title: Providers create coordinated care system to help cover Birmingham's uninsured.
abstract: Providers strive to manage the uninsured themselves. Providers in Birmingham, AL, have partnered with a public hospital to better manage patients with no insurance coverage, and in the process have spread the cost of uncompensated care. See how Cooper Green Hospital leads the way.
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005249:Fees and Charges; D006265:Health Care Coalitions / Q000458:organization & administration; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008489:Medical Indigency / Q000191:economics*; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D020414:Risk Sharing, Financial; D014481:United States