Jemmy Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I've recently heard of vets charging a fee to supply you with your pets history. I know of this with doctors charging to transfer a person's files, but hadn't thought about it with vets. I think a nominal fee is appropriate for the time, but I'm hearing amounts of over $40. Just thought it would be an interesting thing to get DOL opinions on :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaCC Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 They just emailed my dogs file over. Didn't cost a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danois Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Entirely reasonable to charge. The files belong to them, there is time taken for staff to respond to the request, review the files etc and provide them. That's time they need to find away from caring for patients so why should they not be reimbursed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdf Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Never heard of anyone charging a fee. I know my vet doesn't. Much more time consuming to scan a faxed history on to a new patient's file than to print and fax one of ours to a new clinic or specialist. I'd be quite shocked to be charged a fee really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denali Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 How strange! We fax and email things to other clinics on a regular basis with no fee. Its really not arduous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannibalgoldfish Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 In Lonnie,Jemmy? I know I bailed from one vet to another one because of issues that led to my cats dying that could have been prevented... But both vets never charged to transfer history.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Best Dogs! Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 How odd, I've transferred around between various vets and usually asked for a hardcopy of records to pass on to my new vet. Never been asked for a fee before. I'd happily pay the costs for printing/time but $40 is very steep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katdogs Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Fax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdf Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Fax? My clinic faxes a lot. It goes all day long :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgrubber Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 NOT a reasonable fee. It's essentially a fee for seeking an alternative diagnosis, or for changing practices. Highly anti-competitive. If it isn't banned by law, it should be! If the charge were $5 for the five to 10 minutes it takes the staff to pull files and email copies, it would be reasonable. But $40 is far above actual costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podengo Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 My clinic doesn't charge and I've never heard of a clinic that does charge, but I can see why a clinic might when you're transferring a lengthy history. We have a vet check over the history before sending (we usually try to send by email now), this could end up taking 15 minutes of a vets time - that is the length of a consult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottsmum Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 My clinic doesn't charge and I've never heard of a clinic that does charge, but I can see why a clinic might when you're transferring a lengthy history. We have a vet check over the history before sending (we usually try to send by email now), this could end up taking 15 minutes of a vets time - that is the length of a consult. I'd agree with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jemmy Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 In Lonnie,Jemmy? I know I bailed from one vet to another one because of issues that led to my cats dying that could have been prevented... But both vets never charged to transfer history.. One of the small towns that's not far at all from Lonnie. I'd never even thought about it before, and agree with those saying a fee is understandable, but $45 per pet regardless of the method of transfer seems quite steep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazyWal Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 (edited) My vet back home faxed Stan and Maddie's history through last week before Maddie had her surgery and didn't charge me anything. My GP charged me $35 to send my own history to my new doctor down here though. Edited November 11, 2015 by HazyWal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory the Doted One Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 We don't charge. Never heard of the practise before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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