Dawn <dawn@naisp.net> wrote: Dear Karla and all,
I never paid a dime either and I have all my films and xrays too. They
are your records, not the hospitals. Heck, say you are moving and need
them. I had one question. Are you asking them to send them to you? I
always picked them up in person. Hope this helps. For most Ard
sufferers it would cost a fortune to have records at that price.
Good luck,
Love,
Dawn
At Sun, 16 Mar 2003, K Nygren wrote:
>
>I have never paid a dime for copies of my medical records. When I request them I just tell them that they are for a second opinion or additional medical care. Its been so long since this was discussed on here, but I do believe that they cannot or just plain don't charge you if it is to seek further treatment. If they ask me for a name, I provide them with one if I have it, otherwise, I just say that I haven't gotten his name yet, but I want to present the records to him/her myself at my first appointment. Maybe this will help for you.
>Karla
> brilliant50@yahoo.com wrote:At Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Lynn Creacy wrote:
>>
>>At Fri, 14 Mar 2003, linda garcia wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi all I just have a quick question and hope I can get some feed back as to what to do.
>>>
>>>Not to long ago I called the hospital here and i requested my records, they want to charge me 20 dollars for the first 10 pages and then 10 cents for every page after that. I thought that they had to give the records free of charge. If this is so, how do I go about getting them without having to pay more. They are already getting enough of my money.
>>>
>>>Thanks to all
>>>
>>>love ya bunches
>>>
>>>Linda
>>
>>Linda,
>>Yes, this is correct. Your doctor's office can do the same. It is a
>>law because it takes man hours, copier, and supplies. You know that
>>since HMO's came into this world everything has changed. Sorry, but the
>>hospital is correct.
>>
>>Lynn
>>
>>--
>>A new friend
>>
>--
>Every record that I have ever received,
>I had to pay for. I've also had to pay for
>records that was needed by my lawyer.
>
>Karla
>
>**Soaring with my angel**
>
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>
-- I'm no doctor, just a fellow sufferer like you but I hope you consider me a new friend.Karla
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