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Volume 37 Issue 37  February 2007
 





     


     

     

     


     


     




The NASP mission is to enhance the stature and effectiveness of subrogation and recovery professionals through education, training and the exchange of information.

 

     




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The Summary of Collection Laws 
2006-2007


     



Healthcare Debt: Not Your Typical Portfolio

By Paul Legrady, Director,
Kaulkin Ginsberg

Our recent research, Healthcare ARM 2006, found that healthcare providers set aside $129 billion annually to cover bad debt – that’s roughly 7 percent of industry revenues. Yet despite the pressures to recover this debt, the size of the healthcare debt purchasing market is still relatively small. Of the estimated $110 billion in face value of delinquent debt purchases that took place in the United States during 2005, we estimate less than 4 percent was healthcare debt.


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NL Member News

            


 Are you searching for collection software?

Because of our position in the collection industry, we receive many phone calls requesting information about collection software.  To assist those who are researching software, we compiled a list of questions to ask. 

We have posed the following 12 questions to five leading collection software vendors: CaseTracker123, Columbia Ultimate, Comtech Systems, Inc., Q-Soft, LLC and Totality Software, Inc.  Below are the questions we asked along with a link to their responses.

You can also click on each vendors name below to view all 12 of their responses. 

Casetrackerlaw      Columbia Ultimate   
  

Comtech Systems, Inc.     Q-Soft, LLC     Totality Software, Inc.



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 1.  Who is your collection software designed for (Collection Agencies, Collection Attorneys, Debt Buyers or Other)?  Responses

2.  What platform or operating system is your software designed for (Windows, DOS, Unix, Linux or Other)?  Responses

3  What should a company consider when purchasing collection software?  Responses

4.  What are your product capabilities?

NOTE:   Due to the length of question number four, each response has a separate link.  Click each link at the end of the question four to see their response.

A) Does your software offer trust accounting?  
 
B) Does your software interface with a word processor?

C) Does your software provide imaging capabilities?

D) Does your software integrate with report generators? 

E) Does your software provide open access?

F) Does your software interface with YGC (YouveGotClaims) or any other EDI standard?

G) Does your system interface with 3rd party vendors (skip tracing, dialers, mail processing etc.)

H) Is your software web based?

CaseTracker123     Columbia Ultimate    

Comtech Systems, Inc.         Q-Soft, LLC           Totality Software, Inc.

 

5.  What are all the costs involved including software installation, training, support, and extra modules?  Responses   

6.  Is your software user friendly and what type of training and IT support do you offer?   Responses

7. Does your system permit remote work sites?  Responses

8.  What type of security is in place for data? Responses
   
9.  How many active users do you have?  Responses

10.   Do you have a user group?  Responses

11.  Can a buyer obtain a copy of the source code?  Responses

12.  Where do you see the future is headed for collection software?    Responses


 Upcoming Events


  National Association of Subrogation Professionals
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NASP 2007 Subrogation Litigation Skills Conference
  March 8-9, 2007
  Las Vegas, NV


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Credit and Collection News
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CCN2-The 2nd Annual Credit and Collection News Conference
 
April 11-13, 2007
  JW Marriott 
  Palm Desert, CA


 Commercial Law League of America
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  77th Annual Chicago Conference
  April 19-22, 2007
  Westin Michigan Avenue Hotel
  Chicago, IL



  National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys
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  2007 Spring Collection Conference
  May 9-11, 2007
  Caesar's Palace
  Las Vegas, NV