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Atrium Halts Lawsuits Against Patients for Unpaid Medical Bills

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Atrium Health halts lawsuits against patients for unpaid medical bills by Charlotte Ledger, North Carolina Health News October 16, 2023 By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger Atrium Health, the state’s top collector of medical debt in recent years, has quietly stopped suing patients for unpaid medical bills. The change was praised by critics …

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National Alliance Hospital Fair Price Initiative

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National Alliance Hospital Fair Price InitiativeSetting the Record Straight: The Urgency of Achieving Hospital Fair Price September 28, 2023, Charlotte, NC Momentum from the work of employers and other healthcare purchasers, coalitions, and policy makers at both the state and federal levels to make healthcare more transparent and affordable is growing. Efforts to achieve fair …

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Capital Rx

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Capital Rx is a healthcare technology company changing the way prescription drugs are priced, and patients are cared for in America. As a Certified B Corp™, Capital Rx is executing its mission through a Single-Ledger Model™, the industry’s first ethical framework for drug pricing. The company’s cloud-native enterprise pharmacy platform, JUDI®, connects every aspect of …

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North Carolina Hospitals Have Sued Thousands of Their Patients, a New Report Finds

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North Carolina Hospitals Have Sued Thousands of Their Patients, a New Report Finds Noam N. Levey August 16, 2023 North Carolina hospitals — led by the state’s largest public medical system — have sued thousands of their patients since 2017, according to a new analysis that sheds additional light on the aggressive tactics U.S. hospitals …

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Martin General Hospital in Eastern NC Closes, Files for Bankruptcy

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As published in Daily Reflector: Martin County loses hospital with closure of Martin General John Foley, Staff Writer, Daily Reflector August 3, 2023 WILLIAMSTON, NC — Tennessee-based Quorum Health announced Thursday that Martin General Hospital is no longer accepting patients and the hospital has filed for bankruptcy. The facility that has served Martin County families …

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Employers: Register for a Summer Roundtable Lunch Near You!

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Time is running out to register for our Employer Roundtable Lunches being held July 25th to August 3rd. Register now at NCBCH.net/events for a location near you. Lunches are scheduled for Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Hickory, Raliegh, and Wilmington.  These are a great opportunity to discuss current “hot” topics surrounding employer benefits, total rewards, health, and …

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Race, Ethnicity, and Source of Payment Can Increase Patient Risk of Adverse Events in Hospitals

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Washington, D.C. (June 7, 2023)—The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit advancing the highest standards for patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, today published a report examining the association between Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades and differences in rates of adverse safety events among white, Black, and Hispanic patients and among patients with commercial insurance and …

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