I love it!!

The hospitals sell their receivables to collection agencies for about half the amount owed. The collection agencies take the risk of getting all of th money.  Never pay them in full or payv interest as they hsve

He called and hung up right away.

I just tell them I had a sex change operation. Idk wat the ...  they keep calling for, but I am always happy when they call. I harass them till they hang up on me. I tell them I'm not who they are looking for, and when they try and continue. I just give them false info. It wastes their time as well as mine.  I haven't been to a doctor since I was a baby. I haven't needed to. If they don't wanna believe that, fine... My name is Kapax. I'm from the planet kissmyass. I invented the tampon before I was a hundred and six years old. I teavel on beams of light. My destination is also my mission. To fun your day up. Now let's begin...

yep same keep calling and hanging up and harrasing me.

Its not illegal. But it does go against FDCPA regulation.

They are ACCOUNTS MGMT INC. they collect for all of Avera

Call Avera and ask for the accounts dept. Ask if you had a bill there, labwork or anything that they referred to there outside collection agency. If you did have a bill but can't afford to pay, tell them you were wondering if they possibly have a "charity form" that you you could complete & of course, be nice to the rep who answers the Phone

Tell them DO NOT CALL your cell Phone. It is illegal without your permission.

Well I'm not happy with this company. However, if you owe a bill to Avera ask them if they have charity cases and if there is a form they can mail you where your income and expense are listed. Then Avera committee will decide.

They left me an incoherent message, hoping I would call back and ask what this is.

This is for any AVERA hospital or clinic not just McKennon. Just saying.

This is the collection department of Avera McKennan and they have the rudest and most unprofessional employees I have ever dealt with at a collection agency. The first call I got from them they informed me of a bill for $150. It's a small bill, but I didn't have the money when they called. I told the woman that I had no intention of ignoring the bill but was incapable at the time. She harassed me for a credit card or the routing numbers for my checking account. I don't have a credit card or a checking account, so she very rudely told me she was putting me down for "refusal to pay".

I've talked to one other person there who was much more polite, though she harassed me for routing numbers too. I've never been comfortable giving out my bank information like that, even though I know this is a legit agency. I'm kind of glad I no longer have anything but a savings account. Anyway, I know this is a collection agency and this is their job, but they really don't understand "no money to give." They refuse to let you off the phone.

This morning I received 5 phone calls from this number in under an hour, which is what finally made me come here to complain. They called about every ten minutes and left no messages. I'm actually wondering if this is some kind of harassment. I work overnights and was dead to the world when they called between 8:30AM and 9:45AM. Avera McKennan is the only company in Sioux Falls that uses the "322" in their number, so when I woke up at around two this afternoon and saw 5 missed calls from the Avera number I was terrified that I had a loved one in the hospital. I was afraid my son got hit by a car on the way to school or my dad had a heart-attack, because 5 calls in less than a hour from a collection agency is just crazy, right? When I called back to find out what was going on and realized it was Accounts Management I was angry enough to hang up on the woman. I am so annoyed with this agency it makes me not want to pay them. I will, because it's only my credit it would hurt, but this is ridiculous.

I got a call from this number, the lady REFUSED to tell me what it was about,  I informd her I was a collector myself, and you legally had to identify yourself.  she rudely then informed me she would remove the phone number.  I asked why she would remove the number when she didnt even verify my name or what it was about.  She then said 'Whatever' and hung up on me.  These people are mean!  I read above that this was thru Avera.  I dont even have any known bills thru them.  If I did, they would be paid!

I have received a call from this number. they had said that they were from Avera and that I had a past due back in April 2011. Right away they asked for money. I don't even remember going to the hospital. And if i did i know the insurance or i paid for it. I googled the number right away and got this url.

The Sam listed above is probably working for AMI and is a debt collector.  Who else would say such stupid things?  I too have received calls with no message left.  And was told by Avera that since I lost my insurance I can't see a doctor without paying upfront, in effect refusing medical treatment.  I have paid off my medical bills, and got charged the full amount, with interest and fees, and every payment they add on "transaction fees"on top of everything else!  The Avera group of companies are very greedy and totally heartless!

they called my cell phone on my google voice number and I justed blocked that number so when they call me back they will get a number disconected voice anouncement and tone. I think modern tech is so cool

Sam,

She is saying she can't afford to pay the bill and asking why the company feels they need to harass her. She never once blames her kids for creating the bill. She simply states the fact that she is a single mother of 3 struggling to keep food on the table. How do you know the baby daddy(s) aren't deadbeats hiding from his/their responsibility?  

You obviously have a chip on shoulder for women who live up to their responsibilities and raise their kids. You also have no idea if the dad's are living up to their responsibilities. How do you know the collection agency isn't harrassing her for the dad's portion of the bill?

Judge not lest ye be judged!

AMI is the collection agency owned and ran by Avera Mckennan Hospital and Clinics.

they have been calling me as well. If they would leave a message in regards to why they are calling I would be more likely to talk to them.

I have a missed call from this number also.. I don't owe avera any money tho....

This number called my home today but the name on the caller ID said Avera McKennan?

This number IS Accounts Management Inc. that collects debts for the ENTIRE AVERA health care system. It doesn't matter which one of their hospitals or clinics that you may or may NOT have been to,AMI will call and harass you. I know a LOT of people that they harass. They keep calling me looking for somebody that I don't even know. I keep telling them that I've only had my new phone and number for about 2 weeks,but they won't stop. It's maddening! I'll have to get my number changed just to make them go away.

I have gotten this Accounts Management as well. They ask me to verify my social security number, and of course I refuse.  I called Avera McKennan and asked to be connected to someone I could discuss this and determine if it was a form of fraud. After several transfers, I was connected with Accounts Management and they once again wanted to start with verifying my SSN.  I explained to them that under no circumstances would I verify my SSN when I had no business with them!

I had been paying on a bill that was actually 2 bills that the hospital decided on their own to combine into one bill. Over half of it is paid but I get harassed by a so called collection agency AMI. Saying that one bill I had been paying fine on but I hadn't made any payment on my other bill. 1. I didn't ask for the 2 bills to be combined. 2. Why weren't the payments placed towards each when there was no indication on their part that it was more than one bill. Anyways I was pretty broke at the time but did offer to have it paid in full in 3-4 months. I was told that was unacceptable and that I had to go to my bank and get a loan to pay it in full. To make a long story short they try to make AMI look like a seperate company than Avera, but it is part of the Avera group of companies. I went to my local hospital were the services were rendered and offered to pay cash what I could afford at the time. They called AMI and wanted me to talk to them I told them I have nothing to say to AMI. Either they could take my cash payment or not. They had no choice but to accept the cash otherwise they would have denied payment of legal currency for a debt owed to them and I wouldn't owe them a cent after that. So each month I go in and make a cash payment. They should have worked with me and accepted to be paid in full in 3-4 months. If they had, they would have been paid off 2 years ago.

I don't think that the person was trying to play the single mother card.  She was simply stating that she has children and money is tight and there may not be the extra money to pay a hospital for a bill.  We all know that hospitals overcharge anyway.  I don't think that it is your place to reprimand someone else and assume that they made bad decisions in the past.  You do not know the woman that left that message and you do not know why she is a single mother.  What if her husband died?  What if the father of her children left her for another woman?  I think that you are very out of line coming to a forum like this and attacking the people that post here.  Get a life and find something else to do this a forum to report about harassing phone calls not for random people to come and post messages about things that they know nothing about.

This number, which shows up on my caller ID as Accounts Management was introduced to my by our local hospital as the company which is handling their accounts receivable for them, allowing them to save money by not having their own A/R management position. (Yeah, right!) They have not been happy with our payment schedule, but have accepted the smaller payments each month when we mail them, anyway. Now they are calling my place of employment leaving "please call me" messages with an 888-844-0880 call back number, using our foster daughter's name, (mis-spelled) and no details.

They also seem to be using one of those auto dialers that call 3-5 numbers at once and hangs up on the ones who do not answer first. I assume this because I have stopped answering their calls, but they ring sometimes only once, and others as many as six time before they stop, without ever leaving a voicemail.

I keep getting calls from this number.  I now refuse to answer the phone.  My answering system picks it up.  They never leave a message.  I love caller ID on phones.

Bill collector calling for the former owner of my new phone number. Wish phone companies would not recycle phone numbers so quick.

Serious - I am going to say what other people are thinking.  STOP playing the single mom card.  It is lame.  Say something like hey I made some bad choices in the past, became involved with the wrong person and I am in a tight spot.  Everyone has bills STOP blaming them on your kids - stand up and clean up what you created