title: Payment past due. HMOs, hospitals often slow to settle their accounts.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pallarito
mesh_terms: D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics*; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States