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JUDGE DOCKS LAWYER $1,600 IN FDCPA SETTLEMENT
- An attorney has had his rate docked $100 an hour by a federal judge, who deemed the work conducted in obtaining a $1,001 settlement for an alleged violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act not to be worth the $400 per hour requested by the lawyer.
HEALTH CARE DATA BREACHES KEEP GROWING
- About one out of every six data breaches involving data covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) are at a “business associate” of a healthcare facility, which could include collection agencies, according to a report published by the Journal of the American Medical Association.
THE CALL FOR COMPASSIONATE COLLECTIONS
- Earlier this month, a federal judge in New York ruled that a collection agency should have been more empathetic toward an individual diagnosed with cancer when attempting to collect on an unpaid debt. Now, comes a story from England where the children of a man who committed suicide because of an unpaid tax bill are calling on collection agencies to show more compassion when recovering debts.
LAW FIRM PROJECTS WHICH COURTS WILL FOLLOW, IGNORE RULING IN MARKS v. CRUNCH
- Now that the Ninth Circuit has issued its ruling in Marks v. Crunch, the question of the day is whether other courts across the country are going to follow the Ninth Circuit’s lead or not. TCPAland.com has made predictions about whether jurisdictions in other circuits across the country will ignore or follow the Ninth Circuit’s ruling.
PDCFLOW ACHIEVES HIPAA COMPLIANCE AND COMPLETES SOC2 AUDIT FOR SSAE 18
- Today, Accounts Receivable Payment Hub PDCflow announced they are compliant with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) data security standards. The payment software company has also successfully completed the Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 (SSAE18) SOC 2 audit.
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The Daily Digest is sponsored by Beam Software. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Beam is a thought leader in portfolio management and collection software. They offer both cloud-based and on-premise solutions to accommodate the entire collection continuum. For more information, please visit www.beamsoftware.com or call (800) 212-2326.
