Hospitals use Experian credit checks on self pay patients
UI Hospitals use Experian Healthcare to run soft credit checks on self pay patients to gauge charity care needs and aid debt collection. The process is done with patient permission, but some patients worry about credit reports influencing care decisions and provider transparency remains contested.
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Phil Roudabush
American Hospital Association
UnityPoint Health
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mercy Medical Center
Experian Healthcare
Experian
Dan Buell
Gazette
Tom Moore
SearchAmerica
University of Iowa
Patient Financial Services Department
Roudabush
Des Moines Register
UIHC
Ken Fisher
US Health Care
Fisher
Iowa City
Buell
Jonathan Fox
Iowa State University
ISU
Mark Rukavina
Boston
Rukavina
Private Iowa colleges face enrollment crunch testing endowments
Analysts say tuition dependent private colleges across the nation struggle as enrollment drops and Moody's assigns a negative outlook to not for profit schools. Iowa Wesleyan in Mount Pleasant cut programs and staff after a 30 percent enrollment decline and a $2.5 million deficit, while Grinnell and Central College report stability or selective tightening.
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Andrew Gillen
American Institutes For Research
Washington, D.C
Moody’s Investors Services
Gillen
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi River
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
U.S. Department of Education
Iowa Wesleyan
Steven Titus
the Gazette
Titus
The
Gazette
Ray Brown
Westminster College
Fulton
Iowa
Central College
Pella
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Waldorf College
Forest City
Clinton
Ashford University
Mount St. Clare College
Mark Putnam
London
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Gary Steinke
Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
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Tom
Steinke
Coe
Spencer Stout
Peterson Hall
Maddy Jensen
Columbia Heights
Minn
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