Number 1-800-876-6729
Date: Tue, 11/25/2008 - 11:21
Does anyone know who this number is for? They want me to call and gave me a reference number. They called on 11/20 and 11/25. Still nothing in writing. When I try to call, I'm put on hold for a long time. :? Thanks!
I looked it up. It appears to be a collection agency specializi
I looked it up. It appears to be a collection agency specializing in medical collections. Hope that helps.
Well I finally got something in writing. They are United Collec
Well I finally got something in writing. They are United Collection Bureau. Anyone ever have any dealings with them? It says the account has been placed with them for collection and to pay them or call them for arrangements. Does that mean they own the debt? The amount is $375. I was paying the OC and then lost my job. If I pay the OC will it go on my CR as a paid collection? Isn't that bad? Thanks!
UCB do mostly 3rd party and they are known for brea
UCB do mostly 3rd party and they are known for breaking the fdcpa....badly.
marvin
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Originally Posted by scooter Does anyone know who this number is for? They want me to call and gave me a reference number. They called on 11/20 and 11/25. Still nothing in writing. When I try to call, I'm put on hold for a long time. :? Thanks! |
Many people get calls from this same company. Their main firm is a physicin's billing service. They bill using different names, according to the state you are in. For instance, they bill me under: BC MO EMER PHYS LLP. One of many names which they are known by. They also own their own collection agency.
This is a multi-pronged company, out of Florida, which contracts with physicians to collect hospital bills.
My experience has been that these people--the billing company--are very sloppy in their record keeping. Once they wrote a terse letter telling me I did not pay a certain physician's bill. I went to my insurance company, which is a veteran's insurance group run by the VA, and they had record of payment in the form of a cancelled US Treasury check. We called them back and all of a sudden they found the payment after all.
In another incident, I gave my new house number, because the number had been changed by the city I live in. They argued with me for along while stating they never heard of a city changing someone's number, and refused to accept that I was telling the truth. (Whenever someone questions my integrity, I immediately question theirs.) Anyway, they sent me a bill to the old address number anyway, and when it was returned, they automatically sent it to collections.
United Collection Bureau
PO Box 140190
Toledo, OH 43614
Fax# 1-419-725-5353
BTW the collections agency is just another branch of this same company out of Florida. I will need to go to my local hospital and find the specific name of this billing company. I was just told by the hospital it is a company out of Florida. My bill was less than a month old, but sent to collections because of their sloppiness.
Aside from the fact they are rude and annoying, this is a legitimate company. But, in my opinion they do not deserve to be in business. All their billing companies have different names, according to the state they are in. Their address is listed as Chicago, Ill, although the firm is actually out of Florida.
My suggestion to all who may read this is to contact your specific hospital, complain and offer to withdrawal your business from them if they continue to contract with this terrible firm. To put more teeth into it, ask anyone in your community to also log a compliant or gather a petition.
I showed them their errors and they confess their fault, yet I still get these calls.
