Archive for August, 2008
How to respond to a collection agency re: a debt that is over 7 yr old, plus I’m not sure that I owe this!
granite guy asked:
I recieved a letter from a CA stating that they are trying to collect on an account from a hospital. The account has been passed on from the hospital to another company (maybe an accounting firm) and then to the CA. The service date goes back over 7 years for one bill and over 9 years for another. This is the first time I have been contacted re: these bills. The hospital has never sent us a bill or tried to contact us. I don’t even know if I owe this or if is some type of billing mistake. I know that there is a time limit on collections, but not sure how it is calculated. Has any one experieced this or have advice.
medical billing coding
I recieved a letter from a CA stating that they are trying to collect on an account from a hospital. The account has been passed on from the hospital to another company (maybe an accounting firm) and then to the CA. The service date goes back over 7 years for one bill and over 9 years for another. This is the first time I have been contacted re: these bills. The hospital has never sent us a bill or tried to contact us. I don’t even know if I owe this or if is some type of billing mistake. I know that there is a time limit on collections, but not sure how it is calculated. Has any one experieced this or have advice.
medical billing coding
