Reimbursement for medical record copying costs
Recovery Auditor Report, June 25, 2009
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Q: If you submit requested medical records to RACs via CD, are you still reimbursed copying costs (i.e., 12 cents per page)?
A: Yes. You will be reimbursed for copying costs regardless of whether you send in paper copies or images on CD or DVD.
Editor’s note: Thanks to Nancy Hirschl, BS, CCS, president of Hirschl & Associates in Laguna Niguel, CA, for answering this question.
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