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Collection agencies don't manipulate your credit or remove accounts from your credit. The credit bureaus themselves are repsonsible for maintaining accurate reports, but because the credit is yours, you should check you reports at least once a year to ensure their accuracy.

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How can you remove delinquent utility bills from your credit report?

You can only remove bills if you pay them or if the bills are listed incorrectly on your credit report. It is best to pay them off and then the bills will not be listed as delinquent.


Why aren't utility bills reported to credit agencies if they are paid on time?

Utility companies are not credit grantors. You are not borrowing money to be paid back in a specific time period. You are paying for a service when you pay your utility bill.


Are medical bills considered a collection item or a public record?

Medical bills themselves are not considered public records; they are private documents between the patient and the healthcare provider. However, if a medical bill goes unpaid and is sent to collections, it can become a collection item. Once in collections, it may be reported to credit bureaus and can affect a person's credit score. While collection accounts are generally accessible to creditors, they do not constitute public records like court judgments or bankruptcies.


If you disputed items on your credit file and they were deleted by the 3 credit bureaus can the credit card company come back and try to put them back on your file?

Usually not, they had t6heir shot and dropped the ball. However, you have to remember that the credit card companies pay the bills at the credit reporting agencies. There are a lot of shenanigans that go on. You need to visit www.ftc.gov and review a copy of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.


A collection agency is suing you what do you need to do?

Pay your bills.

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Florida hospitals and collection agency?

Collection agencies can collect for Florida hospitals. Medical bills are not looked on as poorly as other bills when offers of credit are being considered.


How can you remove delinquent utility bills from your credit report?

You can only remove bills if you pay them or if the bills are listed incorrectly on your credit report. It is best to pay them off and then the bills will not be listed as delinquent.


What is bad credit history?

is when a consumer does not pay thier bills on time or have unpaid collection bills


How do you improve your credit after you have been to collections?

Always continue to pay all your bills on time and keep your balances low. You can try and negotiate with the collection agency to remove the collection off your credit report upon final payment, but they might not agree. You can also try to dispute the collection to the credit bureaus, but it will most likely be verified unless the collection is paid off already.


What does a collection agency do to your credit?

They don't do anything. Failure to pay bills causes credit to be reported badly and your credit score to go down. All a collection agency does is go after you for the money.


What do credit reporting agencies report and to whom?

Credit reporting agencies report your credit activities, such as paying bills on time, taking out a loan, etc. They keep track of this and make it available to anyone who requests it.


Is hospital account information shown on a credit report?

Yes it is, right under the hospital's name. Generally, paid and satisfactory hospital bills do not show on a consumer's credit report. Unpaid bills that go to a collection agency are frequently reported. Most hospitals and medical providers have existing arrangements with collection agencies that processes unpaid bills rather quickly.


Can unpaid medical bills be reported on credit reports?

Yes, unpaid medical bills will be reported to credit bureaus not to mention the collection agency that the medical facility will pursue.


Medical bills on credit report?

unpaid collection on medical bills can possibly be reported on bureau, but payment history is not reported.


Can medical bills effect your credit while making payments on them?

Yes, this is only reported on your credit report if it is a collection account.


What will happen if you dont paid your credit card bills?

Your credit card company will report you to one of the three credit agencies, Experian credit bureau, Equifax credit bureau, and TransUnion credit bureau.


Can unpaid co-payments for Hospital bills hurt your credit report?

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.