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Hospitals Charge Uninsured and 'Self-Pay' Patients More Than Double What Insured Patients Pay Print E-mail


For healthcare facilities that are evaluating their revenue cycles - this article, published May 8, 2008 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The unattributed article is titled:"Hospitals Charge Uninsured and 'Self-Pay' Patients More Than Double What Insured Patients Pay"

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The interesting point of this article is that hospitals collect $0.39 for every dollar billed to "self-pay" patients. The Midland Payment Plan can increase this collection rate - at NO COST to the hospital. Contact us to determine the impact on your revenue collected.