Medical Debt Collector Agrees to License Suspension

A Chicago debt collection agency has agreed to a temporary suspension of its license in Minnesota to resolve issues surrounding data security that were raised when one of its laptops went missing.

According to a statement issued Friday by Minnesota’s Attorney General, Lori Swanson, the state’s Commerce Department suspended the debt collection license of Accretive Health, Inc. for at least 20 days while the Department investigates some allegations.

Swanson announced in mid-January that she had filed a lawsuit against Accretive.

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