Medical Debt

Shane Bare was quickly granted a victory in his appeal for coverage of a live-saving drug to treat his CIDP. It’s a far cry from his last battle against his plan sponor and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services when he had to appeal denials five times before finally winning approval from a judge.

A new software company called Goodbill that is analyzing bills and advocating on patient’s behalf to negotiate those bills down.

WBTV’s Investigation shows the tight network of companies, non-profits and financial interests that Bare has to battle against.

The garnishment process allows hospitals to collect on unpaid medical bills, but a WBTV Investigation raises questions about whether debtors are told about their legal rights to protest the collection.

With crippling medical bills impacting so many in our area, two local churches are partnering up with a national charity to cancel medical debt.

The way Jim Mayhugh describes it, it was a series of errors by Atrium that ultimately led to them garnishing his tax refund.

Long before she was diagnosed, she was racking up medical bills from doctor office visits, procedures and medication.

A new study by the National Academy of State Health Policy found patients who should qualify for free medical care are being charged by hospitals instead.

The patient says that Atrium Health provided the wrong codes to his insurance provider and never corrected the error until they started billing him.