Healthcare Organization Does Away With Legal Collections
Yet another healthcare organization has announced it will no longer file lawsuits…
Medical Debt Keeping People From Buying Homes, Covering Emergency Expenses
Collection agents often have to find the right cord to pull when…
Dental Practice Accused of Posting PHI on Social Media Settles With HHS For $10k
A dental practice in Dallas, Texas has agreed to pay a $10,000…
Affordable Care Act is Saving Lives, Growing Body of Evidence Shows
For all the criticisms and issues surrounding the Affordable Care Act and…
Author, Surgeon, Health Policy Professor Discusses Billing Practices in New Book
A surgeon and professor who has turned his focus to the issues…
Hospital Dropping Lawsuits After Report Calls Out ‘Aggressive’ Collection Tactics
Yielding to public pressure, a healthcare network in Memphis, Tenn., is erasing…
Reimbursements to Hospitals Using Old Data From When Unpaid Debt Totals Were Lower: Report
Hospitals are facing a cash shortfall after it was announced that funding…
Sanders Launches Plan to Wipe Out $81B Of Medical Debts, Reform Collection Practices
After introducing a plan during the summer to wipe out all student…
Federal Gov’t Taking Notice of Increase in Healthcare Lawsuits
All of the published reports highlighting the hospital networks, especially non-profit facilities,…
More Individuals Without Health Insurance Likely Means More Work For Collection Agencies
Fewer people had health insurance coverage in 2018 than did in 2017,…