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Starting in mid-2024, Illinois hospitals will be required to take a much more active role in limiting consumers’ medical debt by screening all consenting uninsured patients for both.
Medical billing errors are a common problem that can be extremely costly for consumers, unless those errors are discovered and corrected before payment.
A class action lawsuit filed on February 9 alleges that the University of Chicago Medical Center (UC Med) violated the Fair Patient Billing Act by failing to disclose visitation fees to emergency room patients. The complaint argues that visitation fees were “effectively concealed” from emergency room patients prior to their visit. Furthermore, the complaint asserts.