Houston Ok. We’re all clear that nonprofit hospitals now have to back off of the bully-boy tactics involved in debt collections for lower income and working families drowning under the costs of hospital emergencies with inadequate insurance and resources. We’ve talked about the fact that the Treasury Department and the IRS have put into effect …
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Debt Collectors Gone Wild at Catholic Hospitals and Other Non-Profits
New Orleans A story in the Times of a Minnesota investigation of an aggressive debt collection company that might be breaking all kinds of HIPPA laws designed to protect patient care information along with other statues caught my eye. This seemed at first glance to be another story of our imploding health care crises. The …
Dunning the Debt Collectors
New Orleans The Federal Trade Commission stepped up to the play in behalf of citizens/consumers yesterday and finally put a boot on the butt of scumbag, lying debt collection operations with a $2.5 million fine levied on Asset Acceptance of Warren, Michigan. The Times reported the following: The company’s collectors also failed to inform consumers …