Healthcare providers are now faced with changes in how medical debt is reported and collected. These laws require a transition away from credit-based pressure tactics toward educational and voluntary ...

When someone dies, financial questions tend to surface shortly thereafter, even if the grieving process has just started. After all, bills continue arriving, creditors may start reaching out and, in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. St. Peters Health Partners was one of more than 50 hospitals in the state that was found to have placed liens on patients' homes ...

Americans are carrying very high levels of household debt right now, due, in large part, to how tough the economic landscape has become. Inflation remains high, pushing up the prices of essentials, so ...

The pressure is off for collectors of debts owed by New Yorkers for now, under a New York City regulation that has been years in the making, and which has already seen its effective date postponed ...

Nearly three years after taking aim at debt collection practices, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans Thursday to unveil a long-anticipated proposal to curtail strong-arm tactics and force ...

A longstanding bar on New Jersey lawyers sending debt-collection letters without evaluating the underlying cases is still in force. A longstanding ban on New Jersey lawyers sending debt-collection ...

New York City’s recently amended debt collection rules — scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2024 and which would stringently regulate various debt collection activities by debt collectors ...