Nonprofit Hospital Billing of Uninsured Patients: Consumer Based Class Actions Move to State Courts

The Nonprofit Hospital Exemption

In Duke University' the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) faced squarely for the first time the proper application of the nonprofit hospital exemption of section 2(2) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)2 in the context of a nonprofit, nonhospital employer operating a medical center and hospital as part of a large university. The Board easily found a basis for jurisdiction over Duke U...

The uninsured and hospital use.

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Protecting uninsured patients from high hospital charges: lessons from California.

Key findings. (1) In 1997, the amount California hospitals billed uninsured patients was more than twice the amount hospitals received from Medicare for the same services. By 2010, billed charges had grown to be five times what Medicare paid, which trans­lated into a gap of more than $10,000 per day in the hospital. (2) Five years after the passage of the state's Hospital Fair Pricing Act, most...

Offering financial assistance to newly uninsured patients.

As businesses cut jobs and benefits including health insurance, patients may come to your practice with financial problems in addition to their medical ones. Assisting these patients without hurting your practice requires a little prevention and preplanning and some extra attention from your office staff. The good news is that the policies and procedures you put in place during these tough time...

Antitrust Implications in Nonprofit Hospital Mergers;Note