Often, "medical bills are rife with errors" — "one study from Medical Billing Advocates of America estimates up to 80% of medical bills contain errors," said CNBC. When going over charges ...

She hired a consumer advocate who negotiated the bills to a reduced amount, which she paid. She assumed her medical financial crisis was over. Not even close, it turned out. Start the day smarter.

Consider hiring a billing advocate. If you’re overwhelmed by your bills and aren’t sure how to proceed, think about hiring a medical billing advocate. This professional can sort through your ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's move could lead to providers seeking high payments before treatment, an economist ...

This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports, which will take effect in about two months. Advocates say the change will make ...

Consumer advocates, by contrast, cheered the new rule. “Any one of us could incur crushing medical debt after a sudden injury or illness," said Patricia Kelmar, health care campaigns director ...

(Photo: Getty Images) Worried that President-elect Donald Trump will curtail federal efforts to take on the nation’s medical debt problem, patient and consumer advocates are looking to states to help ...

senior director at the Patient Advocate Foundation. "It’s a process worth going through.” And now, some local governments are taking steps to erase pressing medical bills by partnering ...

Advocate Health’s decision to release thousands ... Health unit aggressively pursued patients’ medical debts. Medical debt judgments can last up to 20 years in North Carolina, and according ...