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Credit Bureaus Offering Breaks to Those With Large Medical Debts
A person’s FICO credit score can have a major impact on his or her life. This score tells creditors whether a person is financially responsible or not. Based on this score, people may or may not be able to get a loan to purchase a car or home or other purchase that requires a strong credit history….
Medical Recovery Services: Where it All Began
Prior to 1994, before Pat Palmer had begun making the public aware of the frequency of medical over-charging and abusive medical billing practices, most Americans had never heard of patient advocacy, let alone medical billing advocacy. Medical billing advocacy works to educate the public on issues within the medical billing field, such as non-billable items…
The Birth of Medical Billing Advocacy: How it All Started
In the 1970s, health advocacy was born in an attempt to recognize patients’ rights in a healthcare system that was becoming more and more difficult to understand. At the same time, the “Patient Empowerment Movement” was under way as a residual effect of the social liberation of the 1960s, in which a greater demand arose…
