All medical records are confidential and protected by federal privacy and security regulations. With your authorization, a copy of your medical records can be released to you or transferred to a physician. To request a copy of your medical records please fill out a medical records release form and sent the request to us by fax to 206-812-9989, or mail to 6839 Fort Dent Way Suite 107, Tukwila, WA 98188 or email your form to medicalrecords@tahomaclinic.com. There may be a fee duplication after April 3, 2025.
Medical records copy fees:
CW 70.02.010(38) allows health care providers to charge medical records copy fees for searching and duplicating health care records. The law requires a biannual adjustment on those rates, and the Department of Health recently adopted new rates that become effective on May 28, 2020.
WAC 246-08-400 states that the fees a provider may now charge cannot exceed the fees listed below:
(1) Copying charge per page: a. No more than one dollar and twenty-four cents ($1.24) per page for the first thirty pages; b. No more than ninety-four ($.94) cents per page for all other pages.
(2) Additional charges: a. The provider can charge a twenty-eight ($28.00) dollar clerical fee for searching and handling records; b. If the provider personally edits confidential information from the record, as required by statute, the provider can charge the usual fee for a basic office visit.[1]