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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A fintech company that started out offering Buy Now, Pay Later services for petcare and has since expanded into healthcare finance for humans has announced it has raised $35 million in funding to help it grow and expand its product.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

Meduit, a leading healthcare revenue cycle solutions company, announced today that JP Recovery Services (JPRS) has joined the Meduit organization. Together, the two companies will leverage their combined capabilities to provide a full spectrum of revenue cycle solutions to healthcare organizations in 48 states.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Philadelphia, PA – February 22, 2024 – Corporate Advisory Solutions (“CAS”) is pleased to announce the successful completion of the acquisition of “Project Heat,” a group of healthcare assets from New York-based CCMR3 by Professional Credit, a Tonka Bay partner company. The acquisition […]

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

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 amounts collected are not significantly … The post The Racial Divide of Healthcare Debt appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net. (..)

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A healthcare provider in Colorado is facing public pressure and accusations that it is hiding itself from public scrutiny because collection lawsuits filed to recover debts owed by its patients are filed by collection agencies working on the provider’s behalf, thus keeping the provider’s name out of the legal spotlight, according to published (..)

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

The amount that Americans pay out-of-pocket for healthcare grew by 10.5% Out-of-pocket expenses includes copays and deductibles … The post Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenses Spike For Americans in 2023 first appeared on AccountsRecovery.net. The data was released as part of the CMS’s National Health Expenditures report.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Almost three-quarters of individuals can’t or don’t pay their healthcare bills immediately, and among those who wait, not having enough money to pay the bill is the biggest reason why, according to the results of a nationwide survey that were released earlier this week.

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JUNE 8, 2021

By virtue of not signing it into law or vetoing it while it sat on the governor’s desk for 30 days, healthcare debt collection legislation in Maryland has become law, which, while not as restrictive as it was when it was introduced, will still require healthcare providers and debt collectors working medical debt accounts to … The post Maryland (..)

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

The Commonwealth Fund released a report yesterday on healthcare affordability, which is based on a survey it conducted of more than 6,000 consumers nationwide. Many Americans are struggling to afford healthcare and one-third of the survey’s respondents said they were overwhelmed with medical debt.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In the evolving landscape of healthcare, financial health is paramount. For healthcare organizations, maintaining a balance between high-quality care and cost efficiency is crucial. Understanding and improving financial performance hinges on key performance indicators (KPIs) within the healthcare revenue cycle.

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AUGUST 22, 2022

The amount of bad debt at healthcare providers that is attributable to self-pay after insurance accounts grew sixfold between 2018 and 2021, and represented nearly 60% of all bad debt, according to a report released this month by Crowe Revenue Cycle Analytics.

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MARCH 25, 2024

A pair of cyberattacks, including one on Change Healthcare that has impacted health care companies across the country has led Petersen Health Care, one of the largest operators of nursing homes in the country, to file for bankruptcy protection. Petersen itself was the victim of a ransomware attack last October and when it did not […]

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AUGUST 30, 2022

The high cost of healthcare has a lot of Americans making difficult choices, and many are choosing to cut back on driving, eating, and keeping their lights on to cover their medical debts, according to the results of a nationwide poll.

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JANUARY 18, 2023

17, 2023 — Wakefield, a leading healthcare revenue cycle solutions company, announced today that Healthcare Receivables Group (HRG) has joined the Wakefield organization. AURORA, Colo.,

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Healthcare patients are still “clamoring” for more advances to improve billing and payment solutions, according to the results of an annual survey conducted by Cedar, a healthcare financial engagement platform.

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MARCH 5, 2024

That is the dividing line between healthcare debts that are likely to be paid and those that are not, according to a report released last week. What’s interesting is that is also the demarcation line between debts that appear on consumers’ credit reports and those that do not. While debts under $500 are no […]

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Payzen says it uses technology like artificial intelligence and machine learning to generate payment plans tailored to the budget and repayment ability of each … The post Healthcare Fintech Raises $220M To Offer Zero-Interest Payment Plans to Consumers first appeared on AccountsRecovery.net.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

million settlement has been reached in a debt collection case involving two healthcare providers. In a case that has been winding through the legal system for more than eight years, including two trips to the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and back, a $3.5 The Background: Back in 2015, the plaintiffs filed suit, […]

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MARCH 21, 2024

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JANUARY 4, 2023

January 3, 2023 — Wakefield & Associates, one of the largest healthcare revenue cycle solutions companies in the nation, announced today that industry veteran Mark Schanck has joined the organization as its Chief Revenue Officer to provide executive leadership and oversight of the company’s business development efforts.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

To the surprise of probably nobody, the amount of out-of-pocket healthcare expenses placed on patients continued to rise, and will continue to do so at the same rate for at least the next five years, according to data that was released last week.

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APRIL 4, 2024

The bill is an attempt to reform the hospital and healthcare industry […] A bill has been introduced in the Colorado legislature that would make it an unfair or deceptive trade practice for a debt collector or collection agency to take any legal action on a debt unless it has purchased complete ownership or the debt.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

The Attorney General of Minnesota is investigating the billing and collection practices of a well-know healthcare provider, following a published report that detailed how the provider is filing collection lawsuits to recover unpaid medical debts from low-income patients.

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JUNE 7, 2021

Under the law, any debt owed for good or services provided by a medical facility, a provider of healthcare, or a provider of emergency medical … The post Nevada Gov. Signs Healthcare Collection Bill into Law appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net. The new law goes into effect on July 1.

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MAY 3, 2021

There is likely a sense that only people who do not make a lot of money are unable to afford paying for healthcare, and while that is largely true, data from a nationwide poll reveals that regardless of how much money an individual makes, healthcare costs force difficult decisions to be made.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

The comparison is meant to illustrate just how far medical providers still have to go in providing a robust and … The post Data Details Disturbing Trend For Healthcare Providers appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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APRIL 10, 2023

Healthcare providers are very interested in outsourcing more of their revenue cycle management functions, to help them offset shortages in staffing, make improvements in patient experience, and to create a more retail-like experience for their patients, according to the results of a survey conducted by CWH Advisors and sponsored by CareCredit.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

A healthcare provider and the collection agency working on the provider’s accounts are facing a class-action lawsuit alleging they violated a recently enacted state law in New Mexico by engaging in debt collection activities before verifying whether the incomes of those patients protected them from such activities.

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MARCH 28, 2022

Thomas Donovan, the Attorney General of Vermont has reached a settlement with a healthcare provider that will require the provider to use a professional debt collection agency, while also being barred from collecting certain old debts and paying a fine of $10,000, half of which was suspended because it cooperated in the investigation.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

A bill advanced in the Oklahoma state legislature yesterday that would prohibit healthcare providers from reporting unpaid debts to a credit reporting agency or placing them with a collection agency unless the patient was provided with a “good faith estimate” of the cost of the services prior to them being rendered.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

More hospitals and health systems are incorporating technology that automates tasks into their operations, but the amount of automation being deployed within an organization appears to be tied to the amount of revenue being generated by the company, according to a survey of healthcare financial managers.

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APRIL 18, 2023

More than 90% of consumers are paying their recurring bills online, and, if given the choice, nearly 60% of consumers would pay their medical bills using platforms like Zelle, PayPal, or Venmo, according to the results of a healthcare trends survey released recently by JPMorgan Chase.

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APRIL 25, 2023

… The post Where Healthcare Facilities are Falling Short in the Patient Financial Experience first appeared on AccountsRecovery.net. … The post Where Healthcare Facilities are Falling Short in the Patient Financial Experience first appeared on AccountsRecovery.net.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a pair of healthcare providers, alleging they violated state law in California by sending confidential medical information to a third-party collection agency, which was subsequently publicized as a result of a data breach.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Healthcare providers are overhauling their patient collection operations, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Healthcare Financial Management Association, with 88% of the respondents saying COVID-19 has impacted their collections approach in some way and 18% saying the coronavirus has impacted their approach in every way.

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APRIL 21, 2023

The post Healthcare Practice Under Spotlight for Suing Patients appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

More than 40% of respondents have put off a visit to a doctor’s office to … The post Healthcare Debt Making People Sicker: Survey appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net. The results are even more dramatic for minorities, according to the survey.

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