Healthcare Finance News April 12, 2022
HHS will weigh this information in its grantmaking decisions and share potential violations with the relevant enforcement agencies.
In a move signaling its intent to relieve medical debt burden, the Biden White House has said it would task the Department of Health and Human Services to evaluate provider billing practices, and how they factor into healthcare affordability and the accumulation of debt.
HHS will request data from more than 2,000 providers on medical bill collection practices, lawsuits against patients, financial assistance, financial product offerings, and third party contracting or debt buying practices.
The department will, for the first time, weigh this information in its grantmaking decisions, publish topline data and policy recommendations for the public and share potential violations...
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