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Insurance Bad Faith: Cherry-Picking Your Medical Records
In a previous blog post we discussed how disability insurers use independent medical examinations (IMEs) to their own advantage, despite explicit state prohibitions. In this post, we will look at another similar ban that is also part of the California … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
FCC Proposes Improvements in Advanced Communications for Consumers with Disabilities
Back in October 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (“CVAA”), which has been characterized by the FCC as the “most significant piece of accessibility legislation since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities … Continue reading
How A Dentist Can Avoid The Common Obstacles To Filing A Disability Insurance Claim
You have worked hard your whole career to develop your dental practice, but now you fear that you can no longer treat patients because of a physical or mental condition. You’re not alone – statistics show that from the … Continue reading
Unemployment Rate for Disabled Individuals Rose Along With Social Security Claims
A report in the San Francisco Chronicle states that the quarterly unemployment rate for people with disabilities has climbed along with claims made under Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). An Allsup Disability Study shows that for the third quarter of 2010, disabled … Continue reading
Disability Insurance Bad Faith In Arizona and the Delegation of Administrative Duties: A Legal Primer
Under Arizona law, the relationship between an insured and its insurer is a special relationship that gives rise to duties not ordinarily found in other contractual agreements. Rawlings v. Apodaca, 151 Ariz. 149, 163, 726 P.2d 565, 579 (1986); Dodge v. Fidelity & … Continue reading