BCA Financial Services , Inc. (BCA) is a third-party collection agency based in Florida. BCA has received consumer complaints alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), including failure to verify debts and attempting to collect debts not owed. If you have been contacted by BCA, understand your rights before responding.
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They’re legit. According to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), BCA Financial Services is a legitimate collection agency, incorporated and started locally in 1956, re-emerging as BCA Financial Services, Inc. in 1994. The BBB established BCA’s profile page in 2001. BCA is listed as a collection agency; unlicensed financial consultant; insurance claims processor; healthcare staffing provider; and medical billing, general billing, and financial services provider. Buzzfile estimates BCA Financial Services’ annual revenue at $10 million and the size of its headquarters staff at 135 people.
According to its website, BCA Financial Services began as a collection agency whose revenue “was derived from traditional delinquent account collection services provided to a small but distinguished number of retail and health care clients.” Subsequently, “as the health care industry began undergoing tremendous change, BCA understood the need for providing more than just traditional delinquent account collection services and began developing a complete outsourcing program for the healthcare industry.”
BCA’s goal “is to employ innovative technology and highly skilled personnel to maximize the return on clients’ accounts receivable investment, consistent with their philosophy and desired public relations image and to develop mutually beneficial partnerships with other organizations.”
BCA Financial Services operates primarily in the healthcare field. Their full-service agency “provides a myriad of receivable management services encompassing all phases of accounts receivable management, including extended business office; delinquent accounts; insurance follow-up programs; denials management; revenue cycle consulting; interim staffing and management; and conversion, backlog, and cleanup projects.”
As for compliance, BCA Financial Services indicates that its “management are engaged in legislative and regulatory activities at the state, federal, and international levels and have held leadership positions in a host of industry associations.” Furthermore, “BCA has been an active member of ACA International for more than 50 years.” However, their site does not provide links or references to consumer protection resources, laws, or enforcement agencies.
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The BBB has closed 21 complaints against BCA Financial Services in the past three years, with 9 closed in the past 12 months. All of those complaints allege problems with billing and collections. Since March 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has received 14 complaints about BCA. Justia lists at least 15 cases of civil litigation involving BCA.
BCA Financial Services, Inc.
18001 Old Cutler Rd., #462
Palmetto Bay, FL 33157
Telephone: (800) 444-1944
Website: http://www.bcafs.com/en/
It is illegal for a debt collector to make empty threats to sue you or garnish your wages. It is also unlikely BCA would sue you for a debt you may not owe or they cannot validate. However, debt collection agencies are known to have summoned debtors to court and garnish wages after a default judgement. Contacting an attorney BEFORE this could possibly happen would be a smart move. We’ve helped thousands of consumers fight back against unscrupulous debt collection harassers. Find out if we can help you too today!
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In February 2012, in the United States District Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, a judge issued a Decision in a case in which BCA Financial Services had appealed an earlier finding that they had violated certain provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). In the initial case, the plaintiff brought three charges against BCA: first, that BCA had failed to provide a written notice within five days of BCA’s initial communication with the plaintiff; second, that a BCA representative who had contacted and spoken with the plaintiff’s former spouse had failed to state that she was “confirming or correcting location information” for the plaintiff; and third, that a BCA representative had falsely stated that the plaintiff’s medical insurance would not cover the outstanding debt. The first charge violated FDCPA Section 1692g(a), which states that “a debt collector ‘within five days after the initial communication with a consumer . . . must send the consumer a written notice’ containing specified information unless that information was already included in the initial communication.” The second charge violated FDCPA Section 1692b(1), which states that “a ‘debt collector communicating with any person other than the consumer for the purpose of acquiring location information about the consumer,’ must… state that he or she ‘is confirming or correcting location information concerning the consumer.’” The third charge violated FDCPA Section 1692e(10), which prohibits the use of “false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt.” In the initial case, BCA attempted to use the bona fide error defense, which excuses from liability “a debt collector that can show by a preponderance of the evidence that its violation ‘(1) was not intentional; (2) was a bona fide error; and (3) occurred despite the maintenance of procedures reasonably adapted to avoid any such error.’” The court disagreed with BCA, upheld the plaintiff’s charges, awarding the plaintiff $1,000 in statutory damages.
During the appeal hearing, BCA Financial Services requested that the court revisit its decisions on each of the three counts; reconsider the argument for a bona fide error defense; and lower the amount of the award. Although BCA offered new objections to the court’s initial findings, there was no new evidence, and BCA’s arguments were not substantial enough to overturn the decision. As a result, the plaintiff’s victory over BCA was upheld.
Federal laws protect you. The Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) regulates the behavior of collection agencies by prohibiting actions such as the use of abusive or threatening language; harassment; or the use of false or misleading information to collect a debt. The FCRA regulates how collection agencies and creditors report delinquent debts to credit reporting agencies. Additional consumer protection laws include the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA).
Yes. If you want to enforce your rights, or recover money for violations — you need to sue. Federal laws provide individuals like you with a means to seek monetary damages in court. For example, the FDCPA allows consumers who have been violated to recover damages of up to $1,000, plus attorney fees and court costs.
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Sergei Lemberg is an attorney focusing on consumer law, class actions related to automotive issues, and personal injury litigation. With nearly two decades of experience, his areas of practice include Lemon Law (vehicle defects), Debt Collection Harassment, TCPA (illegal robocalls and texts), Fair Credit Reporting Act, Overtime claims, Personal Injury cases, and Class Actions. He has consistently been recognized as the nation's "most active consumer attorney." In 2020, Mr. Lemberg represented Noah Duguid before the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case Duguid v. Facebook. He is also the author of "Defanging Debt Collectors," a guide that empowers consumers to fight back against debt collectors and prevail, as well as "Lemon Law 101: The Laws That Lemon Dealers Don't Want You to Know."
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They keep calling my phone and work saying i owe but i cleared all my debts even my credit report says that i am in the clear plus my score keeps going up. i feel like it is a scam and he is VERY rude.
Company does t understand that I don’t owe anything and it’s a new cellphone number for me. Why don’t they stop calling when you confirm you’re not the person they’re seeking. I’ve been told I owe $2500 yet I’m not the female they are seeking. Wtf
BCA Financial called me twice a day the first call was never answered when I picked up and when I called back to complain with a heated discussion the world.an had seemed to add a bill to the matter Wich amounted to 3000 I haven’t spoke to them since because it seems like a scam
I keep getting calls to my phone for someone else. I called BCA to stop calls and she was ignorant with me.