According to the January 2008 issue of the Healthcare Financial Management Magazine Hospitals were losing anywhere from 8% to 14% of their managed care and commercial revenue because of improper payments. I am sure with inflation the figure has probably grown, and in this economy how many hospitals can really afford to write off 8-14% [...]

Census figures show there are over 45 million people without Health Insurance and this number will probably grow with skyrocketing Health Insurance premiums and the increasing number of the unemployed and the declining economy. Because of this more and more hospital bills are going unpaid. Many hospitals because of these factors believe there is little [...]