CMRE Financial Services is, apparently, a collection agency. I received medical services and my insurance was billed. I received a bill for {$100.00} but knew that I was covered for it by insurance. I called the medical provider and they said to just wait, the insurance had been billed. The was the last I heard of it. I assumed that the medical provider had been paid as I never received another bill from them. Sometime later, ( 1 year or more ) I received a bill from CMRE for the same {$100.00}. I called and asked what it was about. They said that insurance had not paid and I was liable. They NEVER said that they were a collection agency. I thought they were a biller for the medical provider. I still believed that my insurance should have paid the {$100.00}, but felt that it would be faster & easier to just pay it. I did not want any derogatory information to appear on my credit report. Now, another year has passed, and it seems CMRE was/is a collection agency and the payment has affected my credit. I would never have just paid it, if I knew that. I would have gone directly to the medical provider and hashed it out with them and my insurance company. In short, I should not have a " collection '' account on my credit report as I was tricked into paying them in lieu of fighting the charge with the medical provider.