Former news exec Brad Dennison dissects stories about healthcare and separates fact from fiction in this podcast from the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
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Former news exec Brad Dennison dissects stories about healthcare and separates fact from fiction in this podcast from the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
New York Times medical debt piece dubbed "laziest story of the year,' plus revisiting charity care policies
Healthcare Blame Game
22 minutes
1 year ago
New York Times medical debt piece dubbed "laziest story of the year,' plus revisiting charity care policies
Brad examines a New York Times article by investigative reporter Sarah Kliff about a recent study of patients whose debt was eliminated by RIP Medical Debt. Researchers say the results surprised them.
Also in this episode: The cover story in the May issue of hfm magazine focuses on a South Dakota health system that developed a new process to identify charity care patients. HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discusses why good financial assistance policies and process are essential to patient care.
Sources:
Paying off people’s medical debt has little impact on their lives, study finds
Medical debt relief: How helpful?
The inconvenient truth about medical debt relief
Healthcare Blame Game
Former news exec Brad Dennison dissects stories about healthcare and separates fact from fiction in this podcast from the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
