Charitable Medical Debt Assumption, HHS OIG Advisory Opinion 20-04
On July 21, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released this Opinion Number 20-04 regarding charitable medical debt assumption. Specifically, the advisory opinion is in regards to a charitable organization’s proposal to purchase or receive donations of unpaid medical debt owed by qualifying patients from certain types of health care providers and then forgive that debt . . .