Healthcare Finance Cases

Cases in Healthcare Finance Front Street Hospital: Uninsured Charges and Collections

The underlying issue in this case deals with discriminatory medical pricing strategies. Although these types of pricing structure are common in other industries, such as the hotel industry, the implications on society exceed that of any other industry imaginable. For example, of all the bankruptcies filed in the United States, it is estimated that sixty percent of them are due medical bills (Tamkins, 2009). Furthermore, of medical related bankruptcies, over three quarters of these individuals' actually had health insurance. Therefore, one might wonder how the uninsured could even stand a chance of meeting their obligations; especially since they are billed at the highest rates possible.

Collective Bargaining

In the case, Jane is an uninsured patient and is billed for services amounting to nineteen thousand dollars. It also notes that it the local HMO would have insured...
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