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See Latest ArticlesTaking a patient's financial history
American Medical News , 01/21/09
Berry E - Getting credit information on your patients could help them qualify for assistance and help you figure out who is likely to pay bills. Plenty of companies will sell you the information, but is it worth the ethical and financial price? A typical credit check -- the kind an auto dealer or furniture store would run before lending to a customer -- doesn't directly reflect medical debt, though it will show collection agency accounts that originated as medical bills.
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