Insurance companies deal with diverse claims including personal injury, mass tort, medical malpractice, product liability, and workers’ compensation claims. Insurers often pay only for those expenses that are directly related to the injury or illness. Medical record...
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Useful Guidelines for Paralegals Handling Medical Records
Medical records analysis is required in workers' compensation cases to evaluate the injury sustained and its impact on the injured person. Usually, medical records are requested by the employer's...
What Are the Disability Coverage Options Available?
Disability can be debilitating and cripple you financially as well. People becoming disabled or ill and cannot work can find day-to-day life really challenging. The Social Security Administration...
Punitive Damages for Medical Malpractice
Spoliation of evidence, whether intentional or inadvertent, is considered a serious offence in a personal injury or medical malpractice case. In these types of cases, the medical record is the most...
How Wearable Technology Could Impact Personal Injury Cases
In personal injury cases, the plaintiff's medical record is important evidence that lawyers rely on to extract the relevant medical facts. Typically, a medical chart review company assists them in...
Medical Chart-related Errors May Have Grave Consequences
Errors in medical records are common and could lead to devastating consequences for patients. The mistakes in electronic health records are becoming an increasing source for medical malpractice...
Can You Claim Workers Comp for Injury Caused by a Co-worker?
Workplace injuries are common and injured workers may be eligible for workers' compensation insurance that would provide them the financial support they need during their treatment and recovery. The...
How Employers Can Successfully Fight Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Workers' compensation is a valuable employee welfare program that protects employees when they are unable to work due to a workplace related injury or illness. This insurance program reimburses...
Can Physicians Collect Disability Benefits for “Burnout?”
As a provider of medical review services for disability attorneys, we have noticed the alarming trend of an increasing number of doctors suffering from the effects of "burnout." Such doctors tend to...
Important Questions on Social Security Disability Benefits
Disability can be stressful and frustrating, especially when it prevents you from doing your job, meeting your financial commitments, and looking after your family. If you have a medical condition...
How a Professional Administrator Can Help with Medicare Set Asides (MSA)
Workers' compensation cases as well as liability cases are often complex, and one of the most common challenges is reaching a settlement for the injured person's future medical costs. Attorneys...