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FDCPA, TCPA SUIT TOTALS DOWN IN 2017 WHILE FCRA GAINS STEAM: WEBRECON
- For the first time in 14 years, the number of lawsuits filed against collection agencies alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act declined on a year-over-year basis, according to data released late last week by WebRecon. TCPA suit totals for 2017 were down more than 9% from 2016. The number of lawsuits alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act also declined from 2016 to 2017, according to WebRecon, and the number filed in 2017 was the lowest total in nearly a decade. The number of suits filed in 2017 was nearly 6% lower than a year earlier.
HEALTHCARE COMPANIES CONTINUE OUTSOURCING COLLECTIONS, BUT EXPERTS DISAGREE OVER WHETHER TREND IS HERE TO STAY
- Intermountain Healthcare has acquired a $20 million stake in a R1 RCM, a revenue cycle management company, and will transition 2,300 employees to the outsource-service provider, the companies announced last week.
- There are differing opinions as to whether the trend of healthcare companies outsourcing more of their recent cycle management functions will continue as a means of cutting expenses, or whether it is a short-term trend that will fade as current technological investments are digested.
NEW YORK DFS SUPERINTENDENT HAS HARSH WORDS FOR CFPB IN WAKE OF POLICY SHIFT
- Maria Vullo, superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services, issued some harsh comments on Thursday about the shifting policy direction of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Calling the shift in policy, “troublesome,” Vullo’s statement echoed what many in the industry had been expecting from states in the wake of the leadership change at the CFPB.
FCC CHAIRMAN RESPONDS TO CONGRESSIONAL LOBBYING EFFORTS FOR CHANGES TO TCPA
- More than a dozen members of Congress reached out to Ajit Pai, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to lobby on behalf of credit unions, which are seeking an exemption from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
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