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Is it Harassment?
I would like to use your series of three collections letters (posted in the Tools area of your web site) in my office, but I have been told by my collections agency that if I mention collections more than once in my letters, I am harassing the patient.If I use your letters, am I harassing the patient?
Question: I would like to use your series of three collections letters (posted in the Tools area of your web site) in my office, but I have been told by my collections agency that if I mention collections more than once in my letters, I am harassing the patient.
If I use your letters, am I harassing the patient?
Answer: Your collections agency is mistaken. I'm assuming that the agency is referring to the Fair Debt Collections Practice Act. You can see a summary of it at:
www.acainternational.org/images/ConsumerResources/yourrightsFDCPA.pdf.
As a practice, you don't have to comply with the Act unless you extend credit (charge patients interest or a finance fee) or otherwise act like a collections agency.
Ask your agency where they got this information and to show you the source.
Asset Protection and Financial Planning
December 6th 2021Asset protection attorney and regular Physicians Practice contributor Ike Devji and Anthony Williams, an investment advisor representative and the founder and president of Mosaic Financial Associates, discuss the impact of COVID-19 on high-earner assets and financial planning, impending tax changes, common asset protection and wealth preservation mistakes high earners make, and more.
Reducing burnout with medical scribes
November 29th 2021Physicians Practice® spoke with Fernando Mendoza, MD, FAAP, FACEP, the founder and CEO of Scrivas, LLC, about the rising rates of reported burnout among physicians and how medical scribes might be able to alleviate some pressures from physicians.
