How to Obtain Medical Records, Itemized Bills & Radiology from Corewell Health (Formerly Beaumont Hospital & Spectrum Health)
Beaumont Health (operating eight hospitals across Metro Detroit) merged with Spectrum Health and Lakeland to form Corewell Health, Michigan's largest healthcare system. Requests in Michigan are governed by the Michigan Medical Records Access Act (MCL § 333.26269).
Corewell Health (Formerly Beaumont Hospital & Spectrum Health) Record Retrieval Profile
- ROI Processing Model
- Corewell Health Centralized Release of Information (East / Beaumont, West / Spectrum, South / Lakeland)
- Primary States & Statutory Jurisdiction
- MI
- Critical Retrieval & Subpoena Notes
- If your treatment occurred prior to the Corewell Health rebrand at a Beaumont Hospital campus (such as Beaumont Royal Oak, Beaumont Troy, or Beaumont Dearborn), our team routes the request through Corewell Health East's legacy Beaumont Master Patient Index.
The 3-Department Routing Split at Corewell Health (Formerly Beaumont Hospital & Spectrum Health)
A standard medical record request sent only to Health Information Management (HIM) will almost never return itemized billing ledgers or native DICOM imaging. Below is how Corewell Health (Formerly Beaumont Hospital & Spectrum Health) separates record production across three distinct units:
| Department Unit | Document Deliverable | Routing & Retrieval Protocol |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Clinical HIM / Release of Information | Discharge Summaries, Operative Notes, ED Nursing Logs, Labs | Corewell Health HIM Release of Information (Corewell Health East / Beaumont Royal Oak, Troy, Dearborn, Taylor, Trenton, Wayne, Farmington Hills, Grosse Pointe) |
| 2. Patient Financial Services (Billing) | Itemized UB-04 (Facility) & CMS-1500 (Physician) Ledgers with CPT/ICD-10 | Corewell Health Patient Financial Services (UB-04 & Physician Group CMS-1500) |
| 3. Radiology Film Library (PACS) | Native DICOM Imaging Studies (MRI, CT, X-Ray, Ultrasound) | Corewell Health Diagnostic Radiology Film Library |
State Statutory Copying Fee Caps Governing Corewell Health (Formerly Beaumont Hospital & Spectrum Health)
While direct-to-patient requests under 45 CFR § 164.524(c)(4) qualify for the federal cost-based labor rate, third-party attorney and subpoena requests to Corewell Health (Formerly Beaumont Hospital & Spectrum Health) are governed by the statutory per-page fee schedule of the state where treatment was rendered: