I moved after going thru a divorce in July. I checked with everyone I do business with to ensure I didn't owe them any money after I had to sell my house and farm. Well, apparently I got bad intel from my medical clinic. Somehow I still had 3 accounts open. Two of the accounts had a $20.00 balance and one account had a $14.00 balance. The clinic said they attempted to notify me by mail, but the letters came back. My phone number never changed, but I won’t go there. The clinic turned me over to collection for the accounts I listed above.
I found out about the collection when I pulled my credit report trying to judge collateral damage from the divorce. I went to the clinic and paid them for the three accounts. I never sent a dime to the collection company. The collections are still showing as open on my credit report. I called the collection company and asked them why they were still showing as open collections and unpaid when I had paid off the debt with the clinic. They checked and stated "yeah, we see that the clinic got paid. It will take about 30 days for the entries on your credit report to show as paid. Check back again in May."
Is there some way to get these collections removed from my report? I did owe the money to the clinic, and I did go down there and pay them. I cannot believe they turned me over to collections after 30 years of business with them for $54.00 total, but that's another story.
If you have any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated.
