Insights

News and perspective on patient financial experience.

Company updates, industry commentary, and research on medical debt and the patient responsibility challenge.

Care Cap Plus Joins athenahealth Marketplace Program

A new platform integration designed to increase patient pay and satisfaction across athenahealth’s provider network.

Corporatization of Healthcare

A look at how Wall Street financial pressures are reshaping the patient revenue cycle.

Medical Debt Is Making Americans Angry. Doctors and Hospitals Ignore This at Their Peril.

Why trust and compassion matter as much as recovery in patient financial engagement.

Who’s Carrying Medical Debt in America? More Middle-Class Patients Than Rich or Poor Ones

New data on where medical debt is concentrated across income groups.

Evolving Patient Payment Collection Methods

Moving beyond aggressive collection tactics toward patient-respectful recovery.

More Than 5,100 U.S. Hospitals Use Legal Action and Aggressive Tactics to Collect Patient Debt

An investigation into the financial and health toll of aggressive hospital collections.

Majority of Adults With Medical Debt Owe Money to Hospitals

Research from the Urban Institute on where medical debt originates.

Mitigating the Impact of Rising Staffing Shortages on Patient Revenue

How patient financial service teams can maintain revenue streams amid staffing pressure.