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A new app makes it easier for people with medical debt to declare bankruptcy

Blake Farmer

December 29, 2021

Carlazjion Constant
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Medical bills are often what push families into personal bankruptcy, a costly process that can cancel most debts. A nonprofit is trying to help cut the cost.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: bankruptcy, medical debt

Tennessee-based TeamHealth overcharged ER patients for earaches, strep throat and pregnancy tests, according to $100M lawsuit

Blake Farmer

November 1, 2021

TeamHealth
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Two titans in health care are clashing in court over emergency room charges.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Envision, hospital bills, medical debt, TeamHealth

The Pulaski ER billed her husband $6K for 6 stitches. Then she nearly died to avoid going back.

Blake Farmer

October 22, 2021

Jason and DeeAnn
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Jason and DeeAnn Dean recently relocated to her hometown of Dellrose to start organic farming. But an accident led to a fight over a medical bill and impacted their decisions about life-saving care.

Filed Under: Health Care Tagged With: Bill of the Month, Lifepoint Hospitals, medical debt, surprise medical bills, TeamHealth

Study: Residents Of Southern States Without Medicaid Expansion Have Far More Medical Debt

Blake Farmer

July 27, 2021

Hospital room

People who live in the South owe doctors and hospitals more than three times as much as those who live in the Northeast. That’s according to a new study that looked at unpaid medical debts in collections for the last decade and found that medical debt started shrinking after the implementation of Obamacare, as more people were covered by insurance.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: American Medical Association, Community Health Systems, Health Care, Journal of the American Medical Association, Medicaid, Medicaid expansion, medical debt

How One Tennessee Court Is Helping Patients Avoid Complications From Medical Debt

Blake Farmer

May 24, 2021

Putnam County court

A Tennessee program is trying to keep medical debt cases from ever reaching the courtroom. The goal is to help patients work out a deal with medical providers before the costs start piling up.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: medical debt

‘We Ought To Be Humane’: Cookeville Hospital’s Lawsuits Spur Calls For Change

Blake Farmer

February 18, 2020

Even a longtime physician who helped save Cookeville’s hospital had no idea how frequently patients are sued for unpaid bills. After a WPLN News investigation showed that Cookeville Regional Medical Center sued nearly a thousand people just last year, some patient advocates are calling for change.

Filed Under: Health Care Tagged With: Cookeville Regional Medical Center, medical debt

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