Collections agencies need to provide you with an itemized list of what you owe and to who.
If a hospital gives out this information, especially if they didn’t even try to collect it themselves, they have violated HIPPA.
Will a collections agency give you a document proving they vioated HIPPA? No. Do you owe debts on something w/o receipts? No.
I’m pretty sure this isn’t true. I think there’s a time period before they can send to collections and they have to try and get it from you directly first, but don’t quote me on that.
I’ve personally had a medical debt sent to collections on me after they sent the bill to the wrong address repeatedly.