Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 20 - Labor › Part 2 - Mississippi Workers' Compensation Medical Fee Schedule › MEDICAL RECORDS RULES › Section 20-2-II - COPIES OF RECORDS

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
Outpatient
				Records.
The payer may request additional records or reports from the
				  provider concerning service or treatment provided to a patient. These
				  additional records and reports will be reimbursed as follows:
$20.00 for first 20 pages;
$1.00 per page for pages
21-100; and $0.50 per page for everything thereafter
This applies to copies of microfiche and other electronic
				  media or storage systems.
As provided by MCA §
										11-1-52(1)
				  (Supp. 2006), as amended, the provider may add ten percent (10%) of the total
				  charge to cover the cost of postage and handling, and may charge an additional
				  fifteen dollars ($15.00) for retrieving records stored off the premises where
				  the provider's facility or office is located.
B.
Inpatient Records.
The payer
				may request additional records or reports from a facility concerning inpatient
				service or treatment provided to a patient. Such reports or records requested
				by the payer will be reimbursed as follows:
$20.00 for first 20 pages
$1.00 per page for pages
21-100 $0.50 per page for everything thereafter
This applies to copies of microfiche and other electronic
				  media or storage systems. There is a maximum reimbursement allowance of one
				  hundred dollars ($100.00) for a particular inpatient medical record, exclusive
				  of postage, handling and retrieval charges as set forth below. This is per
				  admission.
As provided by MCA §
										11-1-52(1)
				  (Supp. 2006), as amended, the provider may add ten percent (10%) of the total
				  charge to cover the cost of postage and handling, and may charge an additional
				  fifteen dollars ($15.00) for retrieving records stored off the premises where
				  the provider's facility or office is located.
C. Copies of records requested by the patient
				and/or the patient's attorney or legal representative will be reimbursed by the
				requesting party according to the provisions of this section on additional
				reports and records.
D.
				Documentation submitted by the provider which has not been specifically
				requested will not be subject to reimbursement.
E. Health care providers may charge up to ten
				dollars ($10.00) per image for copying x-rays or for providing copies of x-rays
				via electronic or other magnetic media. (Copies of film do not have to be
				returned to the provider.)
F.
				Payers, their representatives, and other parties requesting records and reports
				must be specific in their requests so as not to place undue demands on provider
				time for copying records.
G.
				Providers should respond promptly (within fourteen (14) working days) to
				requests for additional records and reports.
H. Records requested by the MWCC will be
				furnished by the provider without charge to the MWCC.
I. Any additional reimbursement, including
				copy service vendors, other than specifically set forth above, is not required,
				and providers or their vendors will not be paid any additional
				amounts.