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Topics for Mitch Patridge, CEO of CSI Financial Services

May 5, 2008 - San Diego, California - Mitch Patridge is an authority on healthcare and consumer finance and CEO of the San Diego-based CSI Financial Services. CSI (www.csifinancial.com) is a national provider of automated bank loan programs for uninsured and underinsured patients who cannot pay their bills when due.

When Patridge took over the role of CSI’s CEO in 2003, its hospital clients were clamoring for more creative solutions to their ever growing patient obligations. Along with the growth of patient obligations came an increase in the number of unpaid patient accounts on their books -- accounts that ultimately wound up in the "bad debt" category and impacted the bottom line.

CSI is the leader in providing solutions with over a quarter billion dollars in patient loans funded to more than 150 hospitals nationwide. An expert in his industry, Patridge is articulate and knowledgeable, has written numerous articles and has spoken at several financial healthcare trade events. Patridge can be interviewed on a variety of newsworthy subjects that you may be planning, or we can submit articles at your request. The following is a sample:

Will the declining housing market impact healthcare collections? You bet!
Ten questions hospitals should ask when considering a patient funding program.
Evaluating patient funding programs.
Compassionate patient financing can help the uninsured and cure a hospital’s financial ills.
Financial services firm can ease hospitals’ burden created by AB 774 (California’s Mandated Hospital Discount Program).
Health savings accounts (HSA’s) -- who do they really benefit and who do they hurt?
The pros and cons of recourse and non-recourse patient loan programs for both patients and healthcare providers.
The pros and cons of charging patients an interest rate for outstanding balances.
What hospitals need to know about automated patient financing.
What is predatory lending in the patient loan market?
Want to instantly improve collections and reduce bad debt? Consider adding a patient loan program to your clinic’s services.

CSI Financial Services has provided hospitals and patients with non-application based loan programs since 1992. CSI has funded more than $200 million in patient loans enabling hundreds of thousands of patients to pay their healthcare obligations. For more information about CSI Financial Services visit www.csifinancial.com.

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