Hospital’s Failure to apply for charity care for psychiatric emergency patient leaves hospital holding the bag
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New Jersey has a Charity Care program which pays for hospital care for uninsured individuals who meet the stringent income and asset requirements and also file an application. If an eligible individual enters the hospital as an emergency room admission, the hospital is required to prepare and submit the application and to take...
A Health Care Power of Attorney can be a useful tool
Most people are familiar with the general durable power of attorney (POA), a document in which one person appoints someone who can step in to handle their financial, legal and business type matters. Many people are also familiar with a health care proxy, by which one person appoints another person who is authorized to make the medical decisions for them when the doctors determine that the...