Not usually. They will place it on the person who was treated at the time. Unless other arrangements had been made (i.e. You asked for them to bill you in c/o (care of) your husband).
I had a credit report run when I was going to buy my new home. I had divorced from my wife. I had a number of reports on my report that where from my exwife one from a department store. I called the department store, I was told to call the creditor to have her credit removed they put a report out on her. I'm still working on the medical. What I have found is the insurance. was in my name Account number being my SS# not her's. The reports are coming accross in my name.
Like other late payments reported to a credit reporting agency, an unpaid medical bill may stay on a credit report for up to seven years.
Yep! If the ambulance company turns your account over to a collection agency that agency might report the collection on your credit. Medical collections are the most common type of collection on a credit report.
Contact the credit reporting agency from where you got the report. They have the contact information and can provide that to you upon request.
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seven years
This really ain't an answer but mine was done that was also since I was the one that signed his medical papers at the hospital
At its discretion, the medical biller will report to one or more credit reporting agencies that the debt has gone to collections. The collections agency will report it, as well - also at their discretion. You can negotiate for payment with the collections agency.
Unless you have given a collection agency written permission to pull a full credit report they are in violation of credit laws.
A collection agency can report you to the credit bureau for any amount of money. There are agencies that will report for amounts under a hundred dollars.
If you have been turned down for credit recently you are entitled by law to get a free credit report from the credit reporting agency that supplied the information. Call or write the agency to make your request.
a credit bureau
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