In a high-deductible age, free care isn't just for poor people anymore

Crain’s Chicago Business News. “Hospitals are struggling to collect that increased patient share of the cost, said Brian Sanderson, managing principal of Crowe healthcare services group. Their data show overall managed care net revenue has declined 2.5% for outpatients and 1.4% for inpatients based on unchanged contract rates over the past year. The cause was lower collection rates for “patient responsibility” dollars than for payer responsibility dollars.”

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