LAFAYETTE, La.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
CirraGroup, the first crowdsourced medical debt settlement solution, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Lafayette General Health system (LGH; Lafayette, LA) for its Debt Resolution Platform.
Today, one in four Americans are covered by a high deductible health plan, and half of them cannot afford to pay. As of Q1-2016, 51% of patients owed more than $1,000 to providers and 77% owed more than $500. A December 2015 Google Consumer Survey reported that 62% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts
With an increasing number of patients having high deductible health plans, medical debt resolution is now at the forefront of many medical practices, states David L. Callecod, FACH…
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