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5 Ways Your Healthcare Organization Can Reduce Payer Denials

If your healthcare organization experiences double-digit denial rates, you are not alone. In 2020, the average denial rate for hospitals was roughly 11% for initial claims. This means that you...

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4 Things Doctors Need to Know About Provider-Payer Disputes

October. 6, 2020

Our healthcare environment becomes more complex every year. While your organization may feel comfortable handling some provider-payer issues in-house, many medical groups are discovering that the insurance companies and other...

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Common Reasons for Denial of Short-Term Disability Benefits

December. 3, 2019

In the short-term disability insurance context, it’s rather common for disability claimants to feel as though their insurer is mishandling their claim — and this belief is certainly not formed...

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Lincoln Financial Disability Appeals: Avoid These Common Mistakes

September. 17, 2019

If you’re like many Illinois residents, you have employer-sponsored benefits from Lincoln Financial Group — and you may be running into red tape or other difficulties with your insurance adjuster....

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ERISA Appeal Best Practices

February. 1, 2019

Experienced ERISA Denial of Benefits Attorney The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was enacted in the 1970s with the intention of protecting plan beneficiaries from fund mismanagement and fiduciary...

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Wrongful Denial of Benefits for Long-Term Care

January. 17, 2019

Though many policyholders forget, it’s important to recognize that insurers are always looking to maximize their profits — and this typically involves a strategy of minimizing their expenses by developing...

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Common Issues in Business Overhead Expense Insurance Disputes

January. 11, 2019

Chicago Insurance Attorney Insurers frequently act in ways that are hostile to the interests of a policyholder, in part because they hope that they can reduce their liabilities by forcing...

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Common Life Insurance Beneficiary Disputes

December. 4, 2018

In the context of life insurance, it’s not at all that uncommon for the beneficiaries to be in conflict with one another — after all, the benefits amounts may be...

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Common Insurer Justifications for the Denial of Private Disability Benefits

October. 4, 2018

If you are suffering from a disability and have had your benefits claim denied by your private disability insurer, then you may be entitled to bring an action against your...

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“Resolving Insurance Claim Disputes before Trial” Available Now!

August. 17, 2018

"Resolving Insurance Claim Disputes before Trial" published by the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section is available now. Jennifer Danish co-authored Chapter 7, Health and Disability Benefit or...

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Common Disputes in Short-Term Disability Insurance

Short-term disability insurance provides temporary wage replacement benefits in the event that you are suffering from a disabling condition, though the benefits apply for a very limited period of time...

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Business Overhead Expense Insurance — Wrongful Denial of Your Claims

March. 23, 2018

Business overhead expense (BOE) disability insurance — otherwise known as business expense insurance — serves as replacement “resources” in the event that the policyholder is disabled and is rendered incapable...

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