Clarification of Allowable Medical Records Fees under HITECH Law

The following is a clarification of Allowable Medical Records Fees under HITECH Law. Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, healthcare providers that maintain electronic medical records are required to provide them to third parties, for the actual cost of production within 30 days of the written request. Psychotherapy records are excluded from HITECH. HITECH requests must be signed by the patient indicating that it is a patient’s request for medical records to be sent to a third party (i.e. the attorney).  When applicable, HITECH preempts state law, unless the state law provides greater rights to the individual.  Providers fulfilling HITECH requests often charge $6.50 for records. Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) clarified that $6.50 is not the maximum amount that can be charged for requests for an electronic copy of protected health information (PHI) maintained electronically. …

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