Healthcare
Despite dramatic changes to the healthcare industry driven by 2010 legislation, probate debt from healthcare providers remains a large and growing issue, enhanced by the fact that a disproportionate amount of total healthcare spending is done in the last year of life.
Generally, you are entitled to seek repayment of the debt from the decedent’s estate. In fact, in most instances, the hospital, as a creditor, has priority to receive payment before any of the decedent’s heirs or other creditors receive a portion of the estate.
However, it is important for every healthcare provider to understand that the method and intricacies of making a claim against a decedent’s estate vary depending on the nature of the estate. You must carefully ensure that you follow the proper procedures in pursuing your claim, or your claim could be rejected. EIS regularly assists our clients with recovery of outstanding debts from decedent’s estates. Many of our clients simply never knew they could seek satisfaction of debts from an estate, or they thought they could not be successful.
It’s important to choose a third party collection firm that is not only efficient at recovery, but aware of the need to manage collections professionally and compassionately, without generating client complaints.
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