re: Doctor bill paid. Still went into collections.

Hey all - thread hijack and sympathy request.

THIS IS MY FRIGGIN LIFE!!!

I cannot telly you how frustrating it is.

I have an 18yo that has been sick all of his life and sees clinics / Dr's at least twice a month.

We are perpetually getting collections notices in the mail from stuff like this. Some legit, some not legit.

The standard practice for medical offices is to send a bill and then immediately send it to collections after 30 days.

Because of this, the last 18 years of my adult life has been marred mainly with bad credit.

I could go on with the ramifications of that, but don't wanna torpedo this whole thread.

/sympathy-whine off

To the OP: You can challenge the collection on each of the credit companies and they will remove the bill from your report if it was paid on time.