LEGAL DOCUMENT PREPARATION: Living Will Healthcare
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A Living Will is an important legal healthcare document. It allows you to clearly spell out to your family and trusted friends EXACTLY the steps you want them to take and EXACTLY the steps you DO NOT want them to take -- should you become seriously ill, seriously injured, or incapacitated.
WetCrow.com will prepare a valid Living Will document that covers the most common healthcare and end-of-life decisions, thereby offering protection and peace of mind on both fronts. You simply provide basic information as requested, and Wetcrow.com's document preparation professionals do the rest!
WHAT YOU GET WITH WETCROW.COM'S LIVING WILL FOR HEALTHCARE LEGAL DOCUMENT PREPARATION SERVICE:
ADVANCED HEALTHCARE DIRECTIVE
In the past, Living Wills were often brief and did little more than discuss life support situations, leaving many issues up for consideration or debate. Today, the more accepted document is an Advanced Healthcare Directive, which combines the end-of-life designations of a Living Will with the ability to name an Agent who can oversee treatment if need be through a Durable Healthcare Power of Attorney. Combining these documents covers nearly every medical, jurisdictional and life support situation, and allows the Principal (the person making the Living Will) to choose an Agent in advance who will make life and death healthcare decisions on his or her behalf.
HIPAA MEDICAL RECORDS RELEASE FORM
Finally, the prepared Living Will documents package also contains the HIPAA Medical Records Release Authorization form. HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, imposes privacy rules on how and when medical providers can disclose information about their patients. Without special authorization, your doctor cannot disclose medical information that might be crucial to the enactment of your Living Will. Without a proper HIPAA release, the persons that you appointed to act as your agent might not be able to obtain the information necessary to invoke the power of attorney. Further, without the appropriate HIPAA release, certain medical facilities may have difficulty obtaining your medical information. This HIPAA Medical Records Release Authorization document will allow medical information to be provided to the person listed as holding the power of attorney to make health care decisions on your behalf.