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JUDGE GRANTS MOTION TO STAY TCPA CASE PENDING FCC RULE UPDATE ON ATDS
- A District Court judge in Florida has granted a defendant’s motion to stay a case and placed it in civil suspense in order to await a rule from the Federal Communications Commission related to how an automated telephone dialing system is to be defined under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
JUDGE RULES JURY MUST DECIDE IF DEFENDANT MADE BONA FIDE ERROR IN FDCPA LETTER CASE
- A District Court judge in Illinois has granted a collection agency’s motion for summary judgment in ruling that it is not a debt collector as defined by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, but denied a motion for summary judgment after the defendant attempted to use the bona fide error defense in explaining how more than six thousand letters were sent out with the incorrect creditor’s name in them, saying that is for a jury to decide.
HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE HEARS SUGGESTIONS ON ENDING SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING
- A Congressional subcommittee held a hearing yesterday on the topic of surprise medical billing and at least one of the witnesses who testified put the burden on the healthcare facilities and the insurance companies to better inform patients when facing a situation where a facility or doctor is outside of the patient’s insurance network.
HOW HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, RCM PROVIDERS SHOULD BE MORE LIKE NETFLIX
- Hospitals are not doing a good enough job of managing their revenue cycle management vendors and that is making the process more complex and costly, according to a published report.
NEW PLAY HIGHLIGHTS WORKING INSIDE A COLLECTION AGENCY
- Credit and collection industry professionals in the New York City area may want to make a field trip and take in Do You Feel Anger?, a new play set in a debt collection agency.
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The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing tools provide quick, convenient, and current data that help you prioritize and successfully track people down and collect. Keep your skip tracing and debt recovery efficient and effective! Contact us to find out about our 90 Day Try Us Program. Call 800-884-4397 or visit www.microbilt.com.