Healthcare

A vendor that works with healthcare providers has agreed to repay $2.3 million after it was hacked and the personal information of more than 6 million individuals was compromised, in a settlement with the Department of Health & Human Services’s Office of Civil Rights. The vendor — CHSPSC — is …

Only one out of four revenue cycle management companies are not planning on making any permanent changes to their operations as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the results of a survey that were released this month. One-third of those companies are, for example, planning to allow more …

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights has reached a settlement with a healthcare provider that was the subject of a data breach that compromised the identities of 209,000 individuals which will see the provider pay $1.5 million. The breach occurred in 2016 after it was …

A majority of Americans have medical debt, have had that debt placed into collections, have not tried to negotiate to lower the cost of how much they owe, and are not in a payment plan, according to the results of a survey conducted by Debt.com. The survey only included 1,186 …

Riding in an ambulance makes most people feel like they are the last one to leave a party at a restaurant, because they are getting stuck with the check, according to a published report that details how many emergency medical services are not covered by health insurance plans, leaving individuals, …

The results of a survey of nearly 600 revenue cycle managers and healthcare provider chief financial officers asking them to assess the impact of COVID-19 on their operations paint a picture of opportunity for companies in the credit and collection industry, especially those that are already offering back-office and logistical …

Nearly one-in-four individuals are having problems paying their medical bills, and one-in-seven have a medical debt that has been placed with a collection agency, based on a report that was published last week by the Commonwealth Fund. The survey, which started before the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the …

A movement in Oregon to restrict debt collection activity as a result of the coronavirus pandemic has been put in the spotlight after a local television station aired a report about a collection agency, on behalf of its ambulance company client, that has filed lawsuits during the pandemic against individuals …

A lot of people– more than 3 million — are going to lose their health insurance this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to data provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute. As many as 10 million individuals are going to lose their employer-sponsored health …

A Wisconsin hospital’s collections process drew the ire of a local union, which organized a protest yesterday to get the provider to stop “aggressively suing” patients with unpaid medical debts. The protest even made its way onto the local news in Western Wisconsin. It was organized by the Service Employees …