Patient Collection Rate Falls to Nearly 48%
- Healthcare organizations are finding it harder to collect patient financial responsibility, a new analysis from Kodiak Solutions indicates. The analysis of patient financial transactions from over 1,850 hospitals and 250,000 physicians nationwide showed a sharp decline in the patient collection rate, from 54.8 percent in 2021 to just 47.8 percent...
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