Jennifer Mueller, MBA, RHIA, FACHE, FAHIMA
Jennifer Mueller, MBA, RHIA, FACHE, FAHIMA, is the vice president and privacy officer at the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center (WHAIC). Prior to WHAIC, Mueller served 19 years as vice president and chief information officer at Watertown Regional. She served the Wisconsin HIM Association (WHIMA), twice as president, and is very involved in its leadership. She has received several awards, including the WHIMA Distinguished Member. Nationally, she has been on the AHIMA Privacy and Security Council. She has a bachelor’s degree in HIM as well as a master’s in business administration, both from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She also is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and AHIMA.
Wisconsin Hospital Files 200 Debt Lawsuits During Pandemic By Bram Sable-Smith | December 28, 2020
MADISON, Wis. (AP) –Alysa Gummow didn’t know what to think in October when the letters from law firms arrived in the mail. She had filed for bankruptcy in 2017 to restructure nearly $50,000 in debt mostly from an earlier hip surgery. But that was resolved. Why was she getting these letters now?
The 37-year-old learned that Froedtert South hospital in Kenosha, Wisconsin was suing her to recover about $1,000 in separate bills that her health insurance didn’t cover.
A maskless man visited her home a few days later to make the lawsuit official, delivering the message: “You’ve been served.”
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About 366,000 nonelderly people in Wisconsin lack health insurance coverage, according to an Urban Institute analysis. Still others are underinsured, which can still leave them overwhelmed by large medical bills that they are unable to pay. Claire DeRosa / Wisconsin Watch
Alysa Gummow didn’t know what to think in October when the letters from bankruptcy law firms arrived in the mail. She had filed for bankruptcy in 2017 to restructure nearly $50,000 in debt mostly stemming from a hip surgery two years earlier. But that was resolved. Why was she getting these letters now?