45 CFR § 164.524 & § 164.508 HIPAA Compliant
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How to Obtain Medical Records, Itemized Bills & Radiology from Stanford Health Care & Stanford Medicine Children's Health

Stanford Medicine operates Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley in Pleasanton, and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford.

Verified HIM & Release-of-Information Architecture

Stanford Health Care & Stanford Medicine Children's Health Record Retrieval Profile

ROI Processing Model
Stanford Health Care Health Information Management Services (HIMS)
Primary States & Statutory Jurisdiction
CA
Critical Retrieval & Subpoena Notes
Adult Stanford Health Care and pediatric Lucile Packard Children's Hospital maintain separate Health Information Management Release of Information desks.

The 3-Department Routing Split at Stanford Health Care & Stanford Medicine Children's 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 Stanford Health Care & Stanford Medicine Children's Health separates record production across three distinct units:

Department UnitDocument DeliverableRouting & Retrieval Protocol
1. Clinical HIM / Release of InformationDischarge Summaries, Operative Notes, ED Nursing Logs, LabsStanford Health Care HIMS (Palo Alto & Tri-Valley / ValleyCare) OR Stanford Medicine Children's Health (Lucile Packard Children's Hospital) HIMS
2. Patient Financial Services (Billing)Itemized UB-04 (Facility) & CMS-1500 (Physician) Ledgers with CPT/ICD-10Stanford Health Care Patient Financial Services
3. Radiology Film Library (PACS)Native DICOM Imaging Studies (MRI, CT, X-Ray, Ultrasound)Stanford Radiology Image Library
Post-Ciox v. Azar Statutory Fee Jurisdiction

State Statutory Copying Fee Caps Governing Stanford Health Care & Stanford Medicine Children's 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 Stanford Health Care & Stanford Medicine Children's Health are governed by the statutory per-page fee schedule of the state where treatment was rendered: