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THE LANGUAGE IN THE HIPAA FORM, INDICATING PLAINTIFF’S PHYSICIAN MAY BUT IS NOT OBLIGATED TO SPEAK WITH DEFENDANT’S ATTORNEY, WAS PROPERLY APPROVED BY SUPREME COURT IN THIS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTION (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Troutman, over a dissent, determined Supreme Court properly approved language in the HIPAA form informing plaintiff’s physicians that they may but are not obligated to speak with defendant’s attorney:

Defendant offered … to accept revised authorizations that included the following language:

“the purpose of the requested interview with the physician is solely to assist defense counsel at trial. The physician is not obligated to speak with defense counsel prior to trial. The interview is voluntary.”

… [D]efendant moved … to compel plaintiff to provide revised authorizations. The court granted the motion … , directing plaintiff … to provide revised HIPAA-compliant authorizations containing defendant’s proposed language, unemphasized and in the same size font as the rest of the authorization. * * *

Here, the wording that was approved by the court is identical to the wording that previously met with the approval of the Second Department in Porcelli v Northern Westchester Hosp. Ctr. (65 AD3d 176, 178 [2d Dept 2009]), it is similar to the language contained in the [Office of Court Administration’s] standard form, and there is no dispute that it is consistent with the applicable law. Sims v Reyes, 2021 NY Slip Op 02971, Fourth Dept 5-7-21

 

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