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24 Jul 2018After an employee makes a long term disability claim, the insurance company often requests an independent medical exam (IME). During the IME, you will be examined by a doctor chosen by the insurance company. If this sounds a little suspicious, you are right for being skeptical. Often, insurers use IMEs to deny disability benefits by having their doctor
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21 May 2018On May 9, 2018, the United States District Court for the District of Kansas remanded a long term disability (“LTD”) claim back to the claims administrator for further consideration after it interpreted an ambiguous plan provision. A copy of the Court’s opinion in Derichs v. AT&T Services, Inc., Case No. 16-2346-JWL, can be found here. The Derichs plaintiff
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12 Feb 2018Several news outlets are reporting that California’s insurance commissioner has launched an investigation into Aetna after its former medical director admitted that he did not review patient records when making a decision to deny coverage for various medical procedures. CNN’s article about this shocking revelation and emerging scandal can be found here. The revelation came in a deposition
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