Posts tagged Medical

• Senator Delay, Senator Defend, And Senator Defend: Do The Job For Insurance Companies

  Mike Bryant | December 07, 2009 11:17 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We have talked about the insurance company strategy of Deny, Delay, Defend many times here at the Injurboard. A couple of companies have almost come right out and admitted that is their strategy....

• Malpractice Trial of James Woods' Brother (Michael): The Power of Apology in Litigation

  Mark Bello | December 07, 2009 12:18 PM | 3 CommentsVoices Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I am certain that I am not telling you something you don’t already know; an apology goes a long way to beginning to repair a damaged relationship or righting a wrong. Knowing that someone is...

• Employers who hire day laborers still responsible for workers comp benefits

  Doug Landau | December 06, 2009 9:15 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Employers who hire day laborers, undocumented workers and cash only laborers still responsible for workers comp benefits, according to workplace injury lawyer Doug Landau of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. In a...

• Heath Insurance Coverage Shouldn't Be A Deterrent To Rape Reports

  Mike Bryant | December 06, 2009 7:51 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Interesting series in the Huffington Post last week, which looked into the issue of what happens to women who make certain kinds of medical claims. Spotlighted were the cases of women who, after...

• Why are Medical Bills so High?

  Jon Lewis | December 05, 2009 1:49 PM | 3 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Did you know that hospitals and physicians rarely ever receive the amount they charge for their services? Health insurance companies do not pay the actual bills invoiced by medical professionals....

• Pharmaceutical Companies Use Rx Data Mining to Boost Sales Tactics, Patient Advocates Argue

  David Mittleman | December 03, 2009 4:06 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  When your doctor prescribes you a medication you probably expect that the information stays between you, the doctor, and your insurance company. However, prescription data miners are changing...

• Outrageous hospital billings.

  Gerry McGill | December 02, 2009 5:37 PM | 2 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Ever wonder why hospital bills are so high? Consider these: Patient Jim Bujalski complained to St. Anthony's Hospital in Littleton, CO, about the cost of his prescription Plavix and Crestor tablets,...

• AAJ Launches Ad Campaign to Protect Patients

  Ray De Lorenzi | December 02, 2009 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The American Association for Justice launched an ad campaign yesterday to remind people of the 98,000 patients who die each year from preventable medical errors, that tort reform won’t fix...

• Cancer Misdiagnosis and Its Consequences

  John Cooper | December 02, 2009 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to American Cancer Society, 565,000 people in the U.S. died of cancer in the year 2008 alone. It is estimated that anywhere from 8% to 12 % of these cancer cases were initially...

• Let's Get Real About Lawsuits and Corporate America and Organized Medicine

  David Mittleman | December 02, 2009 10:11 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  While browsing the blogging world I discovered a post by Joanne Doroshow on the The Huffington Post with which I completely agreed. Ms. Doroshow was taking on the hypocrisy of Corporate America and...