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CMS Approves North Carolina’s Plan to Use Medicaid Funds for Medical Debt Relief for North Carolinians

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On July 26, 2024, CMS approved the plan of North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) to use North Carolina’s Medicaid program to increase reimbursements to...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (June 18, 2024)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Questions to Consider as Regulators Increase Scrutiny of Medical Debt

Over the last year and a half, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has become increasingly interested in the origination, servicing, and collection of medical debt. The CFPB alone has published several pieces of...more

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RFI Industry Commenters Urge CFPB to Stay in its Lane on Medical Debt Payments

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American Bankers Association (ABA), Association of Credit and Collection Professionals (ACA International), U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Chamber), Synchrony Bank (Synchrony), and National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) submitted...more

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CFPB, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Department of Treasury Initiate Public Inquiry into Financial...

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​​​​​​​On July 7, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DOH), and U.S. Department of Treasury (DOT) initiated a public inquiry into certain financial products,...more

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Medical Payment Products Face Government Scrutiny

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Multiple government agencies are scrutinizing medical payment products. On July 7, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and U.S. Department of Treasury...more

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Federal Agencies Launch Inquiry Into Medical Payment Products

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On July 7th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of Treasury (collectively, the agencies) jointly issued a Request for Information (Request)...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | April 2023 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for April 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions related to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the...more

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CFPB Cautions That No Surprises Act Violations Can Implicate Fair Lending Laws

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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) prohibits debt collectors from using abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices when collecting consumer debts. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) enforces the FDCPA...more

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Washington Healthcare Update - April 2022 #2

This Week in Washington: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extended for 90 More Days...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Government Focus on Medical Debt and Credit Reporting Could Impact Various Industries

White House Activity Surrounding Medical Debt   - On April 11, 2022, the White House announced plans in line with a recent government focus on medical debt and credit reporting that could impact medical providers, the...more

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OIG Permits the Sale and Donation of Medical Debt to Debt Forgiveness Organization

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In its Advisory Opinion (AO), AO 20-04, HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) determined that the requestor, a charitable organization that locates, buys and forgives patient medical debt, may purchase or receive as...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 28. News Briefs: August 2020

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 28 (August 3, 2020) - The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has given the green light to a plan by a charitable organization to “purchase or receive donations of unpaid medical...more

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