Ciox Health Defeats Class Appeal in Medical Records Request Suit

Ciox Health LLC prevailed in an appeal from the dismissal of a proposed class action alleging it charges too much for fulfilling electronic medical records requests because Montana law doesn’t limit the fees in all circumstances, the Ninth Circuit said.

A Montana law stating that companies may charge a “reasonable” fee applies when requests are made to health-care providers that aren’t regulated by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said in an unpublished opinion.

The fee limit applies to the records of HIPAA-regulated providers only when they are requested ...