If the RAC requests copies of my patient’s records, will I be paid a fee for my expenses in providing the records?

Currently, Medicare does not require the RAC’s to reimburse physicians for expenses related to records requests but allows that RAC’s may establish a system for paying for copies of records. However, providers paid under the Prospective Payment System (e.g., hospitals) and Long Term Care facilities are paid 12 cents per page. The AAFP has joined the AMA and other specialties in requesting that physicians also be reimbursed for these expenses.