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Judge Grants MSJ for Defendant in Early Out Billing Lawsuit

Account Recovery

For a lot of companies that work with healthcare providers, collecting bad debt may just be one component of what that company does for its client. Many companies, for example, offer billing services or early-out collections, working accounts before they go into default and are considered to be bad debt.

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When can a reach and apply injunction help you collect bad debt?

Collections Law

Collecting on bad debt is never as simple as it sounds, especially with commercial debt. You may need to identify assets yourself in order to claim them for debt payment. If a third party owes them money, you may be able to reach across to that third party and apply their debt to your judgment.

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Recovering Bad Debts With an Aggressive Collections Attorney

Collections Law

Debt recovery is one of the most challenging things to achieve during a case. Many others wait until post judgment to assess whether a debtor will pay or not and post judgment initiate debt recovery efforts, but not us. We make sure there is a plan in place for collection before the judgment is entered.

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CFPB Bolstering Enforcement Unit, But Collections Might Be Off Radar

Account Recovery

A speech on Thursday from the Enforcement Director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had a “good news, bad news” kind of vibe for the debt collection industry. The bad news is that the Bureau is bolstering its enforcement department by hiring 75 more employees to go after the bad actors.

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Consumers Paying More for Healthcare Leads to Lower Collection Rates

Account Recovery

The amount of bad debt at healthcare providers that is attributable to self-pay after insurance accounts grew sixfold between 2018 and 2021, and represented nearly 60% of all bad debt, according to a report released this month by Crowe Revenue Cycle Analytics.

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Debt collections-your mission critical part of business cash flow

American Profit Recovery

A healthy debt collection process helps businesses of all sizes maintain positive cash flow which is critical for many reasons. Let’s go through some of the obvious and not so obvious reasons why debt collections is an integral part of your organization’s cash flow. Or worse, credit lines.

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Appeals Court Overturns Dismissal in Whistleblower Lawsuit Filed Against Collection Operation

Account Recovery

The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has overturned a lower court’s dismissal of a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a collection agency that was accused of writing off bad debts owed to Medicare without undergoing reasonable collection efforts, while affirming the dismissal in favor of the healthcare provider and the billing company (..)