ProMedica teams with nonprofit to eliminate medical debt [Video]

TOLEDO, Ohio — ProMedica has partnered with a nonprofit organization that will eliminate millions in medical debt for qualifying patients.

The health system reached an agreement with RIP Medical Debt that will eliminate $222 million in medical debt accrued over seven years for more than 108,000 individuals served by ProMedica. 

It’s the largest single medical debt relief effort of its kind in the Toledo area, according to ProMedica.

RIP Medical, founded in 2014, uses data analytics to pinpoint the debt of those most in need of relief. ProMedica said they worked with the nonprofit to identify the patient accounts that qualify for the debt relief.

ProMedica said those accounts belong to patients with incomes four times or more below the federal poverty level. It also applies to patients whose medical debt …