How Insurance Companies Bleed Rural Hospitals Dry

November 20, 2024 | Mark Craig

Can Rural Hospitals Survive?

This week, I had the opportunity to contribute a piece to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, discussing the impact of predatory insurance payers on rural hospitals, and by extension, their communities.

The article discusses how patients and medical providers are being bled dry by insurance companies using loopholes in programs like Medicare Advantage, all to pad their profits while delaying and denying vital care.

This is an untenable situation that will result in ongoing patient suffering, financial disaster, and even death — all so these predatory insurance giants can continue to climb the Fortune 500 list.

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About Mark Craig

Mark Craig is the CEO and co-founder of Revenue Cycle Associates, with over 20 years of experience in healthcare revenue cycle management.

He is the creator and lead researcher of the nationwide “Preyed On” study, an ongoing survey of hospital leaders on insurer practices and payer abuse. He has contributed to healthcare research with Johns Hopkins University, and his policy perspectives have been published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Mark speaks regularly at HFMA and other healthcare conferences on payer denial tactics, revenue recovery strategies, and insurer accountability, and collaborates with lawmakers and advocacy groups on oversight reforms targeting predatory insurer practices.