Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest (LVHN)—located at 1200 South Cedar Crest Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18103 (just off I-78 Exit 55 in Salisbury Township / Allentown, Lehigh County) — is the flagship Level I Regional Resource Trauma Center and Burn Center of Lehigh Valley Health Network, serving the entire Lehigh Valley, Poconos, and eastern Pennsylvania corridor.
Because serious commercial truck accidents on I-78, I-80, I-81, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (I-476) routinely transport trauma patients to LVH–Cedar Crest, personal injury and commercial defense firms across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York frequently need fast, compliant service of medical records subpoenas and physician deposition subpoenas at 1200 South Cedar Crest Boulevard.
Process Servers Pennsylvania maintains local Lehigh Valley couriers in Allentown and Bethlehem who serve 1200 South Cedar Crest Blvd, Allentown, PA 18103 daily at our flat statewide rates ($69 Standard, $119 Rush, $169 Same-Day).
Verified Building & HIM Subpoena Intake Details
- Facility Name: Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVHN — Cedar Crest Campus) — Health Information Management (HIM) / Release of Information
- Physical Street Address: 1200 South Cedar Crest Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18103
- HIM Department Reference Phone: (610) 402-5823
- County & Judicial District: Lehigh County — 31st Judicial District of Pennsylvania
- Municipality: Allentown, PA 18103
- UIDDA Foreign Subpoena Issuance Venue: Lehigh County Clerk of Judicial Records — Civil Division (Prothonotary), Lehigh County Courthouse, 455 West Hamilton Street, Room 122, Allentown, PA 18101 (
42 Pa.C.S. § 5335)
Service of Process & Subpoena Protocols at LVH–Cedar Crest (1200 S. Cedar Crest Blvd)
1. Direct Private Process Server Authority for Subpoenas in Lehigh County (Pa.R.C.P. 234.2)
Under Pa.R.C.P. Rule 234.2(b)(1), all civil, trial, deposition, and medical records subpoenas in Lehigh County are served by any competent adult (a private process server) without needing the Lehigh County Sheriff.
- Our Allentown process servers hand-deliver Pa.R.C.P. 4009.22 Subpoenas to Produce Documents, 42 Pa.C.S. § 6152 Certified Medical Chart Subpoenas, UIDDA Foreign Subpoenas (
42 Pa.C.S. § 5335), and Federal Court Subpoenas (FRCP Rule 45— including the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania sitting at 504 W. Hamilton Street in downtown Allentown) directly to LVHN’s Health Information Management intake desk.
2. Required Documents for LVHN Medical Chart Subpoenas
To prevent delays or objections from LVHN’s Health Information Management department or legal counsel:
- Attach the Signed Pa.R.C.P. 4009.25 Certificate Prerequisite to Service: Confirming that the mandatory 20-day Notice of Intent (
Pa.R.C.P. 4009.21) was served on all parties to the Pennsylvania action and that no timely objections were received. - Include Blank Certification Forms (
Pa.R.C.P. 4009.23&42 Pa.C.S. § 6152(d)): Allowing LVHN’s custodian of records to certify the authenticity of the medical charts, emergency room records, flight-for-life trauma logs, and itemized medical billing statements without requiring an in-person trial appearance. - Include Patient Identifiers & HIPAA Assurances: Provide the patient’s full name, date of birth, dates of treatment, and—if psychiatric (
50 P.S. § 7111), drug/alcohol toxicology (71 P.S. § 1690.108), or HIV (35 P.S. § 7607) records are sought—a patient-signed HIPAA authorization specifically authorizing release of those statutorily protected categories.
3. Same-Day Lehigh County UIDDA Domestication (455 W. Hamilton Street, Allentown)
When out-of-state attorneys in New Jersey, New York, or nationwide need trauma records from Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest via the Pennsylvania UIDDA (42 Pa.C.S. § 5335), our Allentown courier walks your foreign subpoena into the Lehigh County Clerk of Judicial Records — Civil Division at 455 West Hamilton Street, Room 122, Allentown, PA 18101, obtains the issued Pennsylvania subpoena, and drives 12 minutes southwest to 1200 South Cedar Crest Boulevard to complete service the very same day.