The Real Cost of Unpaid Care: How Three Health Systems Recovered Revenue and Improved Access
Discover how leading providers tackled affordability—and what your system can learn from their results.

When patients can’t pay for treatment, providers face bad debt, revenue loss, and uncompensated care.

 

Read our case study highlights to learn how three major health systems took action to reduce cost barriers and boost financial performance.

Why It Matters:
With manual affordability workflows, providers can’t maximize available funding. These real-world examples show what’s possible when systems combine strategy with smart technology.
Advocate Health unlocked $11M in assistance—standardizing workflows with no added headcount
MetroHealth supported 10x more patients, bringing specialty copays down to as low as $5
A large health system secured $55M in one year, with 3,170 enrollments scaled via automation
What You'll Learn

How to identify and support high-risk patients before they can’t pay bills

Where manual workflows break down and how automation improves results

What leading systems are doing to scale affordability without scaling teams

How to measure program success and demonstrate ROI