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Article by Ed Comitz this month in the Arizona Dental Association’s Publication “Inscriptions” re Whether Your Disability Insurer Can Dictate the Terms of Your Care

Inscriptions, the monthly publication of the Arizona Dental Association, features an article in the October issue by disability insurance attorney Edward Comitz and Comitz | Beethe summer associate Michael Vincent.  The article analyzes the question of whether the terms of … Continue reading

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The 10 Biggest Legal Mistakes Dentists Make When Filing a Disability Claim (Mistake #8)

Next in the series of The 10 Biggest Legal Mistakes Dentists Make When Filing a Claim for Disability, adapted from a publication written by disability attorney Ed Comitz’s, published by SEAK, Inc., 2005, is Mistake #8: MISTAKE NO. 8:  Ignoring the Possibility … Continue reading

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American Dental Association’s “Guide to Closing a Dental Practice”

For dentists and other healthcare professionals considering filing a disability insurance claim, the decision to close a practice can be heart-wrenching and complex.  The American Dental Association has published a guide that gives an overview of the issues and some … Continue reading

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The Ethical Component in Knowing When It’s Time to File a Disability Claim

The dentist considering a disability insurance claim is faced with a difficult decision: is it really time to look after his own health, or should he just keep working through the pain?  An article by Richard Gunderman, a Professor at Indiana University’s … Continue reading

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The 10 Biggest Legal Mistakes Dentists Make When Filing a Disability Claim (Mistake #9)

Continuing with the countdown of The 10 Biggest Legal Mistakes Dentists Make When Filing a Claim for Disability: MISTAKE NO. 9:  Blindly Accepting that Subjectively Diagnosed Conditions Are Not Covered Disability insurers often deny benefits by insisting that the insured’s subjective symptoms … Continue reading

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The 10 Biggest Legal Mistakes Dentists Make When Filing a Disability Claim (Mistake #10)

In this series of posts, we will be counting down the The 10 Biggest Mistakes Dentists Make When Filing a Claim for Disability, adapted from an article written by disability insurance attorney Ed Comitz and published by SEAK, Inc., 2005. MISTAKE … Continue reading

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Healthcare Professionals Suffering from a Chronic Condition: Presenteeism

A recently-published article in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that presenteeism—showing up to work with a sickness, impairment or disability that restricts productivity—has reached pandemic proportions amongst medical professionals.  The survey, which studied residents at numerous hospitals, found that 3 of 5 healthcare … Continue reading

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Which type of disability insurance policy do you own?

The type of disability insurance policy you own can affect the benefits you receive and the legal rights to which you are entitled. Below is an outline of the standard types of disability insurance policies. Individual Disability Insurance: As the name implies, individual disability … Continue reading

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