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New rules to limit tactics on hospitals' fee collections

By The New York Times  
   January 12, 2015

The Obama administration has adopted sweeping new rules to discourage nonprofit hospitals from using aggressive tactics to collect payments from low-income patients. Under the rules, nonprofit hospitals must now offer discounts, free care or other financial assistance to certain needy patients. Additionally, hospitals must try to determine whether a patient is eligible for assistance before they refer a case to a debt collector, send negative information to a credit agency, place a lien on a patient's home, file a lawsuit or seek a court order to seize a patient's earnings.

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