{"id":675,"date":"2014-09-07T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinklaw.com\/2014\/09\/07\/new-south-carolina-law-caps-price-on-medical-rec\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T00:05:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T04:05:49","slug":"new-south-carolina-law-caps-price-on-medical-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinklaw.com\/blog\/new-south-carolina-law-caps-price-on-medical-records\/","title":{"rendered":"New South Carolina Law Caps Price on Medical Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>In late June, Governor Nikki Haley signed into law a bill limiting the  amount hospitals and doctors are allowed to charge patients for medical  records. The law was prompted by stories of patients being severely overcharged  for copies of their medical records, including one case in which Medical  University charged a woman nearly $4,000 for a CD copy of her father&#8217;s  medical records.<\/p>\n<p> According to a recent article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/politics\/law-caps-price-for-medical-records\/article_f637cec0-c21d-57a7-a6aa-cb71e62389b1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Post and Courier<\/em><\/a>, although the woman received her father&#8217;s record in an electronic  CD, the hospital charged her per-page fees based on a rates from a 1992  state law. The rates were set at a time when patient medical records were  strictly provided on paper. <\/p>\n<p>State lawmakers passed the new law to ensure that patients and families  are treated fairly and not forced to pay excessive fees. Here are a few  important facts about the new law:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Health care providers cannot charge more than $150 for copies of electronic  medical records, no matter how many pages it contains or how many visits  a patient made.<\/li>\n<li>Health care providers cannot charge more than $200 for a paper copy per  hospital admission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> The new law is welcomed by many in the state, including our legal team  at George Sink Injury Lawyers. As personal injury attorneys, we  help victims and families after they&#8217;ve suffered harm. The new law  will now make it more affordable to victims and families to obtain their  medical records after they&#8217;ve been harmed during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sinklaw.com\/car-accident\/\n\">car wrecks<\/a> and other preventable accidents. It will also help individuals who need  their medical records when applying for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sinklaw.com\/social-security-disability\/\n\">Social Security disability<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information about your rights after an injury that was not your  fault, or for questions about workers&#8217; compensation or Social Security  disability, call 888-612-7001 to request a free consultation! Our firm has <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sinklaw.com\/service-area\/\n\"><strong>office locations<\/strong><\/a><strong>throughout the state to better serve you!<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina lawmakers recently passed a bill to limit the amount hospitals and doctors are allowed to charge patients for medical records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","category-personal-injury","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>SC 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