What If My Doctor Refuses To Fill Out The Forms For My Disability Insurance Claim?

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Unfortunately, you may need to get another doctor, or at the very least a second opinion. Your physician plays a vital role in your disability claim. Not only must his records provide objective evid...

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Health Insurance Rescission

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Recently, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill that prohibits health insurers from giving bonuses to employees for canceling or limiting a patient’s coverage. Apparently ...

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FDA Re-issue Warning on Fentanyl Patches

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According to the FDA, a recent report from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) warns about the dangers of misprescribing fentanyl transdermal patches, such as Duragesic.Recommendations ...

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Unum Guilty of Fraud

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Oct. 23, 2008    Florida Supreme Court Affirms Injured Worker’s Rights Attorneys to Receive “Reasonable Fees” in Workers’ Compensation Cases   Today, Thursday, October 23, in Emma Murray v....

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Florida Supreme Court Issues Ruling Regarding Attorney’s Fees in Workers’ Comp Cases

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By Claudeth Henry, R.N. J.D. In what was surely the most widely anticipated workers’ compensation case in several years, the Florida Supreme Court in Emma Murray v. Mariner, a 5-0 ruling, invalidat...

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Injured Workers Have Easier Access to Lawyers

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For the past several years, injured workers in the state of Florida have found it difficult to obtain competent legal representation in their worker’s compensation case because of the 2003 amendment...

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Elimination Period

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Do you ever wonder what would happen if an injury or illness wiped out all of your savings?  You may say “I have disability insurance for that”.  That’s a good start, but what if they don’t ...

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Unum, known for denying disability claims…

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...received the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles award from the National Business Group on Health this month. Perhaps the message is “We’ll treat you well…….as long as you are well”. w...

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Insurance Company Rules

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Check out “Insurance Company Rules” - a collaboration between Health Care For America Now (HCAN) and Public Service Administration (PSA). Click here to see the video.

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Delays and denials – Insurance Company’s mantra

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Does it seem like the insurance company is taking too long to decide your claim?  Are they asking you for extension, after extension after extension to decide your claim?  Do they ask you to send th...

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