March 2022

Goodroot welcomes Breez into its community of companies

COLLINSVILLE, CT March 30, 2022 — It was announced today that Breez Health, formerly known as Hospital Financial Assistance (HFA), is joining the Goodroot community of companies. Goodroot and affiliate businesses are dedicated to reinventing healthcare one system at a time. Breez Health partners with hospitals to make it easy for patients to access and …

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Steve Palma talks payment integrity and cost of care on Empowered Patient Radio

Steve Palma, president of medical cost solutions at Goodroot, recently joined host Karen Jagoda on Empowered Patient Radio to discuss payment integrity, hospital financial assistance programs and more. Below are some of the highlights of what Steve had to say.  Listen to the full episode on Empowered Patient Radio.  On medical debt: “I had no …

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Buffalo News: New Yorkers overpay millions in health care surcharges

Jeff Snyder, the vice president of operations at Penstock Group, wrote this article for The Buffalo News explaining how he came to realize that New Yorkers were overpaying millions of dollars in health taxes every year.  The Health Care Reform Act (HCRA) is a complex set of surcharges and fees levied on most services provided …

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