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Medical records, bills & imaging

Medical record retrieval in Florida

Florida records requests often need charts, itemized billing and imaging from distinct custodians. Tavrn handles the provider requests and follow-up for law firms, healthcare organizations and health-tech teams, with files delivered where your team works.

Coverage in Florida

Statewide, including Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, Tampa Bay and Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, Orlando and Orange County, Jacksonville and Duval County, and Southwest Florida. Include out-of-state treatment when it belongs in the record.

Coverage describes where records can be requested, not a local office or an affiliation with a named provider. Tavrn requests from any US provider with patient authorization.

How requests work in Florida

Give the facility’s city, the treating location and the dates of service. If a patient was treated in both South Florida and Central Florida, list the facilities separately rather than assuming a shared custodian. Specify whether imaging and billing are needed alongside the chart.

  1. Step 1

    Identify the records

    Add the patient, signed authorization, providers, dates of service and record types through the platform, an integration or the API.

  2. Step 2

    Request and follow up

    Tavrn routes each provider request through the appropriate network, portal, fax, mail, email or phone channel, then follows up. Track status per provider.

  3. Step 3

    Receive the files

    Medical records, itemized bills and imaging return to your workspace or connected system. API users can receive webhook events and download the files.

Source-cited reference

Florida records: legal fact block

Verified against statute and regulation text on . These scoped excerpts are not legal advice, a complete statement of the law or a promise of delivery. Follow each citation for the full text, exceptions and current copy-fee caps.

Licensed-facility copy-fee provision

“These charges shall apply to all records furnished, whether directly from the facility or from a copy service providing these services on behalf of the facility.”

The linked licensed-facility statute specifies copy-fee caps and exceptions, including continuing-care copies. Monetary amounts are not reproduced here; this is not a fee schedule for every practitioner.

Florida Statutes § 395.3025(1)

Physician record retention — regulation

“A licensed physician medical records owner shall maintain the full and total responsibility for and control of all files and records relating to his patients and his medical practice for a period of at least five years from the last patient contact.”

Quoted from the Board of Medicine’s physician rule, not a hospital retention statute. The rule separately addresses relocation, termination and patient notification; read the full text for its scope.

Florida Administrative Code r. 64B8-10.002(2)

HIPAA patient-access baseline

“the covered entity must act on a request for access no later than 30 days after receipt of the request”

This is the individual right of access, not a delivery promise for every authorization-based third-party request. The rule permits one extension of no more than 30 days with a written reason and completion date. State-law requirements may differ; this is not a summary of every applicable deadline.

45 CFR § 164.524(b)(2)

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Florida retrieval questions

Where do you retrieve records in Florida?
Statewide, including Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, Tampa Bay and Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, Orlando and Orange County, Jacksonville and Duval County, and Southwest Florida. Include out-of-state treatment when it belongs in the record.
What do I need to start a request?
Provide the signed patient authorization, patient details, provider name and location, dates of service and record types. Give the facility’s city, the treating location and the dates of service. If a patient was treated in both South Florida and Central Florida, list the facilities separately rather than assuming a shared custodian. Specify whether imaging and billing are needed alongside the chart.
Which records can I request?
Medical records, itemized billing records and radiology images. Name each record type and the custodian that holds it; an imaging report and the images themselves are distinct files.
Is this service only for law firms?
No. Healthcare organizations, clinical research teams, health-tech companies, insurers and law firms can request patient-authorized records through Tavrn.
Can a request include providers in other states?
Yes. Florida care and out-of-state care can be included in the same workflow, with a separate retrieval request for each provider.
How are the records delivered?
Use the Tavrn platform, an integration such as Clio, Litify or SmartAdvocate, or the API and webhooks. Your team can track each provider request and receive the files as providers respond.
Does HIPAA require every request to be completed in 30 days?
the covered entity must act on a request for access no later than 30 days after receipt of the request. This is the individual right of access, not a delivery promise for every authorization-based third-party request. The rule permits one extension of no more than 30 days with a written reason and completion date. State-law requirements may differ; this is not a summary of every applicable deadline.
Do the legal excerpts apply to every provider?
No. Each excerpt identifies its scope and links to the full legal text. Hospital rules, physician rules and patient-access requests are not interchangeable. These excerpts are not legal advice or a complete statement of applicable law.

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