Apria Healthcare is a prominent provider of home respiratory care and medical equipment nationwide. Their offerings include oxygen therapy, inhalation treatments, sleep apnea management, and negative pressure wound therapy. Despite their leadership position in these key areas, the company is the subject of multiple lawsuits and online complaints. Some Apria clients allege their debt collection practices are aggressive and even unlawful.
Apria Healthcare Complaints
We are investigating multiple reports of Apria Healthcare sending collection agencies after patients for fees already paid and for double-charging patients on their monthly payments. We have a current client who seemingly had everything resolved with Apria Healthcare, but just when it seemed like everything was fine, once again they sent a collection agency after our client for a debt that is not owed. Multiple reviews on ConsumerAffairs.com have accused Apria of similar things.
Your Debt Collection Rights
Federal and state statutes protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, and harassing debt collection practices. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law that provides important protections for consumers. It prohibits debt collectors from engaging in unfair, deceptive, and harassing practices when attempting to collect debts. Both federal and state statutes work together to safeguard consumers from abusive debt collection behaviors, ensuring that debt collectors adhere to certain standards of conduct. The FDCPA outlines explicitly what debt collectors can and cannot do, including restrictions on harassment, false statements, and unfair practices, thereby helping consumers to be protected from potential abuses while managing their debts.
Our Case Results
Our firm’s FDCPA lawyers are experienced in representing victims of unfair debt collection. In 2019, Ed Maginnis and Karl Gwaltney resolved a class action under the FDCPA and the North Carolina Collection Agency Act for $1,200,000. In this case, a collection agency attempted to collect debt, usually medical debt, from individuals who had filed a bankruptcy case and received a discharge (meaning they no longer owed the funds).
Experienced Unfair Debt Collection Attorneys
If you or someone you know has had similar problems with Apria Healthcare, or you are receiving calls from bill collectors, debt collectors, creditors, or anyone else trying to collect a debt from you, even if the debt is actually or partially owed, you may be entitled to compensation if the debt collector or collection agency is violating consumer rights.
Our consumer law attorneys are committed to helping individuals and groups like you who have been wronged by big corporations, banks, creditors, and collection agencies. If you are facing unfair debt collection practices by Apria or any other company, contact us today. Our experienced attorneys represent clients across the Carolinas on a contingency basis. That means you don’t pay anything unless we recover compensation for you. Maginnis Howard offers personal injury, unpaid wages, and consumer law attorneys.
