Becker's Healthcare December 19, 2023
Naomi Diaz

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...

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