{"id":12515,"date":"2019-01-28T12:08:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T17:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12515"},"modified":"2019-01-28T12:08:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T17:08:58","slug":"hospitals-check-to-see-if-patients-are-donor-worthy-not-their-organs-but-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12515","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals Check To See If Patients Are Donor-Worthy \u2014 Not Their Organs, But Pockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Nonprofit hospitals across the United States are seeking donations from the people who rely on them most: their patients.<\/p>\n<p>Many hospitals conduct nightly wealth screenings \u2014 using software that culls public data such as property records, contributions to political campaigns and other charities \u2014 to gauge which patients are most likely to be the source of large donations.<\/p>\n<p>Those who seem promising targets for fundraising may receive a visit from a hospital executive in their rooms, as well as extra amenities like a bathrobe or a nicer waiting area for their families.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/hospitals-screen-patients-for-wealth-in-search-for-potential-financial-donors\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=69346483&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_l5BubL-XtkNFRMlK_WdgO9ZWjDsn0WfsZhjltbiRcx9RA3VJgI7jlemnkSY0WwMpPWX-ylEgBbVbVBfUy9teG50w9vw&amp;_hsmi=69346483\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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