An amended portion of the Medical Records Act did not allow health care providers and their records-producing proxies to charge a maximum fee for charts and records that was not based on actual and reasonable costs, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
The high court ruled 4-2 in Wayne M. Chiurazzi Law v. MRO to reverse a Superior Court ruling that allowed the records providers to base their charges for providing hard copies of medical records on the maximum charges spelled out under state law. The decision allows the plaintiffs’ class action suit, which was filed in 2009, to proceed beyond the preliminary objections stage.
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