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CMS Approves North Carolina’s Plan to Use Medicaid Funds for Medical Debt Relief for North Carolinians

King & Spalding on 8/16/2024

On July 26, 2024, CMS approved the plan of North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) to use North Carolina’s Medicaid program to increase reimbursements to...more

North Carolina’s New Plan to Relieve Medical Debt

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/18/2024

On July 1, North Carolina announced a new plan to relieve past medical debt for low- and middle-income consumers and mitigate the impact of medical debt going forward. Under the proposal, hospitals that choose to implement...more

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | April 2023 Recap

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/8/2023

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for April 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions related to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the...more

$140 billion in medical debt slams patients, especially the poor and uninsured

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 8/2/2021

A scandal of the U.S. health system may be far worse than imagined, with the medical debt sold to collection agencies alone amounting to a staggering $140 billion. The $140 billion estimate came from researchers who...more

OIG Issues Advisory Opinion on Arrangement for Charitable Organization to Buy and Forgive Patient Debt from Providers

King & Spalding on 8/4/2020

On July 24, 2020, OIG issued an Advisory Opinion (AO), AO 20-04, regarding whether an arrangement where a charitable organization purchases or receives donations of unpaid medical debt from health care providers, and then...more

10 Things You Need to Know About Health Care Bankruptcies in 2017

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/30/2016

The coming year will likely continue to be a tumultuous year for health care providers, suppliers, and payers, as they adapt to meet new challenges and market forces, particularly in light of the open questions as to the...more

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