JUDGE GRANTS DEFENDANT’S MSJ IN FDCPA CASE OVER ALLEGED ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR
- A District Court judge in Missouri has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it allegedly harassed the plaintiff. The harassment? Nine calls in a nine-month span and inquiring about the plaintiff’s job and tax return status.
COLLECTION LAWSUITS FILED BY HOSPITALS NOT JUST A RESULT OF TOUGH POLICIES, BUT ISSUES WITH HEALTHCARE IN GENERAL
- The complicated intersection of hospital pricing, health insurance, and access to adequate healthcare facilities is driving a spike in the number of lawsuits being filed by hospitals seeking to recover unpaid debts from former patients, according to a pair of published reports, including one from The New York Times.
NEW MEXICO EXPANDS ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICE TO EXPEDITE COLLECTION COURT CASES
- A pilot program aimed at resolving debt collection lawsuits without the parties having to go to court is being expanded in New Mexico. The Online Dispute Resolution service, as of Sept. 1, is not available to all magistrate and district courts in the state.
TWO MORE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ANNOUNCE INVOLVEMENT IN AMCA DATA BREACH
- A pair of medical facilities have come forward and added their names to the list of companies affected by a data breach at American Medical Collection Agency, expanding the list of compromised individuals by 150,000.
COMPLIANCE DIGEST – HEAR FROM THE EXPERTS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT CASES AFFECTING THE INDUSTRY
- Click here to read this week’s Compliance Digest, sponsored by Applied Innovation. You’ll get insights from nine different compliance experts — Laura Knights, Matt Kiefer, Stefanie Jackman, Mark Rooney, Laurie Nelson, Dennis Barton, Kelly Knepper-Stephens, Judd Peak, and David Kaminski — on important compliance topics, such as an Appeals Court ruling about the TCPA and VoIP phones, how “will not sue” in a letter is still problematic, and the FDCPA’s Bona Fide Error defense. You’re not going to get that kind of varied perspective anywhere else.
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