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Old Aug 17, 2016, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by A18793715 View Post
You must sign a hippa release form before they're legally allowed. If you haven't signed a hippa form saying your t can talk to your pdoc and vise versa, they're legally not allowed to talk. Doctor patient confidentiality

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Don't think so - I just Googled to confirm. HIPAA has an exception for MDs to talk to other providers without patient consent IF it is about a limited range of topics such as medication or health care. You could argue whether a therapist counts as a medical provider, but I would bet most psychiatrists do just to save time.

Eta: just to be clear - this would have to be initiated by the psychiatrist, not the therapist.

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