Most states will allow you to charge patients for making copies of their patient records. This recently came to light during a discussion on the Part B News listserv.
However, the laws regulating copy processing fees vary from state to state. The Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A. in Wilmington, N.C., posted a website listing the state laws for what providers can charge patients or a patient's representative. Here are a few I found interesting:
- Georgia -- No more than $22.78 for administrative costs (I'm not sure how they arrived at $22.78?) can be charged.
- Illinois -- You get a better deal - $22.28 for processing requests for copies; and then 84 cents for pages 1-25, 56 cents for pages 26-50 and 28 cents for pages 50 and up.
- Kansas -- There's a $17.50 fee for labor; and 58 cents per page for the first 250 pages and 41 cents per page for additional pages.