Patients often request copies of their medical files. Traditionally, state law governed the subject of medical record copy fees. State laws typically permit providers to charge a per-page copy fee, of up to a certain dollar value, or to charge a flat fee of up to a certain amount for the entire medical record. Many covered entities simply charge the maximum amount that state law allows for medical record [...]
45 CFR 164.524 is a section of the HIPAA Privacy Rule that explains the standards regarding patient access to protected health information (PHI). PHI is any demographic information that can be used to identify a patient. Examples of PHI according to HIPAA regulation includes names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical records, financial information, and full facial photographs, to name a few. [...]
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