Date Received: 2018-02-10T00:00:00
Product: Medical debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Consumer Consent Provided to Share Complaint: Consent provided
Consumer Complaint: This debt was paid through XXXX Hospital, the entire balance was paid in XX/XX/2017, long before it showed up on my credit report. I received several calls from a collection agency after the fact, after the bill was paid off in full, stating that I owe for this bill, I explained to them that it was already paid through XXXX hospital, I called and confirmed this with XXXX Hospital and they show no open bills. XXXX hospital told me that they showed no balance and that they would contact collection agency and let them know, that the bill was resolved and they instructed me to disregard their calls.
Company: Phoenix Financial Services LLC
State/Zip: IA 503XX
Company Response to Complaint: Closed with explanation
Was Company Response Timely: Yes
Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A
Complaint ID: 2809480
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