The Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center announced Tuesday that it will be offering a discount of up to 50 percent on debt owed by patients and incurred at JFL on or before December 31, 2021.
The amnesty is part of the hospital's effort to expand patient care and further assist the St. Croix community in paying off new and old debt at a discounted rate into the 2022 calendar year, according to the release.
The program is available to JFL past and present patients who fall into any of the following categories:
- All inpatient and outpatient with current or past debt incurred on or before December 31,
2021 - All government employees
- All self-pay accounts
- Persons who already have a payment plan agreed to with JFL or JFL Collections are eligible
to apply this discount to the remaining unpaid balance. Call 340-778-6311, extensions 2861,
2813, 2797, or 2876 for further details specific to your account. - Active JFL collections agency credit records will be cleared once balance is paid in full.
- Payment plan arrangements are allowed, but are to be paid in full by March 31, 2022
Discounts apply to any dates of service before the following dates:
- 50% discount – Debt incurred prior to December 2014
- 40% discount - Debt incurred January 2015 through December 2017
- 35% discount - Debt incurred January 2018 through December 2019
- 30% discount - Debt incurred January 2020 through December 2020
- 25% discount - Debt incurred January 2021 through December 2021
"The JFL Team is excited to introduce this program to help our patients enter into the 2022 calendar year debt-free from their JFL medical bills at a discounted rate," said JFL interim chief executive Dyma Williams. "I know that many in our community have expressed a desire to own a home and we recognize debt owed to JFL may stand in the way. We are here to offer an opportunity to overcome that."
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