Medico-legal cases or medical-legal cases are cases where medical issues intersect with legal considerations, often involving the interpretation and application of laws and regulations in the context of healthcare. These cases arise when a person seeks legal help due...
Social security retirement and disability programs are the United States of America's most important social welfare programs. Disability benefits are more challenging to obtain because disability...
Workers' compensation insurance and unemployment insurance are valuable programs that help employees who are out of work for temporary periods due to injuries or lay-offs. Workers' compensation is...
Legacy claims or old claims contribute to higher costs for employers and insurers and work to bring down the bottom line of an organization. Aging claims usually pertain to injured employees who...
In any injury case, having a personal injury lawyer to represent you is a major consideration. The patient's medical records provides crucial evidence and a good lawyer will ensure that all these...
Personal injury and workers' compensation cases that involve medical record retrieval and review focus on obtaining fair compensation for the injured person. Claimants who are Medicare beneficiaries...
The SSA (Social Security Administration) pays disability benefits to more than 10 million Americans, which runs into a cost of about $11 billion per month. According to the New York Times,...
Programs such as workers’ compensation protect employees injured on the job by providing them with monetary support during the period they are forced to be away from work. Granted on the basis of a...
Social security benefits may be taxable, whether the benefits are spousal / survivor / disability benefits or retirement benefits. Disability benefits are awarded only after a comprehensive medical...
There are two types of retirement systems for federal workers in the USA - FERS (Federal Employees Retirement System) and CSRS (Civil Service Retirement System). FERS was introduced in 1984 and...
Medical records exist in paper and electronic formats, and in both cases compliance regulations as regards protected health information (PHI) exist. The medical chart is a legal record as well and...
