Hospital Accountability Project

THCC is concerned about two issues:

1. Something is terribly wrong when 700,000 people in America go bankrupt each year because of medical bills.

That’s why the Tennessee Health Care Campaign is part of a multi-state effort to make hospitals more accountable through Community Catalyst’s Hospital Accountability Project.

Many hospitals routinely engage in financial practices that push patients into debt by charging uninsured patients nearly three times the rate of insured patients for the same procedures or by selling patients' bills to third-party lenders that charge up to 27% interest. Some patients penalized through such practices are later found to be eligible for financial assistance. The Hospital Accountability Project seeks more equity and transparency in Tennessee hospitals' financial assistance policies.

THCC is partnering with four other Tennessee organizations in this effort: National Alliance on Mental Illness/NAMI-TN, Progressive Baptist Church of Nashville, Tennessee Disability Coalition, and Tennessee Justice Center.

Thanks to our efforts, Tennessee now has a law that restricts what uninsured patients can be charged. THCC is working with volunteers to make sure that hospitals are complying with the law.

Is your community hospital in compliance? Call us toll-free, 1-877-431-7083, to see what you can do.

2. When you go to the hospital, you go there to get well, not get sicker.

Information is now available to compare Tennessee Hospitals by county to hospitals in other states. Check this out to find out how well or poor Tennessee is doing: Why Not The Best?