How Banks and Private Equity Cash In When Patients Can’t Pay Their Medical Bills
(By Noam N. Levey and Aneri Pattani for Kaiser Health News) Patients at North Carolina-based Atrium Health get what looks
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Medical Debt
Hospital Charity Care: How It Works and Why It Matters
(By Zachary Levinson, Scott Hulver, and Tricia Neuman for Kaiser Family Foundation published November 3, 2022) About four in ten
Read MoreThis Open Enrollment Season, Look Out for Health Insurance That Seems Too Good to Be True
(By Bram Sable-Smith for Kaiser Health News) It took nearly a year for Kelly Macauley to realize the health plan
Read MoreRising out-of-pocket costs has ‘dramatic effects’ on hospital’s revenue cycle performance
(By Hayley DeSilva for Becker’s Hospital Review) New York City-based company Crowe, a public accounting, consulting and technology firm, released
Read MoreNursing Homes Are Suing the Friends and Family of Residents to Collect Debts
(By Noam N. Levey for Kaiser Health News) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Lucille Brooks was stunned when she picked up the
Read MoreIllinois county aims to relieve $1B in medical debt
(By Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review) Officials in Illinois’ Cook County hope to use $12 million in federal COVID-19
Read MoreCould Consumer Assistance be Helpful to People Facing Medical Debt?
(By Karen Pollitz and Kaye Pestaina for Kaiser Family Foundation published July 14, 2022) A recent KFF Health Care Debt
Read More20% of adults say they’ve received a surprise medical bill despite ban
(By Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review) Twenty percent of adults said they or a family member has received a
Read MoreHow to get rid of medical debt — or avoid it in the first place
(By Yuki Noguchi for NPR) Lori Mangum was 32 when apple-sized tumors sprouted on her head. Now — six years
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