Hilltop Gives Legislative Testimony about Hospital Financial Assistance and Debt Collection

Hilltop Executive Director Charles Milligan testified before the Maryland State Senate Finance Committee on February 2, 2010, regarding proposed legislation to require chronic care hospitals to develop a financial assistance policy for providing free and reduced–cost care, as well as to establish debt collection policies and procedures. This legislation was developed as a result of recommendations made by a work group convened by the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) to review hospital financial assistance and debt collection policies and practices. Hilltop provided in-depth analyses of these policies and practices to inform the group’s work. Milligan testified on a panel with Robert Murray, executive director, and Steve Ports, principal deputy director, of HSCRC.

February 3, 2010