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OCTOBER 2, 2020

Healthcare providers are bracing for a seismic shift in where their money comes from, and collection agencies are likely to play a bigger role in a post-COVID-19 world, according to the results of a survey.

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AUGUST 10, 2022

Months after filing a lawsuit accusing a hospital network of “aggressively” seeking to collect $70 million from individuals who were eligible for charity care, the Attorney General of Washington has expanded his lawsuit to include a pair of collection agencies that allegedly failed to inform individuals about their eligibility.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Man Pleads Guilty to Making Death Threats to Collection Agency via Automated Chatbot Healthcare Providers Reach $3.5M

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Nexa Collect

JUNE 18, 2023

A medical collection agency will send written demands and make persistent phone calls to your patients. The cost of collection agencies depends on whether you select their Fixed-fee or Contingency-fee service. Need a Medical Collection Agency?

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Missouri-based collection agency has chosen Conversational Voice AI to address account penetration amidst staffing challenges. By adopting Skit.ai’s industry-leading solution […]

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Judge Grants Sanctions Against Pro Se Plaintiff in FDCPA Case Healthcare Providers Sued for Sending Confidential Medical Info to Collection Agencies CFPB Sues Lender for Failing to Submit Accurate Data 26 Companies Seeking Collection Talent WORTH NOTING: Mary Lou Retton is fighting for her life after contracting a very rare form of pneumonia … (..)

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

A District Court judge in Illinois has dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a healthcare provider, medical debt collection agency, and a medical billing company, alleging they engaged in a “ghost payroll” scheme that resulted in a larger Medicare payment from the federal government than the provider was entitled to.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A healthcare provider in Colorado is facing public pressure and accusations that it is hiding itself from public scrutiny because collection lawsuits filed to recover debts owed by its patients are filed by collection agencies working on the provider’s behalf, thus keeping the provider’s name out of the legal spotlight, according to published (..)

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MARCH 19, 2021

The Oklahoma Senate has passed a bill that would prohibit healthcare providers from reporting unpaid debts to a credit reporting agency or placing them with a collection agency unless the patient was provided with a “good faith estimate” of the cost of the services prior to them being rendered.

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MAY 23, 2023

A collection agency that collects healthcare debt has reported a data breach impacting the personal information of more than 345,000 consumers after uncovering that certain files were copied from its network. …

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Nexa Collect

JULY 2, 2020

And, just like in other areas of the healthcare system, there can be uninsured individuals too that labs run testing for. Need a Collection Agency for your Lab: Contact us. Laboratory collection agencies will be familiar with the specific billing codes that laboratories use and be able to explain that to the patient.

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AUGUST 15, 2022

The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has overturned a lower court’s dismissal of a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a collection agency that was accused of writing off bad debts owed to Medicare without undergoing reasonable collection efforts, while affirming the dismissal in favor of the healthcare provider and the billing company (..)

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MAY 25, 2022

A complaint has been filed in federal court in California accusing a number of healthcare providers and a collection agency of violating state law as well as the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by attempting to collect on a debt that was incurred as a result of injuries suffered while the plaintiff was working and … The post Complaint Accuses (..)

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APRIL 4, 2024

A bill has been introduced in the Colorado legislature that would make it an unfair or deceptive trade practice for a debt collector or collection agency to take any legal action on a debt unless it has purchased complete ownership or the debt. The bill is an attempt to reform the hospital and healthcare industry […]

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American Profit Recovery

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

If your practice has been looking through a list of medical collection agencies in search of just the right fit, we want you to take a moment to read some of the tips that our experts here have come up with. It’s not enough to just call an agency and hand over your late accounts. Diplomacy is critical with healthcare debt.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A collection agency and a healthcare provider in Oregon are being sued by an individual who is seeking $2 million in punitive damages because the provider has not complied with state and federal laws regarding charity care and financial assistance and violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

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American Profit Recovery

MARCH 10, 2021

If you are running any type of healthcare facility or medical practice, we know how hard you have worked to cultivate new patients. Whether you are making internal collection calls for payment or hiring a medical collection agency, those that contact your patients should be having a cordial conversation with those people.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Class Action Accuses Collector of Sending Multiple MVNs; Healthcare Co. Class Action Accuses Collector of Sending Multiple MVNs; Healthcare Co. Class Action Accuses Collector of Sending Multiple MVNs; Healthcare Co. to Pay $2.5M in Settlement with Mass. to Pay $2.5M in Settlement with Mass. to Pay $2.5M in Settlement with Mass.

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JUNE 9, 2023

About 20% of consumers have had medical bills sent to a collection agency in the past year, and many of them are not happy with their providers for doing that, according to the results of a nationwide survey. Nineteen percent of individuals in the United States have received collection notices from medical providers in the …

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JULY 31, 2024

A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that would establish minimum standards for federal financial eligibility programs, prohibit medical bill interest charges for people who are living below 250% of the federal poverty level and prohibit hospitals from sending debts owed by those individuals to collection agencies, and create (..)

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The healthcare industry is facing an alarming rise in medical debt, with private equity firms playing an increasingly dominant role. These firms have been instrumental in creating and collecting medical debt through strategic acquisitions of hospitals, health systems, and debt collection agencies.

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AUGUST 16, 2024

Of these, 360 are in immediate danger, which poses a significant threat to the accessibility of critical healthcare services for millions of Americans. What’s next: The Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform suggests that a federal investment of $5 billion could prevent further closures.

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AUGUST 16, 2024

Of these, 360 are in immediate danger, which poses a significant threat to the accessibility of critical healthcare services for millions of Americans. What’s next: The Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform suggests that a federal investment of $5 billion could prevent further closures.

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MAY 9, 2023

A platform that aims to help healthcare providers recover more of their accounts receivable on their own — without needing to place the accounts with collection agencies — has raised $22 million in a Series B fundraising, with the plan to accelerate its growth.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A class-action lawsuit has been filed this week against a collection agency after it was the victim of a ransomware attack and data breach. The plaintiffs are alleging that the defendant failed to take reasonable measures to protect the personal information that was entrusted to them by individuals and healthcare providers.

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Nexa Collect

JUNE 18, 2023

Here are some points to consider regarding the impact of medical debt default on the patient’s credit scores: Reporting to Credit Bureaus : When a medical debt goes unpaid for an extended period, the healthcare provider may send the account to a collection agency. However, not all collection agencies will agree to this.

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JUNE 30, 2023

In what I imagine is a scenario that is all-too familiar inside collection agencies across the country, a District Court judge in Washington has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it attempted to collect on an unpaid healthcare debt before it […] (..)

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

A District Court judge in Illinois has denied a healthcare provider’s motion to dismiss a claim it violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (ICFA) and a collection agency’s motion to strike class allegations it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in a debt parking case on a medical debt.

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MARCH 18, 2021

A bill has been introduced in the Nevada Senate that would require collection agencies to notify consumers at least two months before attempting to collect on a debt, while also prohibiting filing a collection lawsuit to recover unpaid medical debts if the balance is less than $10,000.

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JULY 27, 2021

A hearing is scheduled for this afternoon in before a federal judge in Nevada courtroom attorneys representing a dozen collection agencies and ACA International will seek to obtain a temporary restraining order blocking legislation that governs how medical debts are collected in the state. The law went into effect on July 1.

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AUGUST 19, 2022

The Colorado Attorney General’s office has sent a memo to licensed collection agencies in the state, making sure they are aware that a new law is going into effect on September 1 that will change how medical debts are collected in certain situations. A copy of the entire memo can be accessed by clicking here.

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JULY 21, 2021

The amount of medical debt being worked by collection agencies across the country is $140 billion, according to a study published yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which is twice as much as was estimated just five years ago.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

When the debt went unpaid, it was assigned to a collection agency, which began reporting the debt to the credit reporting agencies. However, the Ninth Circuit vacated the summary judgment that had been granted in favor of the collection agency regarding the alleged FDCPA violations.

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JUNE 29, 2021

A dozen collection agencies, plus ACA International and the Nevada Collectors Association have filed a lawsuit against the state of Nevada seeking to block the enactment of a new law that governs how medical debts are to be collected in the state.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

This move, backed by county supervisors, would require hospitals to report every time they initiate debt collection activities to the […]

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MAY 4, 2022

A bill in Colorado that would ban hospitals from placing unpaid debts with collection agencies if the hospitals do not comply with federal price transparency rules is rapidly moving closer to becoming a law, after the state Senate yesterday approved the bill unanimously.

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Nexa Collect

JANUARY 14, 2023

The US government has thrown a slew of laws on collection agencies, making bad-debt recovery harder and costlier. There are thousands of collection agencies in the USA, but most are small. The following changes can result in many collection agencies shutting their businesses. . New Regulations.

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