{"id":25025,"date":"2025-10-14T10:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25025"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:03:42","slug":"north-carolina-hospitals-wipe-out-6-5b-in-medical-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25025","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina hospitals wipe out $6.5B in medical debt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By: Andrew Cass for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>North Carolina\u2019s medical debt relief program has surpassed its initial financial projections, relieving more than $6.5 billion in medical debt from 2.5 million residents over the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July 2024, CMS approved the state\u2019s plan to use medical debt policies as a condition of eligibility for North Carolina hospitals to receive an enhanced level of payment under the Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program, which began at the same time as Medicaid expansion, according to an Oct. 13 news release from Gov. Josh Stein\u2019s office.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/finance\/north-carolina-hospitals-wipe-out-6-5b-in-medical-debt\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/finance\/north-carolina-hospitals-wipe-out-6-5b-in-medical-debt\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"wp-image-7924\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By: Andrew Cass for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) North Carolina\u2019s medical debt relief program has surpassed its initial financial projections, relieving<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,21,20,56],"tags":[80,1940,216],"class_list":["post-25025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-health-care-finance","category-health-care-redesign","category-medical-debt","tag-cms","tag-healthcare-access-and-stabilization-program","tag-medical-debt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25026,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25025\/revisions\/25026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}