Medical Financial Assistance Screener

Live. Before collecting a hospital bill, see if the patient likely qualifies for free or discounted care: percent of the poverty line, FAP tier, estimated balance, 501(r) dates and a plain script.

Send up to 500 patients (household size, household income, state, optional presumptive signals such as Medicaid or SNAP) and the hospital's financial assistance policy tiers, or use typical defaults (free at or below 200% of the poverty line, discounted at or below 400%). You get the percent of the 2025 or 2026 HHS poverty guideline (contiguous states and DC, Alaska, Hawaii), the likely tier, the discount and estimated patient balance capped at amounts generally billed, state minimums for CA, MD, NJ, CO and WA, and for nonprofit hospitals the 501(r) dates: no extraordinary collection actions for 120 days after the first post-discharge bill, the 240-day application window, and ECAs suspended while an application is pending. Income is never returned or stored. A screen, not a determination. Not legal advice.

Price: $0.001 per call after 1,000 free per month.

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