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Providing Your Patient a Copy of the PHI Need Not Hurt Your Bottom Line

How much can you charge? The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) allows practices to charge a fee to provide patients with a copy of their PHI, limited to the actual cost of labor and supplies required to give the patients the information. This applies whether you’re giving the patients the information in paper or digital form, says Michael [...]
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