the...