Vanderbilt University Medical Center has turned over medical records for transgender patients to the Tennessee attorney general’s team in what his office says is an investigation into potential medical billing fraud.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt University Medical Center has turned over medical records for transgender patients to the Tennessee attorney general’s team in what his office confirmed is an investigation into potential medical billing fraud.on Tuesday that the hospital provided the records to Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti’s office.
“The Tennessee Attorney General has legal authority in an investigation to require that VUMC provide complete copies of patient medical records that are relevant to its investigation. VUMC was obligated to comply and did so,” Howser said in a statement. The attorney general can request patient health records under federal and state law if the office is investigating a possible issue at the hospital, Paul Hales, a St. Louis-based attorney who specializes in health information privacy, told the newspaper.
“They’re terrified,” he told the newspaper. “They don’t know what’s next, they don’t know how this will be used or whether they will be targeted in some way. They feel like their privacy has been violated.”
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