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September 5, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in Medical Debt

Meet the Revenue Cycle Vanguard: Russell Safirstein Says ERISA Is Your Friend

The balance billing problem would not be nearly as daunting if insurance companies (actually, the employers that directly fund most large plans) paid the full amounts their plan documents say...

August 24, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in BPO

Long Arms of the CFPB Don’t Exclude Healthcare Providers

Many healthcare providers aren’t aware that entities servicing healthcare receivables may have to answer to the CFPB. Though not directly in the CFPB’s purview (yet), any providers that report delinquent...

August 10, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in 501(r)

University Hospital’s New Patient Finance Guidelines Under Fire

There isn’t a hospital anywhere in the United States that can avoid examining its financial policies, especially as they pertain to self-pay patients. Additionally, tax-exempt hospitals have to publish and...

August 9, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in Medical Debt

Trump’s Plan to Implode ObamaCare Will Leave (Even More) Unpaid Medical Bills

Americans with health insurance are already struggling to pay their share of co-pays and deductibles in the new patient-as-payer reality. Doctors and hospitals are pressed to collect the unreimbursed portion...

August 1, 2017 by John Rossman in Collection Laws and Regulations

First Party Servicing on Medical Accounts: The Federal and State Landscape Continues to Shift

Companies that provide first party, early-out and billing services on medical accounts scramble to stay abreast of the continuously shifting regulatory requirements that, up until just a few years ago,...

July 19, 2017 in Company News

Ontario Systems Partners with TransUnion Healthcare for Improved Provider Outreach and Financial Assistance

MUNCIE, Ind. – Ontario Systems, a leading software provider to the healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM), accounts receivable management (ARM) and government (GOV) markets, has announced a new partnership with TransUnion to...

July 12, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in Compliance Management

Don’t Stop Believing: 501(r) Compliance Takes Ongoing Vigilance

With the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA) still the law of the land, tax-exempt hospitals are wise to take -- and keep -- stock of any work aimed at complying with...

June 19, 2017 in Company News

RSource Announces Patient Finance Contract with Bon Secours Health System

BOCA RATON, Fla. – RSource announced today that it has entered into an agreement to provide a Coordination of Benefits program for 12 Bon Secours Health System hospitals in Virginia,...

June 12, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in FDCPA

Suggestive Medical Collection Letters under Fire in Texas FDCPA Class Action

In Flecha v. Medicredit (Flecha v. MEDICREDIT, INC., Dist. Court, WD Texas 2017), Texas District Court Judge Lee Yeakel has denied a request by Medicredit to dismiss the case on...

June 6, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in Medical Debt

insideARM Discusses Patient Finance with Credit Bureau Systems COO Lloyd Ledet

The following is an interview I conducted with Lloyd Ledet, Chief Operating Officer of Credit Bureau Systems, regarding patient finance, especially as it relates to the issue of self-pay accounts....

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