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    <title>topic Re: Medical Collections in Rebuilding Your Credit</title>
    <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/2159233#M270758</link>
    <description>New to the forum.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;I have been reading the previous posts and need some advice (sorry of I'm beating a dead horse here). I had a routine check-up/lab work done in November. Since then, I have a new job and have a new insurance policy under the same insurance provider. I received an itemized bill from the Dr.'s office stating an amount owed, for which I had insurance documents stating that the amount (in large part) was paid by my insurance/HSA. I sent a check for the remaining balance, contacted the billing department, and faxed the insurance documentation showing that the other amount was shown as paid by the insurance company. Fast forward to today when I received a letter stating that the remaining balance (the $180 that was shown as paid by insurance) is being referred to a collections agency. Should I deal with the Dr's office first? I literally got the lett today, after business hours and want to resolve this ASAP.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;I have absolutely no problem biting the bullet and paying the amount, my concern is my credit. have worked hard to repair and build my credit and am planning on purchasing a home later this year with my wife. Not to mention that I am a paramedic who will soon be going through fire department background checks, which includes credit history.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Any and all help is appreciated! I'm in a little bit of a panic here.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:44 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2013-05-21T07:35:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840053#M233465</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have a medical collection, i thought that medical collections would not hurt your credit score. This collection also poped up recently. Even thoe its from a few years back, is there anyway to get this off?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:50:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840053#M233465</guid>
      <dc:creator>DanielG</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-29T02:50:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840065#M233469</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;In the eyes of FICO, a collection is a collection.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Where it may be overlooked is on a manual review.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is it paid?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:55:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840065#M233469</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-29T02:55:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840229#M233482</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;No. I have not paid it. I didnt even remeber I had it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840229#M233482</guid>
      <dc:creator>DanielG</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-29T04:07:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840231#M233483</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;How old is it?&amp;nbsp; Beyond your SOL.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:08:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840231#M233483</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-29T04:08:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840463#M233507</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Medical collections are actually the easiest to remove depending on your situation of course, &amp;nbsp;the older the better. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I suggest you read up on the HIPPAA process on this website.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:21:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840463#M233507</guid>
      <dc:creator>Lasardo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-29T06:21:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840467#M233508</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;There is no HIPAA process on this site.&amp;nbsp; We aren't allowed to discuss it, only tell posters where to look for it.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:24:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840467#M233508</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-29T06:24:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840497#M233513</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Guiness56-&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I sent you a private message.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:43:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840497#M233513</guid>
      <dc:creator>Lasardo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-29T06:43:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840557#M233518</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I agree, a collection is a collection. &amp;nbsp;Your score doesn't care what type or even how much it is. &amp;nbsp;Have you tried for a PFD?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:35:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1840557#M233518</guid>
      <dc:creator>Shogun</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-29T07:35:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1843565#M233891</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Lasardo could you please send me the HIPAA info also. I have about 5 medical collections on my credit from a while back when I was sick and they are they only thing on there. I would love to be able to have these removed. Or do a PFD or something.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:03:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1843565#M233891</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-30T19:03:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1843609#M233901</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;EM&gt;In the eyes of FICO, a collection is a collection.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Where it may be overlooked is on a manual review.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is it paid?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;+1 True....true.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:41:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1843609#M233901</guid>
      <dc:creator>HindSight_20_20</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-30T19:41:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1843727#M233927</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;There is no HIPAA process on this site.&amp;nbsp; We aren't allowed to discuss it, only tell posters where to look for it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Would you mind telling me where to look for it?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thank you!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:08:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1843727#M233927</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-30T21:08:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1843865#M233948</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I PM'd you.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:26:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1843865#M233948</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-30T22:26:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1843929#M233961</link>
      <description>Can I get a pm too please!!</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:22:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1843929#M233961</guid>
      <dc:creator>nada9188</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-30T23:22:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1849439#M234652</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;This is something I need to do as well. Could you please PM where to look for the process. Thank you so much. I'm a little overwhelmed with where to start with this cleanup process.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:30:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1849439#M234652</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-02-02T14:30:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1849481#M234659</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Can you PM me as well!? Thanks so much!!!!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:58:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1849481#M234659</guid>
      <dc:creator>Mtgrizgirl</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-02-02T14:58:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1849699#M234686</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;OK I am slightly confused here, but also new to this process.... Is there any other information I can go looking for to better understand this...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have paid all of my Medical Collections, they are from very long ago, &amp;nbsp;One is 2006, one is 2007, and couple from 2008... I know they are mine so I dont need to dispute it...&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:07:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1849699#M234686</guid>
      <dc:creator>Mtgrizgirl</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-02-02T17:07:30Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1849793#M234700</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/665417"&gt;@Mtgrizgirl&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;OK I am slightly confused here, but also new to this process.... Is there any other information I can go looking for to better understand this...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have paid all of my Medical Collections, they are from very long ago, &amp;nbsp;One is 2006, one is 2007, and couple from 2008... I know they are mine so I dont need to dispute it...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Have you tried sending GW letters for these collections since they are paid?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:49:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1849793#M234700</guid>
      <dc:creator>Shogun</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-02-02T17:49:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1849809#M234702</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Who reported the collection?&amp;nbsp; OC or CA?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I PM'd you earlier.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:53:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-02-02T17:53:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1849817#M234704</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I was going to and then i saw this post about hippa and got all confused!!! so since they are paid and i should just do the GW letters and not have to do any Hippa letters??? Is that my understanding&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:56:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1849817#M234704</guid>
      <dc:creator>Mtgrizgirl</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-02-02T17:56:52Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Medical Collections</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1849825#M234706</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Did you pay the CA or the OC?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:04:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/Medical-Collections/m-p/1849825#M234706</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-02-02T18:04:35Z</dc:date>
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