Wrongful death claim or a claim filed for the death caused by the negligent or wrongful act of another, resembles a personal injury claim, except that the case is filed by the victim's family or close ones. Wrongful death legal cases can be related to motor vehicle...
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EEOC Guidance for U.S. Employers Regarding Handling Covid-19
EEOC (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)’s recent guidance for handling pandemics is highly significant information for employers, workers’ compensation lawyers, companies providing...
HIPAA Compliance and COVID-19 – OCR Guidance
As the COVID-19 pandemic advances rapidly, the U.S. is taking extreme measures to mitigate the health impact of the virus. Whether you run a hospital, law firm or a medical review company, all your...
Medical Record Retrieval Tips for Busy Legal teams
Often, the ultimate outcome of a case depends on the data contained in a patient’s medical chart. This makes chart review a crucial step in any personal injury or medical malpractice case and other...
What Medical Evidence Is Needed to Support Social Security Disability Claims?
Disability cases rely heavily on medical evidence that is obtained from the applicant’s medical records. The SSA (Social Security Administration) will use this evidence to determine whether or not...
Telemarketing Tips For Employers to Streamline Operations
While the COVID 19 pandemic continues its destructive course across the globe, many measures are being taken at all levels to contain the spread of this virus. Employers in all industry sectors,...
Medical Record Retrieval and Medical Record Organization Tips for Paralegals
In a law firm, the responsibility of collecting all medical records relevant to personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice and such other cases is entrusted to the paralegals in a law...
Coronavirus and Workers’ Wages – Some Frequently Asked Questions
The extent of uncertainty and sense of gloom generated by the COVID-19 pandemic is huge, with everyone at a total loss as to how to handle an emergency of such magnitude. With so many offices...
CMS Has Announced Section 1135 Waivers to Battle COVID-19
The entire global population is going through extremely trying times with total and partial lock downs and numerous other restrictions put in place to control the raging COVID-19 epidemic....
COVID-19 and Its Impact on the Workers’ Compensation Industry
COVID-19, the new strain of coronavirus and a deadly one at that, is causing increasing concern to organizations and governments across the world. For organizations, the major challenge is to figure...
An Overview of Medical Peer Review for Health Plans
Peer reviews are of different types in healthcare. In a healthcare organization, peer review is used to study physician performance and ensure that providers’ skills are maintained at the highest...