If you fall behind on your credit card bills or other debts, your account may be sold to a collection agency. Use this four-step plan to pay off that debt quickly. Having a collection account listed ...

The following is written by Carol Ciluffo, vice president of revenue cycle management for PINNACLE III. Patient balances continue to rise due to higher co-payments, deductibles and co-insurance, ...

Washington, D.C. — On July 13, 2023, the Senate confirmed attorney Kalpana Kotagal as a commissioner to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), offering promise for the reinstatement of ...

It's no secret that the number of self-pay patients has increased dramatically in recent years. The current state of the sluggish economy means that fewer people receive health insurance through ...

Your credit scores determine everything from the interest rate you pay on credit cards and loans to whether or not you qualify for rental housing. Once your debt has been sent from a creditor to a ...

Take a Financial Relief Quiz. Get matched with an Authorized Partner. Negative information like unpaid bills and collection activity stays on your credit reports for seven years in most cases, during ...

With all the focus on high medical costs, increased regulatory scrutiny on medical debt collections, and the resulting revenue cycle challenges, it’s easy to overlook that most patients want to pay ...

More than half a decade ago, the nation’s top workplace civil rights enforcement agency began a high-level examination of how U.S. employers paid their employees, an experiment it said was intended to ...

The last thing you want to learn at your hospital, as a patient sits at your registration desk: They can't pay, and no one knew prior to service Their insurance changed, and authorization is required ...

Most ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) occasionally encounter a patient with no insurance or physician who wants to perform a procedure not covered by insurance. If you want your ASC to perform such ...

Floyd Medical Center has found success with a payment plan program that pays the entire patient balance upfront, reducing days in AR and keeping cash flowing. As patient out-of-pocket costs increase, ...

There’s no doubt that buy now, pay later (BNPL) providers are disrupting consumer credit. The low barrier to entry and prominence at the point of sale have made their growth inevitable, and BNPLs are ...