States at the Forefront of Healthcare Regulation

I am pleased to announce Kaulkin Media Analyst Group’s publication of Curses or Cures: State Regulations, Hospital Creditors, and the ARM Industry. This executive brief is the first in a series of healthcare whitepapers to focus on significant issues for hospital creditors and ARM industry companies as they seek to recover delinquent medical accounts.

The core of this executive brief analyzes recently enacted legislation in four states that directly impacts healthcare collections, including:

• California SB 350 which prohibits wage garnishments against debtors treated under hospitals’ charity care or discount payment policies.
• Illinois HB 4999 which requires hospitals to “prominently publish” multi-lingual notices regarding the availability of financial assistance programs.
• North Dakota SB 2210 which caps late payment surcharges at no greater than one percent per month by hospital creditors.
• Nevada AB 247 which bars county and district hospitals from selling or transferring the interest of the hospital in a lien created against a debtor.

Despite the attention that national healthcare reform is certain to receive as we approach the 2008 presidential election, individual states are likely to emerge as the launching point for future regulatory change in the healthcare industry.

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