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PRIVACYSTAR ANNOUNCES APP IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR IPHONES
- Virtually everyone in the collections industry should know the name PrivacyStar by now. The app notifies individuals who is calling, allows for the call to be blocked and provides a complaint filing mechanism to the Federal Trade Commission. Plaintiffs attorneys have been using it as a lead generation tool to find people to act as plaintiffs in lawsuits against collection agencies. Today, the world of PrivacyStar users just got a whole lot bigger. Previously only available on Android devices, PrivacyStar announced today that its app is now available for iPhones, too.
MEMBER PROFILE: GETTING TO KNOW JODY BELLFLOWER
- Jody Bellflower came to collections in a very indirect way; he used to be a professional golfer. Now a vice president ay CBA of Georgia, Bellflower spends more time putting out fires with clients than putting. Always anxious to learn and always willing to take time to talk shop, Bellflower is exactly the type of person who personifies the best of the collections industry. Read on to learn more about him.
BILLINGTREE ANNOUNCES MYPAYRAZR IVR PACKAGES
- BillingTree, announced three new IVR pricing packages this morning, each a flat rate with a specific allocation of minutes. Called myPayrazr IVR 3-5-7, the price points are $3,000, $5,000 or $7,000 per line. The one-time upfront packages include the allocation of minutes plus a dedicated phone number, two-hours of customization/implementation services, as well as call scripts in both English and Spanish.
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SHARES SECRETS TO BOOSTING PATIENT COLLECTIONS BY 300%
- For any collection agency that works with a hospital, be it large or small, this is an article that you might want to share with your clients. It details how Iroquois Memorial Hospital, a 25-bed community hospital in Illinois, boosted their point-of-service patient collection by 300%. The article goes into detail about the changes that the hospital made, including a massive education effort for both the staff and incoming patients, and moving office functions that were traditionally done in the back office to the front of the house.
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