Medical Authorizations Delivered
July 8th, 2013 @ 10:45 am

This morning I printed the two HIPAA release documents that Katie Perez emailed me last week. I signed them and had them notarized at the UPS Store down the street, then faxed copies to the law offices of Mathis & Murphy, P.A. and mailed them the originals. I then emailed Katherine the following:   Sent: […]

Re: Medical Authorizations
July 5th, 2013 @ 2:55 am

Late in the evening of the 4th of July, after all the fireworks, I replied to Katie’s email from the 3rd:   Sent: July 5, 2013 @ 02:55 AM PDT Hello, Katherine, I will print, sign, and return these to you as soon as I possibly can.  

Medical Authorizations
July 3rd, 2013 @ 8:44 am

Early on the morning of July 3rd, 2013, I received an email from someone named Katherine Perez, a legal assistant at Mathis & Murphy, P.A. She wrote:   From: Katherine PerezSent: July 3, 2013 @ 08:44 AM PDTSubject: Medical Authorizations Mr. Gagne: I am attempting to obtain additional medical records for Kathleen from the ambulance […]

Reinforcements?
June 24th, 2013 @ 9:14 am

Kelly Mathis of Mathis & Murphy, P.A. just responded to my previous email. He wrote:   Sent: June 24, 2013 @ 08:11 AM PDT This helps tremendously. Do you mind if I get the opinion/assistance of another attorney? Kelly   I replied almost immediately with:   Sent: June 24, 2013 @ 08:14 AM PDT I […]

Yet Another Week
June 17th, 2013 @ 10:01 am

This morning I sent a follow-up to my last email to Kelly Mathis of Mathis & Murphy, P.A.:   Sent: June 17, 2013 @ 09:58 AM PSTSubject: Medical Records Review Status Hey Kelly, It’s been two weeks since our last communication and ten days since I emailed you asking for an estimate. I understand that […]

Another Week
June 7th, 2013 @ 10:19 am

I haven’t heard from anyone at Mathis & Murphy, P.A. since we (finally) received copies of mom’s medical records from Woodland Terrace a week ago. This morning I emailed Kelly Mathis to ask for a status update.   Sent: June 7, 2013 @ 10:18 AM PST Hey Kelly, Do you have any sort of estimate […]

Medical Records Received!
May 31st, 2013 @ 1:55 pm

Almost exactly nine months after I started trying to get them, I finally have copies of mom’s medical records from the thirty-seven days she spent at Woodland Terrace. Just before two o’clock in the afternoon on May 31st, 2013, I started downloading eight emails from Kelly Mathis of Mathis & Murphy, P.A. Each message contained […]

The Waiting
May 29th, 2013 @ 8:33 am

On the morning of May 29th I received a blind carbon copy of an email, sent at 11:30 AM on the East coast, that Kelly Mathis of Mathis & Murphy sent to James Morrison of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., the law firm representing Woodland Terrace. Kelly still hasn’t responded directly to the voice […]

Status Quo
May 28th, 2013 @ 10:06 am

Mom has been dead for nine and a half months now, and I have been trying unsuccessfully to get Woodland Terrace — the nursing facility where she died — to give me copies of her medical records since about two weeks after that. Their latest stall tactic is to say they won’t deliver the records […]

Another Week.
May 24th, 2013 @ 9:49 am

Just after seven o’clock this morning, Friday, May 24th, 2013, I emailed Kelly Mathis of Mathis & Murphy, P.A. in regards to my quixotic attempt to get Woodland Terrace to release my mother’s medical records. I was specifically writing in response to Monday’s email exchange between Mr. Mathis and Mr. Morrison of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood […]