Patient Accounts Bureau is a very unorganized collection agency! They don't care about if you are dead or alive! They just want money! and really not knowing what for! I think they need to find a better collection routine!
You try to keep up with everything! They take forever to respond or don't respond at all!! until the next year.

This number is from Patient Accounts Bureau. They are a collection agency representing Piedmont Hospital amongst others. If you call them back you will be placed on hold for 10-20 minutes with a recording saying how important this call is and someone will be with you shortly. When you are connected you will speak with someone with limited English skills. They will have no information as to why their client is trying to collect a debt.  Do not give them any personal information but insist they provide specific information so you can decide if you really owe their client money.  Most of the time your medical insurance is slow in paying.  Suggest you call Piedmont (or whatever medcial practice you've recently done business with) and find out what the real situation is.  I consider Piedmont in particular very sleazy since they make no effort to resolve billing issues directly with their patients. They turn everything over to PAB regardless of the merits of their claim.  I have had three separate dealings with PAB over Piedmont issues and I have been able to resolve every one with a supervisor at their accounting office without paying a cent.

I get 2 calls a day from this number. The message they try to leave on my voicemail has never been a complete message and I have never known who it was. Some Female on an automated response. Now after reading these comments, I at least know what they are about. If I have the patience to wait long enough for a human to answer my call, they will receive a loud whistle at a frequency that will quickly change their attitude about further calls.

The collectors are allowed 1 phone call per day and 5 days a week ONLY

They are a medical collection company - not associated with Piedmont Hospital - if you have any outstanding medical issues - that is why they may be calling you - I requested an itemized bill from them to research and verify if it is legit.  I recommend other people to do the same - do not provide credit card information over the phone.

Hi folks -

here's the thing: I've NEVER used Piedmont, yet they're starting to call me for no reason.

Thanks for letting me know who this is -

Chuck I hope you didn't copywrite your fight because I intend to to do the same thing!  I just received a call from these people at 10 PM, thats illegal in Georgia.  I answered but all I heard was a crazy automated voice telling me this was not a sales call, AT 10 PM!!!  I googled it because I have no idea what is going on and then I called back and left a voicemail with these people letting them know they couldn't call someone this late at night.  I have never, ever been to Piedmont Hospital, I live in North Georgia.  What you did is not childish it is hilarious and RIGHT!

this number called me today but i did not pick up because i dont know who that is.....

I have decided to fight fire with fire. I keep calling this number,  (roughly 100 times to this point) and when a person gets on the line and says "Patient Accounts, How can I help you?", I respond with "You can't, I'm only trying to annoy you and waste your time just like you annoy me and waste my time.". Childish? Of course it is but it does give me a laugh. I would reccomend that people do the same thing. If nothing else it will tie up some of these ignorant people and waste their time. Possibly even tick somebody off enough to quit.

Have been receiving calls from mostly agency's looking for a Lester Johnson. I
have moved into this area in January 2009, and was unlucky enough to be assigned
the phone number of this wayward gentleman, most have the decency to correct the
automatic calling, but not this one. All I get on caller id is HC and 678-250-7175.

The "new improved" CallerID says "Hollis Cobb Associates" for this phone number.  No one in my household was ever a patient at Piedmont Hospital; however Atlanta Cardiology was taken over by Piedmont Heart Institute within the last year or so and I'm the caregiver for one of AtlCardiology's former patients. I got numerous calls from this number yesterday for bills that were submitted to our insurance in 2006 and 2007 and were considered "paid in full" for what the insurance paid to AtlCardiology.

Please someone call Stephanie, she stated her name is Stephanie 678-969-7840 from Piedmont Hospital Account Bureau, She is harrassing, this should be illegal, because people is losing their home, and not in good health as is this, the women is calling 24 hours stated, I owe Piedmont Hospital. Please Help, Call this lady to make her stop at 678-969-7840
Thank you very much

Thank you for you message Dave!!!!

I sooo appreciate it...I am caregiver for my 88 years old mom, and am glad I have an answerphone on her phone and that she is now in assisted living because these people called 8 times in only 3 days...

I know that had she been home she would have gotten all shook up and gave them information that she should not have..

Thanks again for the help!!!! BTW I tried calling it and now the number wont go thru..lol..

Have a great one!!

It keeps calling saying this is not a sales call.

Try every FIVE minutes.

No friggin' wonder they have a rating of "F" with the BBB:

Based on BBB files, this business has a BBB Rating of F on a scale from A+ to F.
Reasons for this rating include:
38 complaints filed against business
Failure to respond to 20 complaints filed against business.
3 complaints filed against business that were not resolved.

Name: Hollis Cobb Associates, Inc.
Phone: (678) 969-7800
Fax: (678) 969-7808
Address: 6621 Bay Cir Ste 180
Norcross, GA 30071-1218
Website: www.holliscobb.com

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I received a call this morning from this phone no. This is the third call I received in a month from 3 different companies that  looked like scammers. The three were practically the same. One was from TX, another from Cal.and the actual one  actual is from area code 678 which is from Georgia.  Is somebody in the government investigating this ?

left a message stating I owed money.  When I called back, all representatives are busy recording came on twice and then the call was disconnected.  I tried again and the same thing happened.  I hope they never call back.

Received a call from this number today. They left a message stating this is not a sales call. And to return the phone call at the same number.

I found a similar call on my answering machine.  They told me to call the same number but caller ID recorded 678-969-7840.  I called the one on the answering machine.  A person with a heavy spanish accent demanded money for a doctor's office.  The office was one I visited back in January 2007.  They had some information right on the visit so sounded legitimate.  But when I asked them to send me their demand in writing with details about the claim they insisted they already sent many times.  I never received anything from Patient Bureau.  They refused to mail me.  A check of records shows the doctor was paid by my insurance company 100%.  There was never any invoices from the doctor in 2007.  My answering machine had yet another voice message demanding money.

Called me this morning. No message.

PLEASE BE AWARE OF THIS PHONE NUMBER. SOMEONE CALLED MY MOTHER TODAY SAYING SHE OWED MONEY TO A HOSPITAL. I ASKED THEM TO SEND OUT A BILL AND THEY WOULD NOT. THEN I CALLED THE HOSPITAL AND THEY WHERE NOT SHOWING ANYTHING THAT WAS IN COLLECTIONS. THE HOSPITAL ADVISED TOLD ME THE SAME THING TO REQUEST A BILL.