Medical records contain important details such as a patient’s medical history, diagnoses, and treatments. These records are difficult to understand because of their complexity and the use of medical jargon. Moreover, these are voluminous, which necessitates the...
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Learn about Multi-district Litigation in Product Liability Cases
Product liability refers to a product or device manufacturer being held legally responsible for placing a defective product in the hands of a consumer. According to FindLaw, defective or dangerous...
What Are the Features that Distinguish Reliable Peer Reviews?
Medical peer reviews are very important from the point of view of health insurance coverage. Though health plans receive a great deal of ire from providers and patients alike for claim denials based...
How to Optimize the Medical Record Retrieval Process
Medical record retrieval is an important service for payers that need to collect medical records for risk adjustment programs and quality measurements, and position themselves for positive HEDIS...
Medical Claim Denials and Rebuttals – an Overview
Health plans often deny claims to patients quoting lack of medical necessity as the reason for the denial. These denials are quite distressing for seriously ill patients as well as the healthcare...
Workers’ Compensation Coverage for Dental Claims – What Dentists Should Know
Dental injuries sustained at the workplace may be compensable and would entail a medical record review to understand the nature and extent of the injury. From the point of view of workers’...
Can AI-powered Robots Be Sued for Medical Malpractice?
Just as in any other business sector, research and testing of AI-powered devices are ongoing in the medical field as well. Machines can analyze huge amounts of medical data during medical record...
Trial Witness Preparation – What Lawyers Recommend
Witnesses and their statements play a key role in proving any legal case - civil or criminal. Thorough preparation of the witness provides more opportunity for lawyers to win the case. Lawyers have...
9 Top Social Security Websites to Know
As the nation’s most important social resource, Social Security provides financial support to millions of retired and disabled Americans. Disability benefits are granted if a medical chart review...
How to Identify and Prevent Elder Abuse Effectively
Elder abuse is a serious concern in the United States of America, with around 5 million seniors suffering from some form of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation, according to the SSA (Social...
What Are the Types of Medical Evaluations Critical to the Disability Claims-Determination Process?
Disability determination has to be made with great caution both to ensure that healthcare services are being used appropriately and to control healthcare costs. Processes such as medical peer...