"Is there a charge to have records copied and/or transferred to another provider?"

 
   

Copy Fees

 
     
 

Our office will charge a reasonable fee to cover cost incurred in searching,
handling, copying and mailing medical records to the patient or patient designated
representative as allowed by the NC General Statutes (
§ 90-411)* and covered under HIPAA.
Please call the office should you require an initial estimate of service fees.


PLEASE NOTE: Only records initiated/completed by our staff & in our office can/will be copied.
Office notes/records from other physicians or practices can not be included with record request.
Allow maximum 30 days for transfer of records to be completed.

*A health care provider may charge a reasonable fee to cover the costs incurred in searching, handling, copying, and mailing medical records to the patient or the patient's designated representative. The maximum fee for each request shall be seventy-five cents (75¢) per page for the first 25 pages, fifty cents (50¢) per page for pages 26 through 100, and twenty-fivecents (25¢) for each page in excess of 100 pages, provided that the health care provider may impose a minimum fee of up to ten dollars ($10.00), inclusive of copying costs. If requested by the patient or the patient's designated representative, nothing herein shall limit a reasonable professional fee charged by a physician for the review and preparation of a narrative summary of the patient's medical record. This section shall only apply with respect to liability claims for personal injury, and claims for social security disability, except that charges for medical records and reports related to claims under Article 1 of Chapter 97 of the General Statutes shall be governed by the fees established by the North Carolina Industrial Commission pursuant to G.S. 97-26.1. This section shall not apply to Department of Health and Human Services Disability Determination Services requests for copies of medical records made on behalf of an applicant for Social Security or Supplemental Security Income disability. (1993, c. 529, s. 4.3; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 679, s. 5.5; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 742, s. 36; 1997-443, ss. 11.3, 11A.118(b).)

 
 

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704-799-2878

Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, PA
136 Gateway Boulevard - Suite A
Mooresville, NC 28117-5608

Fax: 704-799-1627

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