July 19, 1996 Mr. George Eisenstadt CalaCare HMO Dear Mr. Eisenstadt: I am in receipt of your letter dated July 17, 1996. I'm afraid that I am going to have difficulty fully complying with your request. Certainly I can forward to you the names of the patients that I am treating. I can provide you with information regarding the number of hours I have expended with each, a general description of their complaints and even an estimate of their prognosis, once I have formed one. I cannot, of course, provide you with transcripts of our therapy sessions together or other items covered under the sacred trust of doctor/patient confidentiality. I assume that you are more used to working with general practitioners than with psychiatrists, where this would be less of an issue. I trust that the materials which I will forward to you under separate cover will be adequate for your review. Very truly yours, Charles Balis, M.D. |