Daily Digest – September 15. Audit Reveals Low Collection Rate; ACA Touts Declining Complaint Numbers

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NEWS 

• A collection agency hired by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has recovered 1% of the value of the cases that have been referred to the agency by the department, according to the results of a statewide audit. The collection agency has had its contract with the department renewed twice in the past five years.

• ACA International published a press release yesterday, touting the declining number of complaints and increasing number of successful resolutions between collectors and consumers. ACA also used the press release to take a couple of shots at the CFPB’s complaint database and how the debt collections rank as the financial category most often complained about by consumers.

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