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June 15, 2010 - House Eliminates 2010 Medicare Cuts for Doctors»Read More
June 15, 2010 - Seven Largest Insurers Incorrectly Pay One in Five Claims, Says AMA
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April 07, 2010 - Can A Debt Collector Speak with A Spouse Concerning A Medical Account?
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April 05, 2010 - Personal Bankruptcies Hit A High And May Keep Rising
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March 15, 2010 - Senate Votes To Postpone Medicare Physician Pay Cut To October 1st
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March 12, 2010 - Unemployment Rises In Thirty States In January
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March 04, 2010 - Bankruptcy Filings Up In Calendar Year 2009
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March 04, 2010 - More Consumers File For Bankruptcy Protection
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February 12, 2010 - Almost Half Of Rural Hospital Patients Are On Medicare: AHRQ
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February 05, 2010 - Chase Reports Big Jump In Health Savings Accounts
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February 04, 2010 - Proposed FCC Change To TCPA Would Negatively Impact ARM Industry
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February 01, 2010 - Membership Continues To Fall For Top Health Plans
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January 28, 2010 - American Debtor Pool Undergoing Massive Demographic Shift
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January 14, 2010 - As Employers Continue To Shift More Healthcare Costs To Employees, Your Collections Could Sag
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January 13, 2010 - CMS defines 'meaningful use' of IT
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December 28, 2009 - HHS Releases New Tips to Prevent Medical Identity Theft and Medicare Fraud.
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December 23, 2009 - Equifax Data Show U.S. Consumer Payment Trends Continue To Deteriorate
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December 17, 2009 - Initial Unemployment Claims Rise, Which Could Mean Some Will Have Trouble With Debt
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December 15, 2009 - Healthcare Providers Turn to Outsourcing.
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December 04, 2009 - Fitch: Economic Pressure and Event Risk Will Drive U.S. Healthcare's Negative Outlook in 2010
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December 01, 2009 - U.S. Bankruptcies Rise Thirty Three Percent in Third Quarter
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November 24, 2009 - Personal Bankruptcies Climb 9% In October.
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November 24, 2009 - October Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Reach New High.
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November 24, 2009 - Debt Collection Letter Scam
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November 24, 2009 - New HFMA Research Reveals Increase in Hospital Self-Pay Receivables.
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November 24, 2009 - More Members of Middle Class File for Bankruptcy.
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November 24, 2009 - Circulating Email Scam Mimics Debt Collector Notice
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November 24, 2009 - Unemployment Rate Hits 10.2% In October
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October 27, 2009 - Family Health Premiums Reach $13,375 Annually.
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October 27, 2009 - Not-for-Profit Hospital Medians Weakening.
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October 27, 2009 - Retail Clinics Provide less Costly Treatment for 3 Common Illnesses.
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October 06, 2009 - Two Reasons it's the Era of the Woman in Healthcare.
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October 02, 2009 - The Impact of Increased Self-Pay Collections on Health Care Providers.
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October 01, 2009 - Hospital GDRO trends
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September 15, 2009 - Number of Uninsured Rose in 2008: Census Bureau
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August 27, 2009 - New Ratings for U.S. Hospitals on the CMS Website
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August 27, 2009 - Health Care Technology - Worth the Investment?
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August 03, 2009 - Medicare Fraud Strike Force Operations Lead to Charges...
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August 03, 2009 - One Third of Physician Practices Do Not Accept Credit Card Payments
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July 31, 2009 - Challenges for Providers
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July 17, 2009 - How will Pay for Performance Programs play into Healthcare Reform
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July 17, 2009 - New Findings about Voter Attitudes on Healthcare Reform
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July 17, 2009 - Poll Finds Six in Ten Families Put Off Their Medical Care due to the Cost.
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July 10, 2009 - Unpaid Medical Bills and Health Care Initiatives Increasing Demand for ARM Help
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July 10, 2009 - Consumer Bankruptcies on Pace to Hit Pre-Reform Levels in 2009
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June 25, 2009 - Proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency May Oversee FDCPA Enforcement
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May 29, 2009 - HFMA P&P Board Issues Sample Charity Care Policy
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May 29, 2009 - HFMA Issues Financial Communications Guidelines
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May 29, 2009 - New HIPAA Rules to Impact Health Care Transactions
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May 29, 2009 - HIPAA Security Breach Notification
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May 22, 2009 - InsideARM: Health Care Reform May Restrict Hospitals' Collection Outsourcing Activities
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May 18, 2009 - Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Top 125,000 in April - ACA International
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May 06, 2009 - Ask Doctor Debt Makes Media Housecalls
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May 06, 2009 - Hospitals Report Financial Declines, Cutbacks: AHA Survey
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April 30, 2009 - ACA, FTC Launch Web Sites to Help Consumers Cope with Financial Problems - AC...
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April 17, 2009 - Hospital Scam Involves Fake Collection Agency.
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April 03, 2009 - U.S. private sector axes 742,000 jobs in March
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April 03, 2009 - House votes help for lower-income patients
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April 03, 2009 - HITECH Act Creates Change in HIPPA Standards
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March 30, 2009 - $268 Million in Recovery Act Funding Available to Support Hospitals Serving Uninsured and Vulnerable
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March 30, 2009 - House Committee Approves Budget That Funds Healthcare Reform
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March 30, 2009 - Unemployment rate continues to climb nationwide
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March 11, 2009 - ACA International
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March 09, 2009 - Non-profit hospital charity care remains under scrutiny at both the federal and state level as many continue to question whether hospitals provide the level of charity care and community benefit...
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February 27, 2009 - "Ninety-seven percent of hospital administrators representing 22 hospitals in 15 states said they are seeing a rise in the uninsured and underinsured populations, resulting in increased bad debt..." - ACA International
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February 20, 2009 - The "Retailish" Future of Patient Collections
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February 10, 2009 - How Much Do You Know About Healthcare Scoring?
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January 29, 2009 - "Challenges for Healthcare Providers, Opportunities for Their Partners" ACA International
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January 14, 2009 - "Financial Challenges Top List of Hospital CEO Concerns" HFMA News.
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December 29, 2008 - "FTC Issues Report on Social Security Numbers and Identity Theft" ACA International.
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December 22, 2008 - "American Household Debt Falls For First Time Since 1952" ACA International.
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December 08, 2008 - "Hospitals' Strategy to Boost Medicaid Enrollments Could Hurt Industry's Long Term Financial Stability" Cynthia Wilson, insideARM.
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November 20, 2008 - "Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Top 100,000 for First Time Since 2005 Law Change" ACA International.
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November 17, 2008 - "Hospitals Report Bad Debt Percentages of 7 Percent to 10 Percent" ACA International.
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November 05, 2008 - "Survey Finds Widespread Dissatisfaction with Current Healthcare Payment System" HFMA News.
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November 04, 2008 - "Affordability of Health Care Major Concern as Voters Head to the Polls" HFMA News.
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November 03, 2008 - "Study Shows Healthcare Providers Feeling Impact of Consumer-Directed Health Care" HFMA News.
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October 20, 2008 - Majority of Healthcare Debt is Caused by Insured Patients- ACA International
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September 08, 2008 - More Employers Will Offer High Deductible Health Plans to Curb Costs: Survey
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August 27, 2008 - Uninsured Spend $30 Billion Out of Pocket for Health Care; Government Pays for 75 Percent of $56 Billion in Uncompensated Care: Report- HFMA News
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August 27, 2008 - Number of Uninsured Down, Says New Census Bureau Report- HFMA News
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August 26, 2008 - To build or buy: How one practice decided to handle collections services -MGMA
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April 16, 2008 - Bankruptcy Filings Jump in 2007
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April 02, 2008 - Collection Industry has Duty to Treat Consumers Equitably
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March 24, 2008 - As Recession Hits, Medical Bills are Likely to Go Unpaid
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March 17, 2008 - 5 Tips for Applying Six Sigma from Three Top Hospitals
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March 17, 2008 - ARM Economic Conditions Continue to Worsen
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March 11, 2008 - Hospitals Expanding Charity Care Guidelines to Ensure Tax-Exempt Status:
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March 04, 2008 - Consumers Plan to Use Tax Rebate to Pay Down Debt
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