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"We feel that the financial services we provide to our patients are part of the overall continuum of patient care offered at Glacial Ridge Health System." --Casey Johnson, CFO
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At Glacial Ridge Health System, we strive to provide you heartfelt care from your initial contact with us to the ongoing relationship we have with you. To us, that includes ensuring that each of our patients are able to manage their financial responsibility for their health care services received. This is about much more than collection efforts; it is about being an advocate for you, our patient.
To that end, we are working to put policies and procedures in place that provide our patients with the following benefits:
set up payment plans they can afford
get them signed up for the best health benefits available to them
provide the most convenient methods for payment available
educate our patients on financial healthcare matters so that they can make decisions as informed health care consumers in an increasingly complex health care environment
Please click on the links to the left to further explore the Patient Financial Services offered by Glacial Ridge Health System.
We have worked hard at implementing policies and procedures that meet necessary standards, yet accommodate the needs of our patients. If you have any suggestions, please do not hesitate to call us at 320.634.4521 and ask to speak to a patient account representative.
The policies below are policies of the Business Office only, and administration reserves the right to make the final decision in all patient account matters.
If a patient account balance cannot be settled within 30 days, and the balance is over $200, a payment plan is to be set up with the patient.
Less than $500: If an account is less than $500, an acceptable payment plan will have a minimum monthly payment that will result in reducing the balance to $0 over a period of 12 months, but no less than $40 a month.
$500 to $5,000: If the account balance is between $500 and $5000, an acceptable payment plan will have a minimum monthly payment that will result in reducing the balance to $0 over a period of 24 months, but no less than $40 a month.
Over $5,000: For accounts over $5000, an acceptable payment plan will have a minimum monthly payment that will result in reducing the balance to $0 over a period of 36 months. For these payment plans, the patient will have the option of making a down payment of no less than 20% of the balance.
For all three payment plans described above, the patient will have the option of making a down payment of no less than 20% of the balance. If the patient makes this down payment, follows the terms of the agreement and makes all payments on time, accumulated interest will be waived at the end of the repayment period. The last payment(s) will be reduced as a result.
If the terms of these payment plans cannot be agreed to by a patient with an outstanding account, they may discuss alternative options with a Patient Account Representative.
If a patient with an outstanding account of more than $500 can settle the account within 30 days of the date of the first statement received, the patient will be eligible to receive a 5% discount. This discount must be requested by the patient to be applied.
If a balance is over $5,000 and the patient wishes to discuss the possibility of a larger discount for taking care of the account within 30 days, they may contact a Patient Account Representative. |
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