The suits pursued patients and their families, sometimes putting liens on homes. 'I know my house will never be mine. It is going to be the hospital's,' said Donna Lindabury, 70, who lost her case.
to low-income patients and are leaving people who should qualify for aid with big bills.
North Carolina law allows hospitals to charge 8% annual interest on outstanding debts, which added tens of thousands of dollars to some families' debts over the years, the researchers found. Overall, interest accounted for almost a third of the total judgments recorded in the debt cases. Researchers found that the most aggressive debt collector was Atrium, a medical system with roots as a public hospital in Charlotte that, following a merger last year with Midwest-based Advocate Aurora, is now a multistate colossus with $27 billion in annual revenue. Atrium filed almost 2,500 lawsuits against patients from Jan. 1, 2017, to June 30, 2022.
CaroMont declined to make chief executive Chris Peek available for an interview, but a spokesperson said the system only rarely sues."We take seriously our obligation to partner with patients in all aspects of medical care and service, and we always try to resolve these matters with compassion," Meghan Berney said in a statement.
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