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- 6/12/2019
Medical Debt Bankruptcy
BlogA Deeper Look at Medical Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a big decision to make as it can save you from financial ruin. If you’re thinking about filing for bankruptcy due to your medical debt
- 7/25/2014
Southeastern Wisconsin Bankruptcy Attorney Discusses Medical Bills
BlogWisconsin Medical Bankruptcy is Okay Our Southeastern Wisconsin bankruptcy attorney wants you to know that is okay to file a bankruptcy due to medical reasons. Bankruptcy exists to help people get out from under overwhelming bills and to give individuals a fresh start. A Southeastern - 7/25/2014
Southeastern Wisconsin Bankruptcy Attorney Discusses Medical Bills
BlogWisconsin Medical Bankruptcy is Okay Our Southeastern Wisconsin bankruptcy attorney wants you to know that is okay to file a bankruptcy due to medical reasons. Bankruptcy exists to help people get out from under overwhelming bills and to give individuals a fresh start. A Southeastern - 7/25/2014
Southeastern Wisconsin Bankruptcy Attorney Discusses Medical Bills
BlogWisconsin Medical Bankruptcy is Okay Our Southeastern Wisconsin bankruptcy attorney wants you to know that is okay to file a bankruptcy due to medical reasons. Bankruptcy exists to help people get out from under overwhelming bills and to give individuals a fresh start. A Southeastern - 7/1/2019
How to Reduce Medical Debt
Bloghref="/Dallas-Bankruptcy/Medical-Bills.aspx">medical debt due to a practice called “balance billing.” In a nutshell, balance billing equals more medical debt for consumers who use “in-network” hospitals who in turn employ “out-of-network” medical staff. The medical professional may not have a contract with your insurer so they charge any fee - 7/31/2019
PHI Beats Government Objections to Bankruptcy Exit Plan
NewsroomThe judge presiding over PHI Inc.’s bankruptcy said that he would approve a restructuring strategy widely supported by creditors but opposed by two federal watchdogs and a group of consumers suing the helicopter operator over their medical transportation bills, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy
- 10/4/2018
Op-Ed: Medical Bankruptcy Is Much Less Common than Sen. Warren Tells You
NewsroomSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) describes medical bills as "the leading cause of personal bankruptcy" in the U.S. She bases that opinion in part on her own research, in which she and her collaborators surveyed people who had experienced personal bankruptcy10/22/2019Wave of Financial Stress Hits Low-Rated Companies
Newsroomcaused at least seven coal producers to file for chapter 11 protection over the past year. Opioid lawsuits and the threat of legislation that would curb surprise medical bills have exposed vulnerabilities at some highly leveraged health care companies. Retailers continue to be pressured by the shift to9/14/2020Bankruptcies Are Down But a Wave of Filings Expected
Newsroomspeaks of, has been on the minds of many in the bankruptcy field due to the current recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic. “Credit card debt is back up there, medical bills are up there, and you have subprime auto loans again. The cost of living has gone up and wages have not, so obviously we’re6/7/2021Black People Are More Likely to File for Personal Bankruptcy, Choose Repayment Option
Newsroomgovernment aid extended during the pandemic eases, more people of color are expected to face financial distress due to the loss of wages, unemployment or high medical bills, economists and bankruptcy lawyers say. “The racially disparate impact of bankruptcy and the uneven number of filings shows that this10/1/2008Vital Considerations in the Ombudsman Debate
Online Journalthat ensure the privacy, security and accessibility of the patient’s medical record. This article will discuss two significant factors that should be included in the decision to appoint a PCO: the security, maintenance and access to patient records and the vulnerability of patients in the bankruptcy6/30/2010Member Testimony on the Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act plus Rule 2019
Online JournalShea-Porter (D-N.H.). The bill would amend the Bankruptcy Code to allow a medically distressed debtor to exempt up to $250,000 of the his or her aggregate interest in specified real or personal property that he or she (or a dependent) uses as a residence, in a cooperative or in a burial plot for5/1/2021Legislative Highlights May 2021
Online Journal10 May 2021 ABI Journal Legislative HighlightsLegislative Highlights Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Retroactively Extend PPP Benefits to Farmers, Ranchers and Sole ProprietorsU.S. Sena te Commit tee on Smal l Bus iness & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben11/1/2022Bankruptcy Can Be a Means to Economic Justice and Equality
Online Journalindebted, loan-forgiveness legislation and relief for the honest-but-unfortunate debtor in bankruptcy could address the crisis and make student loans dischargeable. Unexpected medical bills are another cause of bank- ruptcy. Medical debt can lead to monetary chaos, much like receiving cancer treatments4/1/20242023 Legislative Roundup
Online Journalbankruptcy legislative changes found themselves in a brief chill, aside from typical form amendments.2 From another push for venue reform to protecting gun owners during bankruptcy proceedings, 2023-24 saw several pro- posed bankruptcy bills, but none have yet to make it out of the early introductory6/28/2010Australian Bankruptcy Laws Modernised
Global InsolvencyBankruptcy laws have been modernised under legislation passed by the Senate, as a growing number of Australians get into financial strife through consumer debt, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. There was an 11 per cent increase in personal bankruptcies last financial year, according11/7/2008Bankruptcy Numbers Rise in Canada
Global InsolvencyThe number of bankruptcies in Canada rose 18.7 per cent to 8,836 in September--the majority filed by consumers--from 7,446 the previous month, the Ottawa Citizen reported today. On an annual basis, the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy said that failures were up 28.4 per cent from 6,8795/24/2010Middle Class Hit By Bankruptcies
Global InsolvencyProfessionals and people on high incomes are declaring bankruptcy faster than ever before in Australia, according to a study that reveals levels have risen by more than a third in the past four years, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. Analysing the nation's cases over the past decade,9/21/2009Personal Bankruptcies Soaring
Global InsolvencyKorean personal bankruptcy filings have increased significantly in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. The number of filings was 12,317 in 2004, but that rose to 118,643 in 2008, with 74,942 from January to August this year, The Chosun Ilbo reported. The rise was due largely7/16/2012Developers File For Bankruptcy In UK
Global InsolvencyMinister for Finance Michael Noonan has confirmed that 20 Irish developers managed by the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) have declared themselves bankrupt in Britain, the Irish Times reported. Mr Noonan said Nama was “generally neutral” on bankruptcy location and did not believe1/27/2011"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade": Where Is Health Care Reform Taking Us? (Part 3 of 3)
Conference Materialspractitioners. Generally, if the health care entity is going to be reorganized or sold, the reorganized or purchasing entity assumes custody of the medical records. If that is not the case, Section 351 of the 268 Rocky Mountain BankRuptcy confeRence period and due to the medical record retention laws4/1/2009Plenary Session: Protecting Consumers in Financial Markets: New Developments in BAPCPA Reform, Credit Cards and Unsafe Credit Products
Conference Materialsbills currently pending in Congress would repeal the Bankruptcy Code provision which prohibits modification of home secured loans. Although the Bankruptcy Code generally permits secured claims to be modified, section 1322(b)(2) singles out most home mortgage claims and shields them from7/17/2015When Health Care Goes on Life Support: The Intersection Between Health Care and Bankruptcy Law
Conference Materialsof healthcare business. Medical records: Bankruptcy Code Provisions Section 351 of the Bankruptcy Code addresses the disposal of patient records. It provides a mechanism for a trustee to dispose of such records if the estate lacks sufficient funds to pay storage costs of patient records in1/28/2016Puerto Rico’s Financial Crisis Impacts the Health Care Industry: When Health Care Goes on Life Support
Conference MaterialsFacilities, Inc. (In re East Texas Steel Facilities, Inc.), 117 B.R. 235, 241 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 1990). AmericAn BAnkruptcy institute 675 federal law, but also, that the OTA recited that the facilities were purchased “as is, where is” by the buyers. The court commented: “Due to the wealth of3/8/2016Application of Valuation Principles: Industry-Specific Valuation Methods
Conference MaterialsHealthcare) Presented by Joseph A. DiSalvatore, Grant Thornton Adam Dunayer, Houlihan Lokey Shane Goss, Huron Consulting Honorable Mark Mullin, US Bankruptcy Judge Bill Wallander, Vinson & Elkins SelectedValuation Cases Summaries Case Name Citation/ Court/ Jurisdiction Fact Summary Valuation Method10/13/2015Gaining a Clear View of IT Security in a Health Care Organization
Committeesthe controls over collection, maintenance and safeguarding of all data relating to patients, treatments, operations, purchasing, billing, HR and compliance. In today’s world, everything that goes into running a health care organization is digitized for accessibility. Accessibility brings convenience4/23/2000Are Physician Practice Management Agreements Assumable Under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code?
Law Reviewdifficult than expected to achieve profitability in an environment of reduced reimbursement. In short, many PPMs are experiencing major financial and operational setbacks and, with increasing frequency, are filing petitions for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. 7 PPMs, however, might not be4/23/1999Creighton: Taking the New Consumer Bankruptcy Model For a Test Drive: Means-Testing Real Chapter 7 Debtors
Law Reviewwould let the market punish irresponsibility in both camps, imposing losses on lenders and reducing credit to debtors. The debate about bankruptcy abuse has been accompanied by bankruptcy reform bills in both houses of Congress. Several of these bills include means−testing for chapter 7 debtors 2 −−12/24/2005ASBESTOS PRE-PACKAGED BANKRUPTCIES: APPLY THE BRAKES CAREFULLY AND RETAIN FLEXIBILITY FOR DEBTORS
Law ReviewSNYDER&SIEMER.doc ASBESTOS PRE-PACKAGED BANKRUPTCIES: APPLY THE BRAKES CAREFULLY AND RETAIN FLEXIBILITY FOR DEBTORS TODD R. SNYDER* AND DEANNE C. SIEMER† In their recent article, From Free-Fall to Free-For-All: The Rise of Pre- Packaged Bankruptcies6/2/2020Student Loan Dischargeability: Recent Developments
Committeeshalted all payments due on federal student loans and froze all interest from accruing until Sept. 30, 2020.[24] At the same time, multiple senators, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, proposed a bill to immediately cancel $10,000 of federal12/12/2007Personal Bankruptcy Hell and Debtor Compliance Program in Canada[1]
Committeeslong-term disability due to colon cancer and has no expected date of return to work and no surplus income.Repeat Bankruptcy
In Baylis (Re) [2007] B.C. J. No. 1569, the OSB opposed a third-time debtor’s application for
4/24/2005Defining the Social Insurance Function of Consumer Bankruptcy
Law Reviewsee also Jean Braucher, Consumer Bankruptcy as Part of the Social Safety Net: Fresh Start or Treadmill? 44 SANTA CLARA L. REV. 1065, 1073 (2004) (arguing that the recent rise in consumer bankruptcy is due to an otherwise incomplete social safety net); Melissa B. Jacoby, The Bankruptcy Code at4/23/1999A Snapshot of Two Systems That Are Trying to Help People in Finantial Trouble
Law Revieweach other in utter confusion. The couple call a friend of a friend who works in the office of their congresswoman and she says, "Chapter 7 bankruptcy gets rid of all of your credit card and medical debts, but you have a good chance of losing your car and I'm not sure what happens to your house.5/17/2024Title 18. § 18 U.S.C. § 3057. Bankruptcy investigations
Code and Rules5/17/2024Title 18. § 18 U.S.C. § 157. Bankruptcy fraud
Code and Rules5/17/2024528. Requirements for debt relief agencies
Code and Rules(a) A debt relief agency shall—(1) not later than 5 business days after the first date on which such agency provides any bankruptcy assistance services to an assisted person,5/17/2024Rule 8009. Record on Appeal; Sealed Documents
Code and Rulesfile with the bankruptcy clerk and serve on the appellee a designation of the items to be included in the record on appeal and a statement of the issues to be presented.(B) The appellant must file and serve the designation and statement9/8/2014The City, Its Creditors and the Art: What’s Next for the Detroit Institute of Arts?
CommitteesThe Creditors’ Proposal
On April 9, 2014, a group of the city’s creditors asked the bankruptcy court to direct the city to cooperate in the due diligence needs of certain parties from whom the creditors solicited expressions of interest in the DIA collection. In an earlier form, the
10/28/2016Bankruptcy Sales of Health Care Provider Assets Free and Clear of FCA Liabilities: Some Untested and Novel Arguments
Committees[1]An asset sale is an important strategic option for hospitals and other health care facilities in financial distress. Whether pursuant to § 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or a confirmed reorganization plan under § 1123(b)(4), a sale in
5/14/2019IN RE Thomas JOHNSON, Debtor
Case LawUnited States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, United States, (Bankruptcy No. 19-10256-AMC)
Reported by West's Bankruptcy Reporter5/13/2019IN RE: VICTORY MEDICAL CENTER MID-CITIES, LP et al., Debtors. Neil Gilmour, Trustee for the Grantor Trusts of Victory Parent Company, LLC et al., Plaintiff, v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and Cigna Corporation, Defendants.
Case LawUnited States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, United States, (Case No. 15-42373-mxm-11 Jointly Administered; Adversary No. 17-4000-mxm)
Reported by West's Bankruptcy Reporter5/15/2019IN RE: Peter Allan WIZENBERG, Debtor. Howard Wizenberg, Plaintiff v. Peter Wizenberg, Defendant.
Case LawUnited States Bankruptcy Court for the Sourthern District of Florida, United States, (Case No. 17-23522-JKO; Adv. No. 18-01019-JKO)
Reported by West's Bankruptcy Reporter7/26/2019IN RE Audrey Eve SCHATZ, Debtor. Audrey Eve Schatz, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Access Group, Inc., and Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, Defendants-Appellees.
Case LawUnited States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit, United States, (BAP NO. MS 18-016; Bankruptcy Case No. 14-30835-EDK; Adversary Proceeding No. 15-03001-EDK; Adversary Proceeding No. 17-00093-MCF)
Reported by West's Bankruptcy Reporter6/17/2019IN RE Lenora Jack DEEMER, Debtor.
Case LawUnited States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama, United States, (Case No. 14-12353-BPC)
Reported by West's Bankruptcy Reporter