Tag Archives: Healthcare Billing & Collection Practices

Hospitals in Wisconsin filed 37% more collection lawsuits in 2018 than they did in 2001 and obtained garnishments in more than half of their cases, while also disproportionately suing individuals living in low-income neighborhoods and who are African-American, according to the results of a study that was published yesterday in …

There is nobody who will disagree that there are problems with medical debt across America. From massively underestimating how much medical debt actually exists to hospitals and healthcare facilities across the country being called out for being too aggressive in trying to collect on unpaid debts — especially when the …

A number of hospitals in New York state are being called out for filing liens on the homes of patients with unpaid medical debts, pointing out that the facilities collected $442 million to help them support patient financial assistance and calling the process an “extreme collection practice.” The report was …

The influx of media reports aimed at spotlighting “aggressive” collection efforts by hospitals and healthcare networks has led to a “substantial” decline in the number of lawsuits filed against individuals with unpaid healthcare debts, according to a new study. Looking at the number of collection lawsuits filed in Virginia before …

A hospital is Mississippi is being called out for its aggressive debt collection practices of suing patients with unpaid medical debts, which is also being used to call for reforming how medical debts are collected in the state, including limiting the monthly payments for patients with unpaid debts owed to …

A joint project by Johns Hopkins University and Axios concludes that “many of the top 100 hospitals by revenue in the U.S. use predatory tactics to pursue patients with unpaid bills,” referring to filing lawsuits against individuals who do not pay their medical debts. Ten hospitals are responsible for 97% …

A hospital network that owns 84 facilities and is one of the largest hospital chains in the country is being called out for filing more than 19,000 collection lawsuits in the past 15 months following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, which makes them “far more …

A hospital in New Jersey is the latest to be spotlighted for filing lawsuits during the COVID-19 pandemic seeking to recover unpaid debts from patients. But unlike other hospitals that have been accused of filing hundreds or thousands of lawsuits and being overly aggressive, Trinitas Medical Center — one of …

UVA Health said yesterday that it is canceling many of its outstanding liens and judgments resulting from collection lawsuits dating back to the 1990s. The move is expected to impact tens of thousands of families. UVA was one of several hospitals and healthcare networks across the country that have been …