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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Vermont Enacts Law Prohibiting Medical Debt Reporting and Funding Debt Relief Initiative

On May 16, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed into law S. 27, a medical debt relief measure that prohibits the inclusion of medical debt on consumer credit reports and establishes a state-funded initiative to abolish...more

King & Spalding

Senators Grassley and Warren Urge IRS to Increase Nonprofit Hospital Oversight Again

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On November 19, 2024, a bipartisan pair of senators, Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Id.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Ma.) united again, a year after a similar letter, to urge the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to increase...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Liens and Wage Garnishment for Medical Debt Outlawed in New York

Nonprofit hospitals, nursing homes and other care providers are now prohibited from placing liens on patient homes or garnishing patient wages to collect medical debts in New York. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the law...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

There hospitals go again: UVA Health backpedals on draconian debt collection

Is a public pillorying the only way to stop big hospitals from pursuing patients for medical debt with the zeal of demons from the underworld?...more

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