Hospital Access Plus
One of the most high profile political and public policy issues of the day is the question of fairness in regard to what is reasonable for hospitals to expect people in the community without health coverage to pay for hospital services.
Traditionally, patients without any insurance pay hospital bills higher than what insurance companies pay. That’s because insurance companies can negotiate rates by covering a high volume of hospitals’ patients. For patients whose income levels exceed criteria for financial assistance, some bills can be a hardship.
Hospitals in New Hampshire are addressing the issue of health care's outdated billing system by introducing the Hospital Access Plus program as a new, voluntary component of the New Hampshire Health Access Network. The goal is to benefit patients in the community without health coverage through more equitable billing practices, regardless of patients’ financial status.
Hospitals participating in the Hospital Access Plus program discount hospital facility charges for medically necessary hospital services by 15% for patients without health coverage or financial assistance. Connect with your participating community hospital to find out more. As of January 11, 2007, hospitals are in varying stages of implementing Hospital Access Plus into their billing systems. Local conditions may apply.
Alice Peck
Day Memorial Hospital
Androscoggin Valley
Hospital
Catholic Medical Center
Cheshire Medical Center
Concord
Hospital
Cottage
Hospital
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical
Center
Elliot Hospital
Exeter Hospital
Frisbie Memorial Hospital
Franklin Regional
Hospital
Huggins Hospital
Lakes Region General Hospital
Littleton Regional
Hospital
Monadnock Community
Hospital
New London Hospital
Parkland Medical Center
Portsmouth Regional
Hospital
Southern NH Medical Center
St. Joseph Hospital
Speare Memorial Hospital
Valley Regional Hospital
Weeks Medical Center
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Click HERE for information about financial assistance offered by hospitals in New Hampshire