More recently, the Internal Revenue Service issued guidelines that not-for-profit hospitals must cease "extraordinary" debt collection--including referring a patient account to a collection agency--unless the entity can demonstrate that the patient does not qualify for financial assistance, according to Forbes.
Group items tagged
A growing number of patients turn to crowd-funding sites to defray medical costs - The ... - 0 views
Emergency Care 'Insult To Injury': Medical Bills That Make You Say What?! | CommonHealth - 0 views
Bill aims to reshape medical pricing - The Washington Post - 0 views
Kids With Costly Medical Issues Get Help, But Not Enough - Kaiser Health News - 0 views
Medical-Price Inflation Is at Slowest Pace in 50 Years - WSJ.com - 0 views
-
"Fifteen years ago, pricing was not as important…[but] when the co-pay is coming out of a patient's pocket, they more often want to know what they're paying," said Moshir Jacob, medical director at the Toledo Clinic. The Ohio practice advertises that it offers lower prices than area hospita
-
Others doubt there has been a structural change. "We haven't done anything in the past three or four years that fundamentally altered the health-care system," said Gerard Anderson of Johns Hopkins University, who was the lead author of the "It's the Prices, Stupid" paper a decade ago. "And everything in Obamacare that tried to control cost was watered down."
-
The system now offers members a choice: Have your procedure at one of 51 hospitals that agreed to limit what they charge, or have the surgery elsewhere and pay any expenses above $30,000 out of pocket.
- ...1 more annotation...
Medical Innovation: When Do the Costs Outweigh the Benefits? » Knowledge@Wharton - 0 views
-
s the movement towards health reform is putting pressure on hospitals, physicians and insurers to keep a lid on rising costs.
IRS to Tax-Exempt Hospitals: Go Easier on Medical Debt Collection | Fox Business - 0 views
Patient advocacy groups cut medical bills by tens of millions - FierceHealthFinance - H... - 0 views
-
and nearly half have less than $1,000 on hand to deal with such expenses, according to a recent study by the disability insurer Aflac.
-
ut-of-pocket costs continue to rise even as healthcare inflation remains low.
Motivating patients to make wise choices - amednews.com - 0 views
-
Though less than half of all the patients were compliant with their blood pressure medication regimens, the patients who got the feel-good phone calls were 17% likelier to be adherent, the study found. These good-feelings exercises may be especially helpful for patients who don't trust the medical system, Dr. Ogedegbe says.