Wisconsin Law Release of Patient Medical Records

Wisconsin Law requires health care organizations to provide records are to patients “on request.”  Records can be provided directly to the health care provider subject to payment of the statutory fees.  Patient must deliver an “informed consent” to the organization consenting to release of their records.

Fees were revised as provided below:

(a) A patient’s health care records shall be provided to the patient’s health care provider upon request and, except as provided in s. 146.82 (2), with a statement of informed consent.

(b) The health care provider under par. (a) may be charged reasonable costs for the provision of the patient’s health care records.

(2) The health care provider shall provide each patient with a statement paraphrasing the provisions of this section either upon admission to an inpatient health care facility, as defined in s. 50.135 (1), or upon the first provision of services by the health care provider.

(3) The health care provider shall note the time and date of each request by a patient or person authorized by the patient to inspect the patient’s health care records, the name of the inspecting person, the time and date of inspection and identify the records released for inspection.

 (3f)

(a) Except as provided in sub. (1f) or s. 51.30 or 146.82 (2), if a person requests copies of a patient’s health care records, provides informed consent, and pays the applicable fees under par. (b), the health care provider shall provide the person making the request copies of the requested records.

 (b) Except as provided in sub. (1f), a health care provider may charge no more than the total of all of the following that apply for providing the copies requested under par. (a):

Revised Fees for Patient records:

 Wisconsin Medical Record Maximum Fees through June 30, 2014 — (last year’s fees noted for reference)

Paper copies

• First 25 pages: $1.04/page ($1.02/page)
• Pages 26-50: 77 cents/page (76 cents/page)
• Pages 51-100: 52 cents/page (51 cents/page)
• Pages 101 and above: 31 cents/page (30 cents/page)

Microfiche or Microfilm: $1.55/page ($1.52/page)

Print of an X-ray (per image): $10.32 ($10.15)

If the requestor is not the patient or a person authorized by the patient

• Certification of copies: $8.26 ($8.12)
• Retrieval fee: $20.65 ($20.30)