Report: Mayo Clinic sued over 900 patients between 2018 and mid-2020 for unpaid medical bills
New study of nation s 100 largest hospitals ranks clinic near the bottom for using courts to extract payment 1:28 pm, Jun. 22, 2021 ×
Mayo Clinic s Gonda Building Monday, March 22, 2021, in downtown Rochester. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)
ROCHESTER, Minn. Between January of 2018 and the end of July in 2020, Mayo Clinic took over 900 patients to court for unpaid medical bills. That s according to a new analysis of America s largest 100 hospitals titled How America s Top Hospitals Hound Patients with Predatory Billing.
The report, issued last week by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and the news website Axios, found that during the period of study Mayo Clinic Hospital-St. Marys Campus took court action against 904 individuals in pursuit of $4 million in total unpaid bills.
Coulee COVID-19 Collaborative reports exposures at Thanksgiving celebrations
December 16, 2020 2:35 PM Jourdan Vian
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) The Coulee COVID-19 Collaborative Wednesday reported that this week’s cases spread from social gatherings, workplaces and several bars plus several from Thanksgiving celebrations.
The collaborative also reported that 48 La Crosse County residents have now died of COVID-19 three in the last two days.
The collaborative made up of the La Crosse County Health Department, Gundersen Health System and Mayo Clinic Health System Franciscan Healthcare reported a preliminary analysis of cases found 15 cases that reported being exposed to a named individual at a Thanksgiving celebration, 19 people who were potentially exposed at Thanksgiving events and 28 infectious people who attended a Thanksgiving celebration and exposed others.