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HOSPITAL FACING CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT FOR SENDING UNPAID DEBTS TO COLLECTIONS TOO SOON
- A hospital in Seattle is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly sending unpaid bills to collection agencies too quickly and not investigating whether those patients were able to have their bills covered the state’s charity care program. The suit potentially includes 134,000 individuals who received medical care at the hospital.
TENN. CITY HIRES COLLECTION AGENCY
- The city of Fairview, Tenn., has hired American Municipal Services to help it recover more than $60,000 in unpaid fines and fees. AMS can charge up to a 30% over and above what is owed to the city when it collects from individuals, according to the city’s attorney. The article even lays out the terms of how AMS can collect, including when the agency can contact individuals, when payments are to be remitted, and how collectors must behave when communicating with individuals.
CFPB MAY BE LEAVING TRAIL OF BREADCRUMBS IN HOW IT WILL REGULATE DEBT COLLECTORS
- By the time it finally publishes a proposed rule on the debt collection industry, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may have already spelled out the behavior it is attempting to address in an enforcement action, supervisory activities, or amicus brief, according to a panel who spoke at last week’s ACA International conference in Denver.
WORTH NOTING: More banks are moving away from having customers use passwords and are instead using biometric identifiers, like fingerprints and facial scans to access their accounts … The top pizza-making school in the world teaches 300 years of technique in 30 days … Low interest rates are sending more and more people to the bank to refinance their mortgages … Golfer Rory McIlroy has backed out of this summer’s Olympics in Rio because of fears of the Zika virus … 10 words you can use in a conversation to get what you want … The best and worst condiments for you … The number of Americans spending at least half of their income on rent is at a record level … About 28% of adults have “zero dollars” for an emergency … Someone stole 3,300 cases of beer in Atlanta … How one entrepreneur made 25,000 cold calls to build a $100 million business … Healthcare spending under the Affordable Care Act is much less than expected.
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