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Higher Early Out Payments from A/B Testing
Key Points: Americollect is constantly working on ways to improve early out revenue recovery. We ranked patients on their ability to pay and customized in-bound

NY SB 8373 Medical Debt Definition Amendment Approved
In late November 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul approved a correction (in NY SB 8373) to New York’s Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act. The technical correction,

CFPB Advisory Opinion Challenges Begin to Mount
Key points: There are an increasing number of groups challenging the legality of the CFPB medical bad debt collection advisory opinion. The ACA has filed

Helping Clients with Healthcare Call Center Services
Key Points: A client needed to communicate insurance changes without overburdening their staff. Americollect was able to help answer questions and direct patients via phone

Why HITRUST in Healthcare Matters
3 Key Points Cybersecurity is important to safeguard patient data. HITRUST differs from SOC 2 because it is not opinion based. HITRUST provides clear guidelines

CFPB Advisory Opinion Issued on Medical Debt Collection
Update 11/22/2024: On November 22, 2024 the CFPB pushed back the effective date to January 2, 2025. Three Key Points: The CFPB advisory opinion will

Positive Credit Report Legislation, HR 9890 Introduced
Healthcare may have gotten a rare treat on October 1, 2024, in the form of bipartisan legislation introduced that would reverse federal law to allow

Updates to MN SF 4097 for Healthcare Providers
Earlier this year Minnesota MN SF 4097, a bill that greatly impacts medical debt collection in the state, was passed, and many of the key

New Jersey S2806 Passes Medical Debt Relief Act
Announces $100M in Medical Debt Forgiveness as a Follow-Up New Jersey recently packed a 1-2 punch against medical debt, passing the “Louisa Carman Medical Debt

NYC Debt Collection Rules in Line with CFPB Finalized
Update 1/30/2025: The effective date has been pushed back an additional six months from April 1, 2025 to October 1, 2025. Update 11/5/2024: The effective

North Carolina to Use NCDHHS Medicaid Incentive to Relieve Medical Debt
North Carolina has become the latest state to try to erase medical debt, but this time they are using the joint North Carolina Department of

A Ridiculously Nice Medical Scheduling Team is Only a Call Away!
Is your facility needing more help with medical scheduling? We are here for you! In this whitepaper, we discuss the medical scheduling assistance that healthcare