title: They see bad debt rising. With 72 million people struggling to pay health bills, providers may be in for nasty weather as those figures are predicted to rise.
abstract: With the economy appearing to be in a recession, healthcare providers are expecting more bad debt coming their way. "We're not a financial institution and not in the business of financing the provision of care," says Neil Bertrand, chief financial officer for Longmont (Colo.) United Hospital.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D005102:Health Expenditures; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000191:economics*; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States