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Personal injury has been on the proverbial reform menu for quite sometime and no official news from Whitehall has been forthcoming as to what shape the reforms will take. Although voices of frustration have been mounting for well over a year, no indication of when even a sliver of information will be announces has been forthcoming. Related Article Tags: , ,
In Trinidad and Tobago, the accident claims process is reforming. An Appeal Court judge has ruled that insurance companies which have paid out the maximum statutory amount in accident claims arising out of car accidents are not to be held responsible for any additional claims. Related Article Tags: , ,
Personal Injury law firm Simpson Millar is offering 250 pounds to claimants within a week of filing their claim. Anyone who has suffered an injury and is filing a personal injury claim on a no win no fee basis can receive the 250 pounds. Related Article Tags: , ,
Accident claims against councils for tripping on loose paving stones have been steadily rising. The number of complaints triggered councils to introduce legislation a few years ago meaning that if the stone was broken within the past 48 hours, no compensation was owed. This reflected the reasoning that the authorities could not possibly have had time to fix the problem. Related Article Tags: , , ,
If you're involved in medical billing and sending claims electronically, just making sure each claim is okay is not enough. There are trailer records, which have to add up to the penny. We discuss these trailer records in this installment.
With medical billing and the electronic submission of claims, just sending the claims isn't enough. They have to be sent in just the right order. In this installment, we discuss the complex topic of records hierarchy.
Family related legal company’s are unable to afford the cost of furthering their businesses due to low wages, meaning that this particular strain of claims solicitor seems to be fading away. The reforms responsible for this are the Carter Reform proposals, which came into play around 2006, thought to be the most comprehensive change to the legal aid provision since it was produced in 1948. Related Article Tags: , ,
It was only 3 years ago that Lord Falconer warned that unfounded fears of a "compensation culture" threatened to undermine important activities such as school trips. Yet it has just been discovered in figures obtained by a Welsh newspaper that councils across Wales are facing a minimum of 1m pounds in compensation claims for accidents and injuries in schools and on school trips. Related Article Tags: , ,
As patients and medical billing companies, we complain a lot about insurance companies. Hopefully, this installment will give us a bit of perspective of how hard it really is for insurance companies.
Whiplash claims are a common feature of most car accident claims these days, and has been for some time. Around 80 per cent of all car accident claims where someone was injured involve people suffering whiplash. New research may suggest that many of these claims may be exaggerated or downright fraudulent. Related Article Tags: , , ,
In today’s society you would be forgiven in thinking that the number of compensation claims in the UK is increasing. Very rarely does a week go by when there isn’t a news story about some form of personal injury claim, and the internet is full of adverts for ‘no win, no fee’ personal injury specialists. Related Article Tags: , , , ,
Councils are paying more compensation for accident claims, than ever before. Trips and slips caused by uneven paving stones have cost one council in excess of GBP 2.5 million pounds over the last four years. With the average claim around GBP 1800, the resources of local authorities are seriously being drained. Related Article Tags: , ,
A quick guide to help you choose the right personal injury solicitor for your compensation claim.
If anything, today's time gives us the possibility to claim for just about everything. With this in mind, "death at workplace compensation claims" are too on that list, just as any other type of claim. However, this rather uncommon claim is different from all the rest and we will try to show you just how one works. Related Article Tags: , , ,
A patent gives you the right to stop others from using, making, or selling your invention in the country issuing the patent. These rights are known as offensive rights since they allow you to take the offensive and sue an infringer. Related Article Tags: , , ,
In the past six years, York council has pain out over GBP 1 million in compensation. The number of claims against the council had been steadily rising since the early nineties. In 1999, the council paid out a massive GBP 607,000 in compensation. Related Article Tags: , , ,
The Accident Management Association has been very vocal in urging the Ministry of Justice to rethink proposals for the reform of the claims process for accident claims, particularly in the personal injury field. It is about time that the government puts words into actions to face the current problems head on. Related Article Tags: , , ,
Official statistics have revealed that claims for compensation from employers concerning ageism have tripled in the past year. According to the Tribunal Service, where there were only 962 claims for ageism made in 2006, nearly 3,000 claims were made in 2007. These figures have been released just as the high profile case of Selina Scott against Channel Five culminated in a settlement rumoured to be worth GBP 250,000.
If you're setting up a medical billing company and you're trying to decide between NSF 3.01 and UB-92 for your electronic claims transmission, the following article should give you some insight into the advantages of each.
Making a claim for a car accident is likely to increase premiums even when the accident occurs through no fault of your own. Car insurance policies include an excess to deter people from making trivial accident claims which cost the insurers millions of pounds. When claims are made the insurers will then put up premiums to cover the costs and also deter people from making further claims in the future. In some cases the annual insurance premiums can double as a result of an accident claim. Related Article Tags: , , ,
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