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Navigating the Maze of Health Care Finances: A Revenue Cycle Perspective
The harms of medical debt are well-documented and resonate with people nationwide, regardless of background. While medical debt disproportionately harms some communities more than others, most people know a neighbor, friend, or family member contending with unaffordable medical bills. We see their stories in the media, person after person struggling with the myriad harms of medical bills—missing from the story, however, are the experiences of the workforce tasked with producing these bills and collecting revenue to keep health systems running. With their close proximity to the problem, what important insights can they provide and what role can they take in potential solutions?
Our Top Policy Goals
Erasing medical debt provides immediate relief, but to prevent new debts we need to improve the broken healthcare system itself, by working with partners and policymakers.
Almost half of U.S. adults delay or skip medical care for fear of high costs. The near-universal nature of the problem points to a flawed healthcare financing system. Medical debt is an important feature of that system and it’s our mission to end it.
Healthcare Policy News
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CFPB Proposes Banning Medical Bills on Credit Reports – A Great First Step to End the Medical Debt Crisis
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently announced their proposed rule to ban medical bills from credit reports— an important step in mitigating the harm of medical debt for millions…
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Pulse Check: Capturing Provider Perspectives on Medical Debt in the Patient Encounter
Undue Medical Debt is excited to announce a one-year project supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) exploring how clinicians navigate conversations about medical debt and financial barriers with…
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Health Equity Crisis: The Impact of Medical Debt on Women
J.D. from Georgia had no health insurance but had heart issues that required a trip to the ER. When J.D. received a letter in the mail informing her that her…
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