Camperlengo v. Barell

OPINION OF THE COURT

Yesawich, Jr., J.

This proceeding represents another facet of the litigation generated by the failure of petitioner, a psychiatrist, to provide the Department of Social Services (hereinafter DSS) with adequate copies of certain of his Medicaid patients’ medical records. The Court of Appeals determined that the efficient administration of the Medicaid program outweighed petitioner’s claim of patient-physician privilege and overrode his refusal to make those records available (Matter of Camperlengo v Blum, 56 NY2d 251, 255-256). Thereafter, petitioner disclosed some…