Patient Centered Billing

Top Ways to Improve Collection of Patient Financial Responsibility

by Jacqueline LaPointe

As the cost of healthcare continues to rise and patients increasingly owe more for their care, providers are finding that collecting patient financial responsibility is becoming one of their biggest...

Estimate Shows Uninsured Population Rising by 2.9M By End of 2020

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Approximately 31.5 million individuals will be uninsured by the end of the year, largely stemming from job losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new estimates from the Urban...

1 in 5 Adults Reporting Job, Coverage Disruption Now Uninsured

by Jacqueline LaPointe

COVID-19 led to an uptick in the number of uninsured individuals as companies furloughed or laid off staff to make ends meet. Many of these workers and their families lost coverage as a...

CommonSpirit Health, Others Suspend Patient Billing for COVID-19

by Jacqueline LaPointe

One of the nation’s largest health systems recently announced that it will suspend patient billing for the testing and treatment of COVID-19. Patients presenting at one of CommonSpirit...

1 in 3 Americans Frustrated with Patient Billing, Collections

by Samantha McGrail

 Half of healthcare consumers are frustrated with their provider’s patient billing and collections processes, especially those that are not yet digital, a recent survey of over 1,000...