Various types of medical records hold distinct purposes when it comes to Veterans Affairs (VA) claims or appeals. The pertinent medical records are those that establish a direct link between the claimant's current diagnosed condition and their military service or...
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Hip Replacement Surgery and Its Potential for Personal Injury Lawsuits
Medical record review for attorneys involves reviewing the medical documentation of plaintiffs injured in some way or other so that the nature and severity of the injury can be determined. Hip...
Why Do All EHRs Still Lack Interoperability? How Does Congress’ 21st Century Cures Act Help?
The electronic health record has many advantages - it simplifies the medical record retrieval and review process, and is expected to enable easy sharing of the records when needed. EHRs have been...
What Social Security Benefits Imply for Self-employed Americans
Social Security retirement benefits and social security disability benefits, the latter involving a medical records review to assess the disability, are lifelines for many Americans. Most Americans...
New Supreme Court Ruling Can Have Considerable Impact on Filing of Personal Injury Lawsuits [Infographics]
Personal injury and workers' compensation cases require significant processes such as medical record retrieval and medical record review for attorneys. The aspect of "fault" is the major difference...
Social Security’s Compassionate Allowance Initiative Needs Improvements, the U.S. Government Accountability Office Says
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...
New Kentucky Legislation May Make Medical Malpractice Cases Difficult to Win
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...
What Is a Medical Records Summary and How Is It Useful for Attorneys?
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...
The 2017 Social Security Trustees Report: Major Takeaways
A large number of Americans depend on Social Security retirement and disability benefits for a living and debates are ongoing about the financial future of this beneficial program. Recently, the...
Indiana Medical Malpractice Act – Important Revisions in Effect
In any medical malpractice case, the plaintiff's attorney has to obtain a medical expert's opinion (which is made after a detailed medical records review) that there is a probable cause for a...
Will Workers’ Compensation Reduce the Social Security Disability Amount You Receive?
Workers' compensation and social security disability insurance benefits are granted only if the disability is established via a comprehensive medical records review. A common concern people have is...