CFPB RE-AFFIRMS MAY TIMELINE FOR RELEASE OF FINAL DEBT COLLECTION RULE
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau re-affirmed its guidance of taking “final action” with respect to its debt collection rule in May 2020, according to the agency’s semi-annual regulatory agenda, which it released late last week.
DOCTORS SPEAK OUT AGAINST ‘AGGRESSIVE, PITILESS’ COLLECTION PRACTICES
- A trio of doctors from UVA Health have come out against their employer’s “aggressive, pitiless billing and collections practices” saying they felt “betrayed” by the organization’s breaking of a “social contract” between physicians and the individuals they treat.
UNCOMPENSATED CARE AT HOSPITALS KEEPS RISING THANKS TO HIGHER HEALTHCARE DEDUCTIBLES
- The amount of the average healthcare insurance deductible has tripled during the past decade, and chief financial officers of hospitals consider every dollar of a high-deductible health plan to be a dollar of bad debt that will not be repaid, according to a published report.
COMPLIANCE DIGEST – NOVEMBER 25
- Click here to read this week’s Compliance Digest, sponsored by Applied Innovation. You’ll get insights and opinions from eight different compliance experts — Joann Needleman, Dennis Barton, Porter Heath Morgan, June Coleman, Virginia Bell Flynn, Nicole Strickler, Mitch Williamson, and Matt Kiefer — discussing the impact of recent court cases and legislative updates. You’re not going to get that kind of varied perspective anywhere else.
WORTH NOTING: Add Michael Bloomberg to the list of people running for President … Dwayne Haskins missed the final snap of his first win yesterday because he was taking a selfie with a fan … How students are learning about the first Thanksgiving is changing … Americans are planning to spend just as much as last year on holiday gifts … A cautionary tale about emailing the whole company when you are trying to take a sick day … The best note-taking apps … Travel hacks for holiday trips … Recapping last night’s American Music Awards … You will soon be able to redeem Capital One cash back awards and miles on Amazon.
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