Parking Revenue Recovery Services, Inc. (PRRS), a collection company, was accused of violating the Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (CFDCPA) by allegedly illegally collecting or attempting ...

On October 1, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advisory opinion titled Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F); Deceptive and Unfair Collection of Medical Debt. The ...

A large debt collection company in the United States was recently accused of violating federal consumer protection laws. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a proposed order that, if ...

A lawsuit has been filed against Klamath Falls, Ore.-based Sky Lakes Medical Center alleging the hospital violated charity care requirements, The Lund Report reported Nov. 28. The lawsuit was filed on ...

Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health is taking several steps to overhaul its collection practices, including halting seizure of patients’ wages and removing liens on patients’ homes, according to the ...

Debt collectors are violating the law if they rely only on information from a medical provider to collect a debt and they cannot collect on medical debts that are covered by insurance or government ...

If you’re behind on debt payments, your lender might send you to collections. And while the harassing phone calls and ...

The Federal Trade Commission logged over 140,000 consumer complaints about debt collection in the second quarter — a 220% jump from the same period a year earlier. Georgia, Texas and Florida recorded ...

Are they calling you to collect a debt? If this is your situation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) shares 4 unfair practices that debt collectors cannot do, according to the Fair Debt ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its annual report to Congress on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act highlighting consumer complaints about unpaid medical debt. Fresh off a ...

On September 24, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB-1286 which expands California’s Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (California FDCPA) to apply to certain commercial financial products ...