An agreement is still being finalized, but it looks like Crozer Health patients won’t have to pay to get their own medical records, writes Nick Vadala for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
When Taylor Hospital and Crozer-Chester Medical Center closed earlier this year, patients initially could access their records for free but starting July 9 they were being charged $35 to $75 to access and obtain their records.
Now former Crozer Health patients will have free access to their records once an agreement is finalized in Prospect Medical Holding’s bankruptcy proceedings.
Crozer patients should hold off on requesting records until the agreement is put into action so they won’t be charged.
Delaware County Council denounced the charges in a letter to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stacey Jernigan last week.
“These fees were outrageous and should never have existed,” Delaware County Council chair Monica Taylor said in a statement. “Our residents, especially our seniors, have already endured the loss of vital healthcare services. To then be forced to fight for access to their own medical records is unconscionable.”
The no-charge agreement came about when the court was reminded of state and federal laws governing medical records by the Attorney General’s Office.
Read more about former patient access to Crozer medical records in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
