I don't understand why they would need access to all their health care information prior to that.
Hospitals have to find a way to collect the money that's owed to them, and I'm sure you'd agree.
I can't express enough the care that I received there, doctors and nurses, coordinators, food service people, housekeeping.
Do you think there's a better way to collect payment from patients than the way you were treated in the hospital?
I think the patient should affirmatively be given that information.
I'm not here to sit as judge or jury. I'm not here to resolve the dispute between Accretive and the attorney general.
I look forward to hearing from our experts about whether we need to strengthen the laws that protect us when we are at our most vulnerable.
I would find it absolutely abhorrent if any patients had been badgered by debt collectors in the emergency room.
In other words, do you think trying to collect from patients while they're in pain in the emergency room is a bad policy?
I'm worried that if patients know they'll be asked for pre-payment of services, that they'll stop going to the emergency room when they're s...
I look forward to working with Fairview and all of Minnesota's health care leaders to make sure that patients are fully protected.