News Releases

August 21, 2006
WGHS Board of Trustees approves new Financial Assistance Policy

The West Georgia Health System Board of Trustees today approved a new Financial Assistance policy that extends its current policy to allow the health system to serve a larger population of lower income patients from Troup and surrounding counties.

Until now, WGHS’ Charity Care policy allowed patients whose income fell within 125% of Federal Poverty Guidelines to have their entire hospital bill written off. In addition to this aspect of the new Financial Assistance policy, patients whose income falls between 125 and 250% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines may now qualify to have their debt reduced based on a sliding scale.

To qualify, patients must work with one of WGHS’ financial counselors to complete paperwork to determine eligibility. Typically, a patient is notified of his or her eligibility for this program within two weeks of submitting a completed application and the required financial information.