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Oregon Hospital Financial Assistance

Oregon hospitals all have robust financial assistance policies that are designed to help their patients with hospital bills. These programs are accessible to all who demonstrate need.

 

Financial Assistance Policies

Financial Assistance Policies

Oregon hospitals all have robust financial assistance policies that are designed to help their patients with hospital bills. These programs are accessible to all who demonstrate need. 

As part of HB 4020, passed by the Oregon State Legislature in 2018, Oregon’s nonprofit hospitals must provide for reducing patient costs based on the following income tiers (effective January 1, 2021):
 
For household incomes: Policies must adjust the patient’s responsibility by:
200% or less of the federal poverty level 100%
Between 200% and 300% federal poverty level 75%
Between 300% and 350% federal poverty level 50%
Between 350% and 400% federal poverty level 25%

Note these requirements are a floor, not a ceiling. Hospitals may adopt additional financial assistance policies above and beyond these minimum standards. Hospitals are required to post their financial assistance policy online along with a plain language summary.

Uniform Financial Assistance Application

OAHHS, in partnership with the Washington State Hospital Association, developed a uniform financial assistance application that hospitals and patients may use in the financial assistance process. The application is found here and is also hosted on the Oregon Health Authority’s website here: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HPA/ANALYTICS/Pages/Hospital-Reporting.aspx (scroll down to “Hospital Financial Assistance”)