The new OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) reporting requirements for injuries and illnesses pertains to high-hazard industries. This rule has been described as “groundbreaking” and expands the injury and illness data submission requirements for...
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What Impact Does a Personal Injury Settlement Have on SSDI/SSI Benefits?
Personal injury cases as well as social security disability claims involve comprehensive medical records review. Given the challenges involved in reviewing voluminous medical charts, most attorneys...
What Are the Different Categories of Nursing Home Medical Records?
Nursing home medical records must be well-organized and complete, irrespective of whether they are electronic or paper-based. When the medical charts are in a state of disarray, it could cause major...
What Role Does Medical History Play in a Workers’ Compensation Claim?
Medical history is very important in a workers’ compensation case, and injured workers have to disclose their entire medical history to the workers’ compensation physician to avoid complications...
The Electronic Health Record – Its Medical and Legal Importance
Whether to understand the type of care provided to the patient, for medical record review, for obtaining billing information, or for information exchange, electronic health records or EHRs are much...
Key Differences between Class Action and Multidistrict Litigation
An attorney may have to deal with diverse cases and lawsuits such as mass tort, medical malpractice, workers’ compensation and more. Such cases mostly require medical records review, as medical...
Defective Products and Work Place Injuries
At times, work place injuries are caused by defective products or equipment that can lead to product liability cases, workers’ compensation claims, and personal injury lawsuits. Attorneys handling...
Who Is an “Essential Worker” in the COVID-19 Scenario?
The new coronavirus COVID-19 has created numerous challenges for employers and insurers, and possible policy changes may become necessary in the wake of the widespread infection. While chart review...
COVID-19 and Social Security Claiming – Some Considerations
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc throughout the world and has been especially overwhelming for people of retirement age and workers. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Why Rebuttals Are Vital to Challenge Insurance Claim Denials
Rebuttal preparation is one of the solutions a medical record review company provides that attorneys and physicians dealing with claim denials find very useful. Health insurance companies often deny...
How Claimants Can Support Attorneys in Documenting Accident Reports
In this blog post, we discuss how claimants can support attorneys in documenting accident reports. Proper documentation of injuries and evidence of damages are crucial to win an accident lawsuit and...