Patient balance after insurance rose from 8% of the total bill responsibility in the first quarter of 2012 to 12.2% in the first quarter of 2017, which is inflating providers’ bad debt.
Growing bad debt problem illustrates broken billing system
Patient balance after insurance rose from 8% of the total bill responsibility in the first quarter of 2012 to 12.2% in the first quarter of 2017, which is inflating providers’ bad debt.