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Should not charge you anything unless you ask for them to take yourself - then it is legal to charge for copying. The record belongs to the current practice but the information in it does not - it's a legal thing... I strongly suggest that you establish with a new practice and then have them send the request for records. That way, you are protected in that the old office has to get the record to your new peds. intact. If a page is missing,e.g., they are responsible. Before you do this....if you are satisfied with the practice and the care your children recieve, I would talk to the office manager first about this, or even your doc, before you pull out of the practice. In any case, and AFTER your records have been transferred, you should let the practice know of your disappointment.
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Here's something to think about, I know the OP was about CAMP forms, but what about other forms? I have a daughter with multiple disabilities, she sees many specialists, has had many hospital admissions, follow up care from the ped for some of this, they do get records sent to them all the time. There is added paperwork from the school, as well as her CAP waiver program. Should they be allowed to charge me for doing all this? I think not, however, there should be a way for doctors and their offices to be more fairly compensated for patients where there is a higher than "normal" volume of paperwork required; through the insurance companies, as it could be considered a quality of care issue. The ped office last year caught a case of pretty severe anemia on records that were sent in from another doc, called me asking if my daughter was ok or was acting funny (like passing out!).
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It's really not the same thing AND I'd wager a guess that these are on computer or some similiar program and it's a matter of updating "...added paperwork from the school, as well as her CAP waiver program. " I wouldn't charge for doing the form, unless you brought it in at the last minute and expected me to complete it right then - and that does happen. As for the anemia pick-up - you have a great office staff. So many times specialists do the labs they need and things can get overlooked. All correspondence and labs are reviewed by the PCP before filing in the chart to help safeguard against this very thing.
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