Hospitals send disputed medical debt to collections during appeal
A patient's completed financial assistance application was repeatedly lost and ultimately denied despite proof of submission, and while a formal appeal remained unresolved the hospital referred the account to four separate collection agencies. All four agencies continued collection activity after receiving certified dispute letters, and one provided an undeliverable return address that made disputing impossible through normal channels.
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