A member can request a sit-down meeting with the caregiver to go through the medical file at any time. The member would be able to sit down with the primary care provider to go through that file.
We don't usually make a copy of it and hand it over until it is time for the release. At that time we prepare a severed medical file, namely one that is severed of third-party information. Sometimes if we have a vaccination parade, we may vaccinate 100 people, and that list ends up on the medical file. So there are 100 names that shouldn't be there, and we need to make sure that that information is removed. When a member is to be released, the member will receive a copy of the medical file, unless they make a special request to receive a copy of it before that time.