Health Advocates File IRS Complaint Against Non-Profit Jackson Health System For Violating Federal Charity Care Rules

The billing and collection policies used by Jackson Health System (JHS), the publicly funded non-profit health system serving Miami-Dade County, Florida, violate federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules on financial assistance for low-income patients according to a complaint filed by Florida Legal Services, Inc. (FLS) and the National Health Law Program (NHeLP). The complaint states that JHS has not engaged the community in its mandatory community health needs assessment (CHNA) or adequately publicized its financial assistance policies, as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA). JHS has initiated collection actions against low . . .