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Charity Care

Charity Care is the dollar value of patient services provided free or at reduced cost based on documented financial hardship. Required reporting for 501(c)(3) hospitals.

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Charity Care is the dollar value of patient services provided free or at reduced cost based on documented financial hardship. Required reporting for 501(c)(3) hospitals. This concept connects to ASP-RCM's broader healthcare RCM operating discipline through capability pages on autonomous coding, denial prediction, eligibility verification, prior authorization automation, and HCC risk adjustment, plus specialty service pages spanning hospital, FQHC, behavioral health, ABA, physician group, and 19 other specialty verticals.

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