Court Ruling Makes Payment Portals a New Target of FDCPA-Focused Lawsuits

Letting debtors pay online, or “self-resolve” their accounts through a payment portal, are good for all parties. However, as recent litigation has revealed, payment pages and payment portals have now become major targets for FDCPA-related lawsuits.
What is P2PE?

P2PE devices are PCI-validated technology that keeps cardholder data secure and can take your business network out of scope for a PCI audit and protect your customer’s credit card data.
PCI-validated P2PE solutions encrypt cardholder data and can take a merchant’s network out of PCI scope.
Capturing a Credit Card on File During Patient Intake Shortens DSO and Cuts AR Costs

Many providers are finding out too late that the traditional patient billing process is not working on higher balances and significantly more needed revenue is speeding its way towards third-party collections—the last stop before bad debt.
The Expert-Backed Checklist on Compliant and Compelling Collection Letters

We take communication and compliance very seriously. That’s why we turned comments from a recent expert webinar into this collection letter checklist.
VIDEO: How Can My Business Handle Manual and Automatic Dialing and Stay TCPA Compliant?

One of our Hosted Contact Center clients recently asked how they could effectively utilize an autodialer without violating TCPA compliance regulations and risk a lawsuit. CEO Jeff Mains explains how autodialing software must be set up and configured to be compliant.
How to Improve Contact Center Performance By Optimizing Call Results

A contact center’s KPIs are largely monitored, measured, and reported by the use of call results. Call results are a pre-defined disposition, or outcome, assigned by the agent to every call. These results also contain attributes, which if not set up correctly, will return data that
Don’t Make the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act UNFAIR

A group of senators have sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau about the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Their concerns should also be your concerns.
PCI and HIPAA Compliance Checklist: 5 Critical Questions You Should Be Able to Answer as a Medical Billing Collection Professional

After the recent LabCorp data breach, here’s five questions you should be asking (yourself or your collection software or online payment vendor) about the information and payment data you’re collecting.
Top Five Things You Should Know When Choosing a Billing Statement Provider

Mailed statements are the lifeblood of the accounts receivable department and with so much riding on this “first impression,” choosing the right statement and mailing vendor shouldn’t be strictly about price. Here’s five additional areas to consider:
The Debt Sophistication Dilemma That Can Become a FDCPA Compliance Nightmare

Midland Credit Management has a whole new understanding of the term, “least sophisticated debtor” when it comes to their collection letters.
Report Shows Top Consumer Complaints in Debt Collections

Last month, The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection released their 2018 Consumer Response Annual Report. Revenue cycle management and accounts receivable departments should familiarize themselves with insights from 81,500 complaints highlighted in the debt collection complaint data.
How to Recognize Hidden Compliance Landmines in Your Contact Center

Your accounts receivable and revenue cycle management teams work hard to prepare for the challenges their contact centers face every day. However, some of the more substantial risks have hidden dangers underneath them. These are landmines, and merely stepping on one could result in a cataclysmic disaster for your organization. For example, you […]