Medical negligence is a serious concern in healthcare, potentially leading to severe consequences for patients. Identifying instances of medical negligence is crucial for ensuring patient safety and justice. One powerful tool in this pursuit is the medical chart...
The electronic health record was welcomed with mixed reactions by providers, patients as well as legal professionals who have to deal with medical records on a regular basis. One of its perceived...
Psychological injuries comprise an important component of claims in both Personal Injury and Employment Law. Here medical records review is an important first step to establish the injury. Insurance...
Whistleblower lawsuits or qui tam lawsuits cover fraudulent activities that range from tax evasion to healthcare fraud involving Medicare and Medicaid. These are lawsuits where in citizen...
Providers of medical record review for attorneys know how important it is to expedite disability claims for people diagnosed with severe and terminal illnesses so that they can quickly obtain the...
What is so good about electronic health records (EHR)? Before the advent of EHRs, access to medical charts and processes such as medical records review were challenging and involved a considerable...
Illinois workers' compensation system was created at the beginning of the twentieth century, when many workers were engaged in dangerous industrial jobs. Workplace accidents and injuries would be...
Under a new legislationSB4 passed in Kentucky, all potential malpractice suits must go before a medical record review panel before the case can be pursued in court. Medical malpractice lawsuits that...
The number of working-age Americans who make ends meet with disability benefits increased rapidly between 1996 and 2015. This increase also became an indicator of the divide between urban and rural...
The Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Maria T. Vullohas announced the 2018 health insurance rates for New York's individual and small group markets, including the rates for the...
This blog is an update for our January 27, 2016 blog post "Preparing a Medical Records Summary for Attorney Review". Medical record summaries are fact based, and provide information regarding the...
