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Man Sues Over Health Insurance Fine
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Judgment for medical bills? Here's one for anesthesia:
Court System: DISTRICT COURT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY - CIVIL SYSTEM
Case Number: 060*******Claim Type:CONTRACT
District/Location Codes: 06 / 01Filing Date:02/25/2009Case Status:ACTIVE
Complaint, Judgment, and Related Persons Information
(Each Complaint, Hearing, Judgment is listed separately, along with each Related Person)
Complaint Information
Complaint No: 001(FIRST COLONIES ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES LLC) Vs:(***********)
Type: REGULAR CLAIM
Complaint Status: JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF ENTERED
Status Date: 06/02/2009Filing Date:02/25/2009Amount$990Last Activity Date:06/03/2009
Judgment Information
Judgment Type: AFFIDAVIT JUDGMENT ENTEREDJudgment Date:06/01/2009
Judgment Amount: $990.00Judgment Interest:$80.64Costs:$50.00Other Amounts:$0.00
Attorney Fees: $0.00Post Interest Legal Rate:X Jointly and Severally:In Favor of Defendant:
Possession Of Property Claimed valued At: $0.00Is Awarded To The:Together With Damages Of:$0.00
Value Of Property Sued For: $0.00Plus Damages Of:$0.00Is Awarded To The
ismissed With Prejudice:
Replevin/Detinue Amount: $0.00
Recorded Lien Date: Judgment renewed Date:
Renewed Lien Date: Satisfaction Date:
Court System: DISTRICT COURT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY - CIVIL SYSTEM
Case Number: 060*******Claim Type:CONTRACT
District/Location Codes: 06 / 01Filing Date:02/25/2009Case Status:ACTIVE
Complaint, Judgment, and Related Persons Information
(Each Complaint, Hearing, Judgment is listed separately, along with each Related Person)
Complaint Information
Complaint No: 001(FIRST COLONIES ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES LLC) Vs:(***********)
Type: REGULAR CLAIM
Complaint Status: JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF ENTERED
Status Date: 06/02/2009Filing Date:02/25/2009Amount$990Last Activity Date:06/03/2009
Judgment Information
Judgment Type: AFFIDAVIT JUDGMENT ENTEREDJudgment Date:06/01/2009
Judgment Amount: $990.00Judgment Interest:$80.64Costs:$50.00Other Amounts:$0.00
Attorney Fees: $0.00Post Interest Legal Rate:X Jointly and Severally:In Favor of Defendant:
Possession Of Property Claimed valued At: $0.00Is Awarded To The:Together With Damages Of:$0.00
Value Of Property Sued For: $0.00Plus Damages Of:$0.00Is Awarded To The
ismissed With Prejudice:Replevin/Detinue Amount: $0.00
Recorded Lien Date: Judgment renewed Date:
Renewed Lien Date: Satisfaction Date:
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Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
Cost pressures on hospitals
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 55% of U.S. emergency care now goes uncompensated.When medical bills go unpaid, health care providers must either shift the costs onto those who can pay or go uncompensated. In the first decade of EMTALA, such cost-shifting amounted to a hidden tax levied by providers.[12] For example, it has been estimated that this cost shifting amounted to $455 per individual or $1,186 per family in California each year.[12]
However, because of the recent influence of managed care and other cost control initiatives by insurance companies, hospitals are less able to shift costs, and end up writing off more in uncompensated care. The amount of uncompensated care delivered by nonfederal community hospitals grew from $6.1 billion in 1983 to $40.7 billion in 2004, according to a 2004 report from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, but it is unclear what percentage of this was emergency care and therefore attributable to EMTALA.
Financial pressures on hospitals in the 20 years since EMTALA's passage have caused them to consolidate and close facilities, contributing to emergency room overcrowding. According to the Institute of Medicine, between 1993 and 2003, emergency room visits in the U.S. grew by 26 percent, while in the same period, the number of emergency departments declined by 425. Ambulances are frequently diverted from overcrowded emergency departments to other hospitals that may be farther away. In 2003, ambulances were diverted over a half a million times.
Cost pressures on hospitals
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 55% of U.S. emergency care now goes uncompensated.When medical bills go unpaid, health care providers must either shift the costs onto those who can pay or go uncompensated. In the first decade of EMTALA, such cost-shifting amounted to a hidden tax levied by providers.[12] For example, it has been estimated that this cost shifting amounted to $455 per individual or $1,186 per family in California each year.[12]
However, because of the recent influence of managed care and other cost control initiatives by insurance companies, hospitals are less able to shift costs, and end up writing off more in uncompensated care. The amount of uncompensated care delivered by nonfederal community hospitals grew from $6.1 billion in 1983 to $40.7 billion in 2004, according to a 2004 report from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, but it is unclear what percentage of this was emergency care and therefore attributable to EMTALA.
Financial pressures on hospitals in the 20 years since EMTALA's passage have caused them to consolidate and close facilities, contributing to emergency room overcrowding. According to the Institute of Medicine, between 1993 and 2003, emergency room visits in the U.S. grew by 26 percent, while in the same period, the number of emergency departments declined by 425. Ambulances are frequently diverted from overcrowded emergency departments to other hospitals that may be farther away. In 2003, ambulances were diverted over a half a million times.
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Fully agree with that article - but which portion of that 55% are either illegals or "the poor" without medicaid? So my question is, which percentage of unpaid ER bills are from people who have the means to pay but don't. Go research that and get back to me.
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You guys are giving way too much credit to collection agencies. pardon that pun.
There are many legal techniques to turn the tables on those bozos.
There are many legal techniques to turn the tables on those bozos.
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Sorry, but once you're been turned over to collections you've already lost. Just with the credit score hit alone they've won - regardless of whether you end up paying it.
A low score 10 years ago was one thing. Life went on. A low score today can be catastrophic. Ironically, if you're getting collection calls everything's still manageable. Means they want to work with you.
The time to get scared is when the calls stop. The last thing you want is for the account to be charged off.
A low score 10 years ago was one thing. Life went on. A low score today can be catastrophic. Ironically, if you're getting collection calls everything's still manageable. Means they want to work with you.
The time to get scared is when the calls stop. The last thing you want is for the account to be charged off.
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