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ANOTHER RULING FROM EDPA THAT STATUTORY DISPUTE NOTICE IS CONFUSING
- In yet another case out of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a judge has denied a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by using the statutory dispute notice in a validation letter that was sent to an individual.
TENN. LAWYER SEEKING PLAINTIFFS AFTER ACCUSING COLLECTORS OF POSSIBLY BREAKING STATE LAW
- Debt collectors in Tennessee who are seeking to recover the entire balance of unpaid medical debts from uninsured patients may be breaking the law, and a lawyer is looking for individuals to participate in a class-action lawsuit against any alleged perpetrators.
TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSES BILL AIMED AT OUT-OF-STAT DEBT
- A bill has been sent to the governor’s office in Texas that seeks to limit how long a debt buyer has to sue an individual for an unpaid debt and requires additional disclosures to be sent to individuals.
HEALTHCARE COMPANY SELLS MAJORITY STAKE IN RCM FIRM FOR $1.2B
- Bon Secours Mercy Health System has sold a majority stake in its revenue cycle management company, Ensemble Health Partners, to Golden Gate Capital, a private equity firm, for a reported $1.2 billion.
COMPLIANCE DIGEST – MAY 31
- Click here to read this week’s Compliance Digest, sponsored by Applied Innovation. You’ll get insights from six different compliance experts — Manny Newburger, Helen Mac Murray, Nicole Strickler, Boyd Gentry, Brent Yarborough, and Ethan Ostroff — on six different important compliance topics. You’re not going to get that kind of varied perspective anywhere else.
WORTH NOTING: There wasn’t one winner at last night’s National Spelling Bee, there were eight … If you don’t want to be audited, be rich … A lot of people aren’t planning on taking vacation time this summer … How to cope with “gossipy” offices … FedEx is going to start delivering on Sundays … Processed foods might be killing you, and me … The perfect picnic drink … Dog owners get a lot more exercise than non-dog owners.
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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.