April 29, 2008
Hospital says payment before treatment
From the Health Blog at WSJ.com:
As a front-page article in today’s WSJ reports, hospitals are seeking cash upfront to reduce bad debt they’re experiencing amid a surge in patients who don’t pay their bills. Some are uninsured and other carry coverage that requires high co-payments.
Let us not forget a topic we blogged about earlier - medical credit scores and how they might influence treatment.
BONUS: A new study out reports that blacks have a 5x higher rate of amputations in the Chicago area.