financial assistance

Rome Memorial Hospital is proud of its not-for-profit mission to provide quality care to all who need it – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year.

If you do not have health insurance and worry that you may not be able to pay in full for your care, we may be able to help.  Rome Memorial Hospital provides financial aid to patients based on their income and needs.  In addition, we may be able to help you get free or low-cost health insurance or work with you to arrange a manageable payment plan.

It is important that you let us know if you will have trouble paying your bill.  Federal and State laws require all hospitals to seek full payment of what they bill patients.  This means we may turn unpaid bills over to a collection agency, which could affect your credit status.

For more information, please contact our financial assistance coordinator in our Business Office located at 155 W. Dominick St. in Rome at (315) 338-7261.  We will treat your questions with confidentiality and courtesy.

eligibility requirements:

Individuals must meet one of the following conditions to be eligible for financial assistance:

o      Any patient, who does not qualify for Medicaid, has limited funds, but is capable and willing to settle the account for a lesser amount.

o      Any patient not qualified for Medicaid with limited funds, minimal or no insurance coverage, and is incapable of payment.

o      Any minor when parental responsibility cannot be established.

o      Any self-pay patient referred to our facility by Crisis Intervention, the Salvation Army, the Rescue Mission, and/or found in the street, when it has been established that the patient is indigent, transient, and with no medical coverage available.

o      Any Medicare or Medicaid patient who has exhausted their benefits and demonstrates no further ability to pay for services rendered.

o      Any account returned to us by our collection agencies and is designated by the collection agency as being potentially eligible for financial assistance.

o      Any account in which an outside party calls for the patient to inform us of financial difficulties. (Outside parties defined as Social Worker, Attorney, caregiver, etc.)

o      Any estate when an attorney communicates the following:

o        The estate has no assets and there is no surviving spouse; or

o        There are limited funds and the attorney has the capability of settling for a lesser amount.

o        An exception to the above is any account considered to be Medicare bad debt.