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The Lown Institute, a nonprofit, action-driven think tank, is dedicated to transforming the culture of medicine and building a health care system that is affordable, effective, personal and just.

Can we reduce healthcare waste while making Americans healthier? A new Medicare pilot program that uses AI is trying to ...
07/23/2025

Can we reduce healthcare waste while making Americans healthier? A new Medicare pilot program that uses AI is trying to do just that. Here’s what’s promising about the program, and which elements could use rethinking.

Can we reduce healthcare waste while making Americans healthier? A new Medicare pilot program that uses AI is trying to do just that. Here’s what’s promising about the program, and which elements could use rethinking.

A federal judge recently struck down a rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) seeking to remove medic...
07/22/2025

A federal judge recently struck down a rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) seeking to remove medical debt from credit reports. How will this affect medical debt in the future?

A federal judge recently struck down a rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) seeking to remove medical debt from credit reports. How will this affect medical debt in the future?

Hospitals have a lot of leeway to decide who is eligible for financial assistance. In some cases, hospitals don't allow ...
07/21/2025

Hospitals have a lot of leeway to decide who is eligible for financial assistance. In some cases, hospitals don't allow any elective care to be eligible. What impact could that have on health or medical debt?

Hospitals have a lot of leeway to decide who is eligible for financial assistance. In some cases, hospitals don't allow any elective care to be eligible. What impact could that have on health or medical debt?

NEW: The 2025 Lown Institute Hospitals Index is out! Out of more than 2,700 acute care hospitals, 125 achieved “A” grade...
06/24/2025

NEW: The 2025 Lown Institute Hospitals Index is out!

Out of more than 2,700 acute care hospitals, 125 achieved “A” grades on equity, value, and outcomes, earning a place on the Lown Index Honor Roll.

Find out how your hospital performed:

Out of 2,700 acute care hospitals nationwide, 125 are recognized as “Honor Roll” hospitals for achieving the highest scores on measures of equity, value, and outcomes.

As hospitals navigate workforce shortages, rising costs, and looming Medicaid cuts, delivering equitable, high-value car...
06/19/2025

As hospitals navigate workforce shortages, rising costs, and looming Medicaid cuts, delivering equitable, high-value care has never been harder.

Join us as we reveal the results of the 2025 Lown Hospitals Index for Social Responsibility rankings:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_56nn5sbURzWQWlBVKAj_Ng #/registration

🚨 NEW REPORT on hospital financial assistance and debt collection practices!Read our report to find out:-How eligibility...
06/04/2025

🚨 NEW REPORT on hospital financial assistance and debt collection practices!

Read our report to find out:

-How eligibility levels for free care vary widely, even among hospitals within the same cities
-Which hospitals allow extraordinary collection actions, like lawsuits or garnishing wages, to collect medical debt
-How your local hospital compares to others on financial assistance and collection policies

Hospitals set their own rules for who they offer discounted care, and the actions they can take to collect medical debt. How does your hospital compare?

06/04/2025

“In a profit-driven healthcare system that pits payers and providers against each other, patients are often caught in the middle, exposing them to high out-of-pocket costs.” - Lown Institute

Announcing the winner of the 2025 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility: Dr. Reshma Ramachandran! Learn more abou...
05/28/2025

Announcing the winner of the 2025 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility: Dr. Reshma Ramachandran!

Learn more about her exceptional work promoting equitable access to medicines, mobilizing physicians nationwide to challenge pharmaceutical industry influence, and advancing legislative reforms that prioritize the public’s health over corporate profit.

Meet Dr. Reshma Ramachandran, the winner of the 2025 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility!

On May 15th in Washington, DC, the Lown Institute brought together advocates, researchers, and hospital leadership to di...
05/22/2025

On May 15th in Washington, DC, the Lown Institute brought together advocates, researchers, and hospital leadership to discuss one of the most pressing issues facing the American healthcare system: Medical debt.

“We’re all here because this issue is a moral stain on the fabric of the country… We’re also here because if we want to fix this, we can," Dr. Vikas Saini, president of the Lown Institute, told the crowd.

Here's what the experts shared.

“We’re all here because this issue is a moral stain on the fabric of the country… We’re also here because if we want to fix this, we can," Dr. Vikas Saini told the crowd at the 2025 Lown conference on Medical Debt in America.

Property taxes are one of the most substantial parts of the hospital tax exemption. See which states have the highest ho...
05/12/2025

Property taxes are one of the most substantial parts of the hospital tax exemption. See which states have the highest hospital property tax exemptions.

Hospitals in 18 states own a total of $170 billion in assessed real property value and benefit from a total of $4.3 billion in real estate tax exemptions. However, this benefit is not spread out equally among states.

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