Driven by patients’ loss of health insurance, coverage gaps in insurance policies, an increase in high-deductible plans, and the post-COVID changes in Medicaid eligibility, hospitals are encountering growing numbers of uninsured and self-pay patients.
In response, they are pursuing ways to improve billing and bill collection while seeking upfront payments from patients with questionable or no coverage, employing patient navigators, and using AI technology.
Learn more about the recent increase in self-pay and uninsured patients and how hospitals are responding to this challenge from the Modern Healthcare article “How hospitals are tackling the surge of self-pay patients” (subscription required).