News Headlines
- Lawsuit May have Implications for Medical Collection Agencies 1/6/09
- Collection Agency Sued for Allegedly Violating Charity Care Law 1/2/09
- Medical Debt Collections from Self Pay Accounts to Increase in 2009 12/23/08
- New Illinois Law Could Benefit Medical Debt Recoveries for State Hospitals 12/19/08
- Hospitals Quietly Seek Financial Assistance from Capitol Hill 12/16/08
- More Caps on Medicare and Medicaid no Solution to Rising Health Care Costs 12/12/08
- Electronic Medical Records May Provide Revenue for Providers and Patients 12/10/08
- Hospitals’ Strategy to Boost Medicaid Enrollments Could Hurt Industry’s Long Term Financial Stability 12/5/08
- Tough Economy, Holiday Pressures Call for Flexibility When Collecting Medical Debt 12/2/08
- Look for Collection Account Balances to Fall Under Universal Health Care, Not Volume 11/25/08
- Sen. Max Baucus Gets Debate Going on Capitol Hill with Health Reform Plan 11/18/08
- Credit Crunch Impacting Burgeoning Medical Receivables Market 11/14/08
- Conifer Health Solutions Could Reshape ARM Industry, Competitive Landscape 11/11/08
- Medical ARM Market to Grow, Even Under Universal Healthcare: Analyst 11/7/08
- EXCLUSIVE: Tenet Spins Off ARM and Communications Business 11/6/08
- NCFE's Poulsen Convicted of Fraud 11/4/08
- Health Care Concerns Reflected in Election Polling, Early Voter Turnout 10/31/08
- Health Providers Concerned About Incentive Payments in Government Medicare Audit Program 10/29/08
- CMS Recovery Auditor Contractors to Scrutinize Medicare Billing Practices 10/27/08
- New Regulatory Requirements for Hospitals Present ARM Opportunities 10/21/08
- Medical Accounts Receivables Funding Industry Evolves in Wake of NCFE 10/17/08
- After Six Years, NCFE’s Top Executive Faces Federal Jury on Fraud Charges 10/14/08
- Wichita Hospitals Beefs Up Financial Counseling to Curb Bad Debt Expense 10/10/08
- Financial Bailout Will Hamper Next President’s Health Care Reform Efforts 10/7/08
- Obama’s Health Care Plan Vague On Uncompensated Care Expense, Costs: Experts 10/3/08
- Hospitals Will Closely Examine Bad Debt in Post-Federal Bailout Environment 9/26/08
- Growing Market for Medical Debt Paper Likely to Follow Financial Bailout 9/24/08
- PPO Enrollment Growth Contributes to Rise in Medical Bad Debt 9/19/08
- Michigan Hospital Association Puts Spotlight on Not-For-Profit Hospitals Free Care 9/18/08
- Staten Island Hospital Agrees to Pay $90 Million to Settle Medicare Fraud Claims 9/17/08
- Association Fears Discount Bill’s Amendatory Veto May Encourage Uninsured to Forgo Coverage 9/16/08
- Over objections, Judge Approves BJC Healthcare Class-Action Lawsuit Settlement 9/15/08
- BJC Healthcare Class Action Settlement with Uninsured Patients Hits Snag 9/11/08
- nTelagent Sees Consumers Replacing Health Insurers as Primary Payers 9/11/08
- NY Doctors Feel Pressured by Insurer Rules to Alter Patient Treatment: Survey 9/10/08
- Illinois Effort to Limit Uninsured Health Care Expenses Halted by Governor’s Amendments 9/9/08
- More Employers Will Offer High Deductible Health Plans to Curb Costs: Survey 9/8/08
- Grassley Questions Chicago Hospital with Ties to Obamas 9/5/08
- Debt Connection Symposium: Medical Debt Sales on the Rise 9/4/08
- Not-for-profit Hospitals Enter Period of Greater Uncertainty 9/4/08
- Reimbursement Woes Force Physician-owned Hospital Into Chapter 11 9/3/08
- Health Care Providers Find Factoring Companies Fill Financing Void 9/2/08
- PPOs Soon May be Regulated by the Texas Insurance Department 8/29/08
- HMA’s Uninsured Patient Screening Hurt Insured Admissions: Analyst 8/28/08
- Weak Economy Hasn’t Yet Added to Hospital Bad Debt Woes: Fitch Report 8/27/08
- HCA ARM Subsidiary Finds Success Serving the Competition 8/26/08
- New Trend in Medical Debt Sales Bypasses Collection Agencies 8/25/08
- Americans Spending More of Their Income to Pay Medical Bills 8/22/08
- IRS Releases Final Schedule H Form for Not-for-Profit Hospitals 8/21/08
- Irregular Admissions Practice at California Hospital Cited Four Years Ago 8/20/08
Analysis Headlines
- Medical ARM Firms Feeling Pressure of a Sour Economy
- The Cash Market in Healthcare
- Healthcare Self-Pay Collection - Recover from Those Who Can Pay
- Utilizing Revenue Cycle Platforms Benefit Both Patients and Hospitals
- Creditor Survey Underscores Anxiety about Current Economic Conditions
- Competition in Healthcare - Physician Hospitals as Instigators of Change
- Maximizing Revenues in Troubled Times: Proven Methods of Extracting Water from a Stone
- The Tangled Web of Google Health – Online Medical Records Could Change Healthcare Receivables Strategies
- Accounting for Bad Debt: Charity Care, IRS Form 990, and ARM
- How to Maximize the Effectiveness of your Healthcare Collection Agency
- The State of the Industry: What is Next for ARM?
- Healthcare Without a Net
- State Healthcare Reform and the Collection Industry
- Healthcare Debt: Not Your Typical Portfolio
- What Really Makes Healthcare Collections Unique
- Increasing Cash Collections: Best Practices for Healthcare Receivables Management
- Interview: Leigh Marcus, VP of Professional Claims Bureau, Inc
- Legislating Healthcare Funding and its Effects on ARM
- Interview: Jack Nixon of CMRE Financial Services, Inc
- HIPAA and Medical Collections: Staying Compliant Worth the Hassle
- Interview: Michael DiMarco, CEO of The Outsource Group
- Debt Buyers’ Growing Interest in Alternative Asset Classes
Research Headlines
- Kaulkin Report 7 Excerpt - Healthcare Industry is Unusually Diverse
- Healthcare ARM Report - Healthcare Providers and Receivables Management
- Healthcare ARM Report - Conclusion, Outlook, and Index
- Healthcare ARM Report - Suppliers to the Healthcare Sector of the ARM Industry
- Healthcare ARM Report - Threats to the Healthcare ARM Industry
- Healthcare ARM Report - The Healthcare Industry and its Need for Receivables Management
- Healthcare ARM Report - Healthcare Sector of the ARM Industry
- Global Debt Buying Report - Healthcare Receivables in the U.S.
Press Releases
- Executive Change: Jim Bohnsack to TransUnion as VP of Healthcare Information Solutions 1/6/09
- PSC Info Group Introduces Suite of Automated Patient Communication Solutions 1/6/09
- TransUnion Revenue Manager Addresses “Red Flags Regulations” 11/7/08
- Ohio State Medical Association Announces Partnership with Transworld Systems 11/7/08
- ABEO Buys Pasadena Billing Associates 11/4/08
- Executive Change: Tony Burke Promoted to CEO of All Global 10/31/08
- Health Management Associates, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Earnings 10/29/08
- Industry Research Reveals Large Disparities in Self-Pay Collection Performance 10/27/08
- MDHBA Seats 2008-2009 Board of Directors and Officers at Annual Meeting 10/24/08
- Collection Agencies CBC And VCS Receive Pinnacle Awards From MDHBA 10/21/08
- VHCI Receives HFMA Peer Review Designation 10/13/08
- Transworld Celebrates 10 Years as a Medical Group Management Association Partner 10/10/08
- TransUnion Healthcare Survey Paints Troubling Picture of Medical Bad Debt 10/9/08
- Texas Hospital Assoc. Endorses nTelagent's Retail Application for Healthcare 10/8/08
- Payment America Partners with nTelagent to Help Identify Uncompensated Patient Accounts 10/1/08
- Florida Collection Agency Seeks to Solidify Position Among Medical Providers 9/26/08
- Omega Technology Solutions' Lost Charge Recovery Service Receives HFMA Peer Review Designation 9/22/08
- MDHBA Announces New CPAS Certification for Healthcare ARM Agency Clients 9/19/08
- Doctations Partners with PSC Info Group For Medical Billing Document and Information Processing 9/18/08
- Waud Capital Partners Announces Investment in Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management 9/10/08
- Study Finds Two-Thirds of Healthcare Bad Debt Caused by Insured Patients 9/9/08
- XIFIN Named to Inc. 5000 for Second Consecutive Year 9/4/08
- PSC Info Group Introduces Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment Solution for Healthcare Providers 9/3/08
- FTC Announces Workshop on Emerging Health Care Competition and Consumer Protection Issues 9/2/08
- The Outsource Group Announces Acquisition of Medical Debt Collector 8/29/08
- Genpact Extends Re-engineering Project with Miami Children’s Hospital 8/27/08
- Executive Change: Patrick Rooney Named President and CEO of Centene's Indiana Subsidiary 8/27/08
- eRx Network to Provide Transaction Processing and Revenue Cycle Management Services to Rite Aid 8/22/08
- TeleTech Renews Multiyear Agreement With Leading Healthcare Provider 8/19/08
- GSI Acquires Medical ARM Firm ARGYLE Solutions 8/15/08
- Amerigroup Settles Federal and State Medicaid Fraud Claims for $225 Million 8/15/08
- Fast-Growing Collector Invests in CT Center for Site-Premised Dialer Benefits 8/14/08
- nTelagent Locks in $1.7 Million in Series E Funding 8/12/08
- Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program Takes Back Nearly $1 Billion 8/7/08
- TriZetto and Apax Partners Close Merger 8/6/08
- Employees of ARM Firm H & R Accounts Rally to Aid Flood Victims 8/1/08
- South Carolina Hospital Association Endorses nTelagent's Self-Pay System 7/31/08
- MedAssets Announces Affiliation with Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association 7/17/08
- Over 30% of Healthcare Bad Debt Write-Offs Are Due to Inadequate Patient Data: nTelagent 7/17/08
- Orlando Health Expands Mede Self Pay Analytics to Include Physicians Groups 7/15/08
- William J. Lubaway Named HFMA Morgan Award Recipient 7/11/08
- Robert Broadway Assumes HFMA Board Leadership 7/9/08
- Ascent Healthcare Solutions Awarded MedAssets Gold Vendor Designation 7/8/08
- Executive Change: AHC Names Patrick Lutz as President 7/7/08
- Executive Changes: Centene Corporation Announces Key Management Appointments 7/7/08
- Community Health Systems Acquires Partner’s Shares in Alabama Facility 7/3/08
- ZipClaims.com and InstaMed Enhance Medical Billing for Millions of Practitioners 6/27/08
- MDHBA Annual Conference to be Held in Boston this October 6/26/08
- ARGYLE Solutions and Equicare Capital to Merge Brands 6/24/08
- TransUnion’s Enhanced Revenue Manager Improves Hospital Productivity 6/24/08
