As someone who has been in Pain Management since 1996, my records are sent to Richond for the Dinosaurs on the Medical Review Board to read, in case they decide to prosecute my Doctor for prescribing the drugs I take.
It has frosted me no end that he has to do this, and I've written numerous letters to the antiquated idjits in Richmond complaining at how they punish Doctors who understand the pain that people with joint and back problems can be in but why does that make MY records an open book to the jerks?
I feel like my sense of privacy has been violated - and that is why, my friends, they ask you to sign those forms. So that if a Medical Review Board for their state asks for the records, they can just turn them over. They don't "intend" to - but they sure do, when asked.
Sorry to hear that. I should read one of those damn forms.
Wow..that's just ridiculous. So what's next, review of who buys a pack of sudafed for the common cold (to counter the meth labs)? I'm sure some dim proposing that right now.