Roy Edroso

Medical billing collections agencies are needed to get delinquent payers to pay -- but if they're too aggressive they can make their clients in the health care world look predatory. Unflattering stories about practice and hospital collections sometimes wind up in the media, and states are writing laws to protect holders of medical debt from usurious practices. What should a medical practice find out and require of a collections agency that it plans to retain? Thanks, Roy Edroso Part B News https://pbn.decisionhealth.com/

A recent AMA report finding that "For the seventh consecutive year, medical liability premiums continue to rise": https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/prp-mlm-premiums-2026.pdf At the same time, AMA found incidences of malpractice claim declining. This suggests a good time for our practice management readers to explore options when it comes to malpractice/liability insurance carriers. How should they begin their search? What recent developments in the field might they have missed in recent years? Any particular cautions? Roy Edroso Part B News https://pbn.decisionhealth.com/

A recent AMA report finding that "For the seventh consecutive year, medical liability premiums continue to rise": https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/prp-mlm-premiums-2026.pdf At the same time, AMA found incidences of medical liabilty claims declining. This suggests a good time for our practice management readers to explore options when it comes to malpractice/liability insurance carriers. How should they begin their search? What recent developments in the field might they have missed in recent years? Any particular cautions? Roy Edroso Part B News https://pbn.decisionhealth.com/