Category: Overcharge and excessive fees

Have you been charged excessive fees. Overcharges, improper renewal, and unauthorized charges may violate the law.

Overpayment Claim Against Health Care Company

 

The New York Attorney General announced a settlement with a health insurance company regarding overbilling  consumers.

The company charged its insureds improperly out-of-network rates for certain medical providers, including radiologists, pathologists, and anesthesiologists.  Many of the people faced debt-collection lawsuit as a result of overbilling.  The company was also required to  Diagnostic Center, Inc. (“NYMDC”), a New York City health care provider, agreed to cease its practice of balance billing.  When a health care provider “balance bills” a patient, it sends the patient a bill for any amount of its charge that an insurer did not cover—despite the fact that the provider is required to accept the insurer’s payment as payment in full.  New York Attorney General Settles Balance Billing and Overpayment Disputes    http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=842

If you believe you have been a victim of overbilling, call for a free consultation.

 

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Common Fraud Complaints

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The FTC issued its report on common complaints.
https://www.ftc.gov/policy/reports/policy-reports/commission-staff-reports/consumer-sentinel-network-data-book-2017/top-ten-fraud-categories-id-other

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2018/03/ftc-releases-annual-summary-complaints-reported-consumers

Sometimes victims may be able to obtain recovery from the perpetrator or others.  We provide a free consultation on fraud claims.

TOP 10 FRAUD CATEGORIES

RANK

CATEGORY

# OF REPORTS

% REPORTING $ LOSS

TOTAL AMOUNT LOSS

MEDIAN $ LOSS
1 Imposter Scams 347,829 19% $328M $500
2 Telephone and Mobile Services 149,578 4% $17M $223
3 Prizes, Sweepstakes and Lotteries 142,870 9% $95M $511
4 Shop-at-Home and Catalog Sales 126,387 58% $94M $261
5 Internet Services 45,093 14% $19M $183
6 Foreign Money Offers & Counterfeit Check Scams 31,980 33% $34M $1,008
7 Travel, Vacations, and Timeshare Plans 22,264 18% $38M $1,710
8 Business and Job Opportunities 18,702 34% $47M $1,063
9 Advance Payments for Credit Services 17,762 74% $15M $318
10 Health Care 10,321 8% $1M $175

 

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ONLINE OVERCHARGE

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This is not what they said it would cost.  

Nearly nine months ago, a federal court in California ruled that an online grocer must refund customers the amount of money they were overcharged when the company broke its own terms and conditions by marking up prices of items ordered online. We finally know how much the supermarket chain will hand over: about $30.9 million.

The fine marks the end of a four-year legal battle in which the plaintiffs alleged that the company  marked up prices for home-delivered groceries by nearly 10% in apparent violation of its own online customer agreement.

Our office is evaluating claims and class action for undisclosed charges, late fees, and unauthorized add-ons.

Call (973) 598-1980 for a Free Consultation on Your Claim

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CABLE COMPANY OVERCHARGES

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When you get promised one rate and charged another, it’s frustrating. When it happens to thousands of customers getting service from the same company all at once, it’s probably a sign of a systematic problem. And one report now says thousands of AT&T and DirecTV customers have been complaining about exactly that for years.
When CBS News went digging, it found more than 4,000 complaints against AT&T and DirecTV (the two merged in 2015) over the last two years relating to overcharges, deals, and promotional pricing gone awry.
https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/att-directv-reportedly-overcharged-thousands-of-customers/

If you have been deceived by your cable company, you may be entitled to compensation.

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OVERCHARGE CLASS ACTION

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Are you getting fleeced on appraisal charges when you buy a house or refinance? Could you be paying as much as double what the appraiser is receiving for actually doing the work, with the excess going to an undisclosed third party? Many appraisers say yes. And they’re eager to let consumers know that when the appraisal charge is $500 or $800 or $1,000, they’re frequently being paid just a fraction of that. The rest is going to an “appraisal management” company under contract with the lender to oversee the appraisal process. Management companies hire the appraiser, negotiate fees, review the appraisal and send it to the lender. Management companies often select appraisers willing to work for relatively low fees. In exchange, they make assignments available to appraisers that they might not otherwise receive.   Controversy arises when management companies add 35 to 50 percent surcharges — or more — onto the final bill to the consumer.

Have you been overcharged for goods or services.  Call (973) 598-1980 for a
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