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Read More »School Superintendent Arrested for Using Her Health Insurance to Pay for Student’s Care
In an extreme example of caring for students, a school superintendent in Indiana used her own medical insurance to pay for a student’s treatment and ...
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Google “physician burnout” and you will be hit with an avalanche of articles about the epidemic of physician job dissatisfaction. Being a doctor has always ...
Read More »Trump Hosts White House Talk with Patients, Experts to Fix Surprise Medical Bills
President Donald Trump on Wednesday instructed administration officials to investigate how to prevent surprise medical bills, broadening his focus on drug prices to include other ...
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The Medical Board of California has launched investigations into doctors who prescribed opioids to patients who, perhaps months or years later, fatally overdosed. The effort, ...
Read More »Physicians Urge Wisconsin Supreme Court to Consider Illegal Gun Sales a Public Health Emergency
MADISON, Wis. — The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Wisconsin Medical Society filed an amicus brief Tuesday in Wisconsin Supreme Court asserting that the owners of ...
Read More »Physicians say Pennsylvania ‘Venue Shopping’ Rule Could Result in Skyrocketing Malpractice Premiums
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A proposed rule change from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court could usher the return of skyrocketing medical liability premiums for physicians and threaten ...
Read More »Osteopathic Medical Schools Graduated a Record Number of New Physicians in 2018
CHICAGO —With one in four American medical students choosing to attend an osteopathic medical school, the American Osteopathic Association reports a record 6,504 new osteopathic physicians ...
Read More »“Reservation Of Rights” In Disability Insurance Claims: Right Or Wrong?
By Mark F. Seltzer, Esq. You are a physician who has been suffering from a medical condition, for which you have asked your Disability Insurance ...
Read More »“Refinancing” Your Disability Insurance Claim
By Mark F. Seltzer, Esquire Having Residual Disability (or Partial Disability) provisions in your policy can be the most important decision you (or your insurance ...
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