Did you receive text messages from US Acute Care Solutions asking for money?
Are you in California?
Did you pay for medical bills for work related injuries?

Text messages sent by US Acute Care Solutions asking you to pay for medical bills may have been illegal. If you didn't agree to receive text messages, you probably should not be getting them.

 

Congress enacted in 1991 the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to regulate this practice. The TCPA restricts the making of telemarketing calls and the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and artificial or prerecorded voice messages. The FCC has determined that robo text messages can violate federal law when they are sent without the prior express consent of the called party.

 

https://www.fcc.gov/general/telemarketing-and-robocalls

 

When a business sends you a text message without your consent, such as to collect a debt, they may be violating federal law, and may owe you $500 or more.

 

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/227

 

There are other potential legal violations associated with medical bill text messages from US Acute Care Solutions. Many people that go to the hospital have medical insurance or worker´s compensation insurance that is supposed to cover their medical bills. Healthcare providers should bill insurance before trying to collect the entire bill from the patient.  In California it is illegal for a healthcare provider to bill an injured worker when they know that the claim should be paid by worker's compensation insurance. You should not pay out of pocket for healthcare bills that are supposed to be covered by insurance.

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• Did you receive medical bill text messages from US Acute Care Solutions?

• Did you pay work related medical bills due to an injury in California? If so, you may be entitled to a refund of the money you paid, plus additional damages.

• Were you forced to pay medical bills even though you were covered by workers' compensation? If so, you may be able to recover significant damages.

• Did you receive text messages, emails, or letters demanding payment for medical bills, even though the healthcare providers knew that you suffered a work related injury? You may be entitled to damages.

• Were you harassed into paying medical bills that were already paid? You may be able to get your money back.

• Were you threatened with having your credit rating damaged if you did not pay medical bills you did not owe?  You could be entitled to monetary compensation.

• Do you feel you are a victim of a medical billing scam? -Explore your legal options.

• Are you asking yourself, ¨Why did I get a text message medical bill from US ACUTE CARE SOLUTIONS?¨

We are investigating US ACUTE CARE SOLUTIONS, and other medical care providers, regarding their medical bill collection practices. Did US Acute Care Solutions send you text messages, emails or letters, demanding that you pay work related medical bills that were already paid for?Is US Acute Care Solutions trying to make you pay the medical bills for a work related injury?

-Most work related injuries in California are supposed to be paid by Worker´s Compensation insurance, not you!  

Did you get scam medical bills with overcharges, inaccurate billing CPT codes, or charges for services that were not provided?

The medical bills you received may be illegal. You may be entitled to recover damages.

We are investigating US Acute Care Solutions, and other emergency room and urgent care center providers, for engaging in potentially unfair business practices that violate California law.  Specifically, US Acute Care Solutions and other emergency room and urgent care center providers may have improperly billed patients for services related to work injuries.

If you paid directly, or overpaid, for any emergency room or urgent care services for a work injury in the past four years, you may be entitled to monetary restitution of all amounts you paid.

Contact the Law Office of David A. Lerman for more information and a free initial consultation about your legal rights.