The information on this page is provided by Johns Hopkins Medicine in response to an article on hospitals and uncompensated care published in The Baltimore Sun’s December 21, 2008 edition. Included is a statement for the news media, including a Question and Answer section and an explanation of the relationship between hospitals and the Health Services Cost Review Commission rate-setting system, as well as Johns Hopkins’s process for dealing with unpaid debt. Also included is a copy of a letter to employees and faculty of JHM from the president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System.

Press Statement

Questions and Answers

Letter from the President of The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Johns Hopkins Health System Policy for Financial Assistance (for patients)

Catastrophic Financial Assistance (Charity Care) Guidelines

See the Maryland Hospital Association’s Comments