JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENDANT IN FDCPA, FCRA CASE OVER DIFFERENT DEBTS
- A District Court judge in Missouri has granted summary judgment to a defendant accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it treated two debts from two different medical providers — originating from the same hospital visit — separately when trying to collect.
FLA. JUDGE GRANTS MOTION TO COMPEL IN TCPA ATDS CASE
- A District Court judge in Florida has denied all of the arguments put forth by a plaintiff why his Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuit alleging his cable provider called him more than 150 times using an automated telephone dialing system without first obtaining his consent should not be arbitrated and granted the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration.
DEVOS, ED. DEPT., SUED BY MASS. AG, 7,200 STUDENTS FOR ‘AGGRESSIVE’ COLLECTION EFFORTS
- A group of 7,200 former Corinthian College students, along with the attorney general of Massachusetts filed lawsuits yesterday against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education, accusing it of not following the law by refusing to cancel fraudulent student loans that were made to the plaintiffs.
HOW ONE HOSPITAL IS USING SCOREBOARDS TO IMPROVE RCM
- Visual management boards have become scoreboards at Williamson Medical Center in Tennessee, allowing revenue cycle employees to see daily and monthly metrics to “play the game of hospital financial improvement,” according to a published report.
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