Uzma Amin

Manager, Healthcare Solutions
uamin@finhealthnetwork.org

As Manager of Healthcare Solutions, Uzma works with stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem to improve financial health for all. She strives to understand how factors like financial health impact wellness, as well as how the U.S. healthcare system affects financial well-being.

In her role, Uzma partners with large healthcare organizations to develop strategies to serve their financially vulnerable members. She facilitates collaboration across the industry to generate finhealth insights and solutions, including bringing together a group of high-impact healthcare decision-makers in a series of forums on patient financial health. Uzma is also developing the Financial Health Network’s first multi-year, cross-sector report on the burden of medical debt on American consumers, outlining opportunities for health systems, payers, and employers to take action.

Previously, Uzma developed research strategies for healthcare clients as a strategist at Sensis Agency and conducted field research as a program associate at San Francisco AIDS Foundation. She holds her master’s degree in Public Health from Yale University and her bachelor’s degree in South and Southeast Asian Studies from UC Berkeley. Outside of work, Uzma is involved in mutual aid networks and harm reduction organizations in Brooklyn, New York.

Protecting Patients from Medical Debt: Strategies for Hospitals & Health Systems

The COVID-19 pandemic magnified the interdependencies of health, financial health, and equity. Now, a recent White House Executive Order that directs federal agencies to lessen the burden of medical debt on American families highlights the responsibility of healthcare providers in protecting patients financially. Join us as we examine the challenges posed by medical debt and action items for hospitals and health systems to help fight this national crisis.

Preventing Medical Debt: Recommendations for Employers

This report shines a light on employer decisions around health insurance and how those decisions have helped shape the medical debt crisis, explaining specific actions employers should take now to reduce employee financial stress while improving productivity and retention.

Preventing Medical Debt: Recommendations for Insurers

This report shows how the shifting health insurance landscape has helped shape the medical debt crisis, identifying specific actions insurers should take now to boost Americans’ confidence in their coverage and motivate them to pursue timely care that reduces the need for costlier services.

Preventing Medical Debt: Recommendations for Hospitals and Health Systems

This report examines the role that hospitals and health systems play in the national medical debt crisis, identifying specific actions they should take now to prevent patients from experiencing debt-related declines in financial, physical, mental, and social health.

Preventing Medical Debt From Disrupting Health and Financial Health: A Systems-Level Overview

This report provides an issue overview of the national medical debt crisis, describing its prevalence and effects on consumers, how medical debt functions as a social determinant of health and driver of health inequities, opportunities to prevent it, and long-term strategies for impact.

Preventing Medical Debt From Disrupting Health and Financial Health

As the leading cause of bankruptcy in the U.S., medical debt impacts the financial lives of millions of vulnerable Americans each year. There are a number of immediate actions for healthcare stakeholders – including hospitals and health systems, insurers, and employers – to take to prevent medical debt and its devastating impacts. By working to prevent medical debt, organizations can support consumer health and well-being while also strengthening loyalty, trust, and community reputation.