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Blue Shield of California expands payment collaboration with Dignity Health


Blue Shield of California expands payment collaboration with Dignity Health 
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After a successful pilot, Blue Shield of California will roll out the Ooda payment platform to more than 20 additional Dignity Health hospitals throughout California.
The nonprofit health plan teamed up with CommonSpirit Health (which operates Dignity Health hospitals) and software startup OODA Health on the high-tech pilot program. The three organizations launched the member payments pilot in September 2019 at two Dignity Health hospitals in Sacramento. The year-long program grew to include six hospitals. ....

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Northwell Health says it will stop suing patients during pandemic


Northwell Health says it will stop suing patients during pandemic
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Northwell Health has vowed to stop suing patients over unpaid bills during the COVID-19 pandemic following a report that it sued thousands of patients last year.
Not-for-profit Northwell, New York state s biggest private hospital system, sued more than 2,500 patients last year, a New York Times investigation found. Over the same period, almost all other major private hospitals in the state voluntarily halted the practice after Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered public hospitals to do so. Northwell has said it will drop those claims.
Suing over unpaid bills is an extreme practice that hospital leaders say they d prefer to avoid, but some argue is necessary when patients don t meet their financial assistance criteria. There isn t much national data on how often it happens. Rather, such litigation commonly comes to light through media reports, such as the 2019 Kais ....

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