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Sort by date 7,886 pages found matching health insurance- Medical Lien Funding: What It Is and How It Can Help
Sep-5-14 Farmington Hills, MI So now we are on the subject of medical lien funding, which is another type of lawsuit advance similar in nature to pre-settlement funding and other lawsuit loans . However, to understand the idea behind medical lien funding, you first have to understand what a medical lien is. A medical lien is not unlike other forms of liens th... - NY Judge Won't Reassign Unum Disability Lawsuit Over Question of Impropriety
Feb-2-17 New York, NY: A New York magistrate judge presiding over an Unum disability lawsuit alleging that First Unum Life Insurance improperly terminated a woman's disability coverage refused to remove herself from the case after the plaintiff's attorney questioned whether that judge had represented the insurer six years ago while a partner at Proskauer Rose... - Hospital Overcharging Made Worse by Out-of-Network Practitioners
Nov-29-16 New York, NY: Beyond any attempt to determine why emergency room charges are so high in New York and other states, is the reality of sometimes receiving treatment from a practitioner outside of a patient’s insurance network, leaving the patient with little choice but to cover the bill. In a situation such as this, it equates to finding oneself un... - PFAS Banned in Two States, Firefighters Still Wearing Carcinogenic Gear
Oct-2-24 Washington, DC When firefighters wear their personal protective equipment made with known PFAS chemicals, they are going beyond the call of duty. Firefighters signed up to fight fires, but they didn’t sign up to die from the carcinogenic gear they wear. PFAS health risks have been known for decades, so why can’t the federal government ban PFA... - SEC Filing Reveals Unum Bad Faith Insurance Class Action Settlement
Nov-26-16 Los Angeles, CA: Often couched in the financial fine print of regular filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are details pertaining to legal action brought against the submitting corporation. To that end, Unum Insurance (Unum Group) revealed in its 10-Q report filed back in late July that a settlement had been conclusively approved, b... - Veterans PTSD - VA PTSD, Veterans Disability Benefits Lawsuit
About 20 percent of war veterans coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan experience some degree of veterans PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) as a result of having been witness to, or directly impacted by, attack, ambush, serious injury or death. PTSD is also referred to as "shell shock" or "combat fatigue". Many post traumatic stress disorder veterans... - Businessman charged with financial fraud in two states
Sep-27-09 Bismark, ND Raymond Arjmand is reportedly facing several financial fraud lawsuits that involve properties he owns in California and North Dakota. Arjmand owns the Gateway Fashion Mall in Bismark, as well as the Woodland and County Fair Fashion Mall, both located in California. The businessman is reportedly facing financial fraud charges and is accused... - Former NFL Player Files Insurance Lawsuit
Aug-10-16 Charlotte, NC: It's not just the little guy who has his long term disability insurance claim denied by insurance companies. Even professional athletes who suffer debilitating injuries can fall victim to insurance company denials. Now, a former NFL player who had his career ended prematurely by a concussion has filed a lawsuit against an insurance compa... - Long-Term Insurers Show their Ugly Side
Apr-22-07 Los Angeles, CA: California is among a dozen American states taking a proactive stance against potential long-term health insurance fraud, with beefed-up legislation and safeguards for policyholders. And yet, almost one out of every four California residents making a legitimate claim was denied in 2005. Imagine paying for years into a long-term insura... - VA Settles Veteran PTSD Suicide Lawsuit for $1.7 Million
Jun-5-24 South Bend, IN In May, the Department of Veterans Affairs agreed to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit brought by the family of Jason Moon for $1.7 million. Moon had served two tours as a medical evacuation crew member during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He shot himself to death in 2022 while at home with his wife and children. The medical malpractice laws... - Insurance Fraud, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield pays fine for denying coverage to policyholders
Baltimore, MD: (Sep-25-07) Maryland state officials brought a lawsuit against CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, alleging that Maryland's largest health insurer improperly denied claims. The violations were revealed following an audit that was conducted in 2004. The complaint stated that the company had unethical business practices that led to the claims bein... - Does Workers Compensation Cover Heart Attack?
Jun-23-22 Santa Clara, CA Many Americans, particularly those with heart conditions, have good reason to ask whether they are eligible for Worker’s Compensation if they suffer a heart attack at work. Heart attacks are normally covered by state workers’ compensation laws but there are often many factors involved and you may wonder if a heart attack or st... - Long-Term Disability Insurance: Denial Is Job One
Jun-17-16 Bloomfield, CT: It seems readily apparent that following closely on the heels of collecting premiums paid faithfully and consistently by policyholders, the next most-important priority of the insurance industry is to deny benefits considered to be appropriate and deserved. And in the arena of Wrongly Denied Disability Claims , the following dissertation... - Kroger Slammed with Wage Theft Class Action Lawsuits
Feb-14-23 Cincinnati, OH Kroger Co. is facing four class action lawsuits filed by its employees in five states alleging the Cincinnati-based grocery giant engaged in widespread wage theft stemming from repeated and ongoing problems with its payroll system. Thousands of employees across the U.S. have been affected, including some workers reporting they waited... - Unum Insurance Puts out Guide on Healthcare Exchanges
Oct-5-10 Chattanooga, TN The Unum insurance group recently offered some information about health insurance exchanges, which will be a major part of the healthcare landscape once President Barack Obama's reforms go into effect in 2014. Unum put out a guide called "Health Insurance Exchanges: A marketplace for the future," which is based on the requirements th... - Caregiver Overtime Employment Lawsuit Information & Legal News
People who work in the nursing and home health industry have been in the news lately for lawsuits alleging such caregivers are not adequately paid for overtime . The rules governing in-home care workers, home health aides and other caregivers can be complex, but such workers may still be eligible for overtime pay, and if they have not received it, may be... - Reasons to Quit Ozempic
Jul-25-24 Santa Clara, CA Not only is stomach paralysis an Ozempic side effect . From blindness to suicidal thoughts to organ failure, thousands of people are quitting Ozempic and other weight loss drugs that contain the active ingredient semaglutide as recent studies show the link to debilitating adverse events. Ozempic Blindness A recent study publish... - When Wrongly Denied Is the Status Quo
Apr-14-16 Baton Rouge, LA: The disability insurance industry has long suffered from a reputation that suggests routine denials of legitimate disability claims and bad faith insurance dealings, in spite of plaintiffs and policyholders having paid their premiums faithfully and having maintained their policies in good standing. Some disgruntled consumers turn immed... - $40M Settlement Approved in Healthcare Consumer Fraud Lawsuit
New York, NY: Final approval of a consumer fraud class action settlement in Smith, et al v. Collinsworth, et al. has been obtained on behalf of approximately 48,000 consumers who were sold a limited benefit health insurance policy and a membership in a doctor discount program marketed as providing coverage that was as good or better than major medic... - Is Unum Provident Still a Hungry Vulture?
Oct-22-08 Chattanooga, TN It's been awhile since Unum Provident was pilloried in the press, the subject of investigative reports by 60 Minutes and Dateline: NBC for dubious practices with regard to the provision of Unum long term disability and Unum life insurance. Indeed, Unum's corporate web site extols the virtues of 'people serving people.' Just don't ask L...