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Tuesday, July 18th, 2023

Vanderbilt turns over transgender patient records to state in attorney general probe

Author:     Melissa Brown Kelly Puente
Source:     The Tennessean
Publication Date:     21 July 2023 | 2 p.m. CT
 Link: Vanderbilt turns over transgender patient records to state in attorney general probe
Stephan:  

If you are a woman living in any of the 19 Red states whose Republican Attorney Generals have done as Tennesse has done, you are now a second class citizen whose private personal medical records can be seized by the government and used against you. If, for instance, you go out of state to get OB/Gyn care that the Republican men and a few compliant Republican women think you should not have access to they want to be able to go to the Blue state you went to for treatment and grab your medical records there. It is the position of the Republican Party that if you live in a state they control you do not have control of your body, the Republicans in control of your state have control.

Tennesse MAGAt Republican Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, one of 19 Red state attorney generals, demanding access to the private medical records of any woman or transgender person.
Credit: Mark Zaleski / The Tennessean

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has turned over transgender patient medical records to the Tennessee Attorney General’s office, which confirmed Tuesday it is conducting an investigation into potential medical billing fraud.

VUMC, through a spokesperson, confirmed to The Tennessean on Tuesday the facility provided patient medical records to the attorney general.

The Tennessean reviewed a VUMC notice informing patients of the move, which the facility said was the result of an investigation into “billing for transgender care services provided to individuals enrolled in State-sponsored insurance plans.” The state requested medical records from Jan. 1, 2018 to the present.

The attorney general’s office said VUMC began providing relevant records in December 2022, and the state’s investigation is focused on the facility and certain providers, not patients.

The state has legal standing to seek the private medical records, per a health care legal expert. However, the move has sparked privacy […]

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