APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS MSJ FOR PLAINTIFF IN FDCPA CASE
- The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has upheld a summary judgment ruling in favor of a plaintiff who sued a collector for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because she received a collection letter and phone calls seeking to collect on a debt that was the result of a pending worker’s compensation claim, for which her employer or health insurance carrier should have been responsible for paying.
COLORADO SCHEDULES MEETING TO DISCUSS CHANGES TO STATE’S FDCPA
- The Attorney General of Colorado has announced it will be holding a virtual rulemaking meeting on March 23 to discuss amending the state’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by making a number of changes to how debt collectors in the state must operate.
PRICE TRANSPARENCY LAW ‘COULD CHANGE FACE’ OF MEDICAL DEBT COLLECTIONS: ADVOCATE
- Are hospitals costing themselves a lot of money that may have otherwise been recovered in collection lawsuits because of a new requirement which mandates they publish the prices they charge for treatments and procedures on their website? One patient advocate thinks they are, and is saying so in a recently published media report.
READ EXPERT PERSPECTIVES ON TRENDING COMPLIANCE TOPICS
- Click here to read this week’s Compliance Digest. You’ll get insights and opinions from eight different compliance experts — Virginia Bell Flynn, Dennis Barton, Mitch Williamson, Helen Mac Murray, Chantel Wonder, David Schultz, Sarah DeMoss, and Lauren Burnette — discussing the impact of recent court cases and legislative updates. You’re not going to get that kind of varied perspective anywhere else. The Compliance Digest is sponsored by The Bedard Law Group.
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