Becker's Healthcare November 12, 2024
The American Medical Association has voted to support greater oversight of nonprofit hospitals and standardization of charity care policies to ensure such hospitals adhere to their charitable mission and justify their tax-exempt status.
“Failing to standardize the financial assistance process across all nonprofit hospitals makes the benefit inaccessible to many eligible people. A patient may qualify for aid at one hospital, but not at a hospital across town,” AMA President Bruce Scott, MD, said in a Nov. 11 news release. “Often the application process is not clear and requires patients to complete onerous paperwork requests, discouraging patients from completing financial aid applications. In some cases, patients are not screened for eligibility to ensure financial assistance reaches those in need.”
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