In the legal field, medical records play a crucial role in building strong cases and supporting legal arguments. Access to accurate and timely medical records is essential for law firms to establish causation, assess damages, and provide the necessary evidence to...
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Is Social Security Disability Benefit Taxable?
The SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance) program for workers who experience a severe disability, which is awarded on the basis of a comprehensive medical records review, pays them monthly...
Tampering with Medical Records Can Have Grave Legal Consequences
Medical records are sometimes intentionally falsified for various reasons, and any tampering is revealed through an exhaustive medical records review. Whatever be the reason, anybody caught for...
Social Security Beneficiaries to See a 0.3% Increase in COLA for 2017
As Social Security Disability Insurance program undergoes a number of changes like the recent change with increase in benefits by 0.3%, medical record retrieval for medical records review is...
Legal Malpractice Claims – The Need to Be Aware of Their Significant Prevalence
Attorneys handling medical malpractice and personal injury cases know how tedious the medical record review process is. To get them reviewed by licensed medical professionals and gather correct and...
When does a Claimant’s Social Security Benefits Apply to the Spouse
Social Security is the largest social welfare program in the United States and its disability benefits are a great support to disabled individuals and their families. A complex program, disability...
Medical Case Chronology Can Help Prove Medical Malpractice
A medical timeline or medical case chronology is very important in a medical malpractice case. Medical malpractice trial attorneys usually rely on medical review services to examine the voluminous...
Ensuring Quick Access to Medical Records in Personal Injury Litigation
In any personal injury case, the claimant’s injury is best documented in the medical records, which makes medical records review a very important step in such litigation. A patient or other...
Snooping into Patient Medical Records Also Constitutes a Privacy Breach
Whether you handle healthcare documentation for medical claims review, medical peer review, or medical records review, maintaining their privacy is paramount. Privacy breach can come from many...
Social Security Administration Beefing up Security
A recent conversation I had with one of my acquaintances set me thinking about security in any organization. We were discussing a large business both of us were familiar with, when their unique...
Medical Records and Their Legal Significance
Medical records document the services/treatments provided to a patient as well as the outcomes. In a medico-legal context, medical records reveal professional integrity and demonstrate what the...