Category: Insurance, Medical & Healthcare Tips for Collecting Your Health Care Claim against Self-Insured Health Plan TASA ID: 3307 Obtaining reimbursement on a health care claim is not easy today because of all the different laws and regulations and insurance plans. I recently worked on several cases to recover claims involving a large self-insured health plan. All self-insured plans are governed by the federal ERISA law and have “trustees” to administer the Plan. Many health care providers, including surgeons, surgery centers, chiropractors, and physical therapists have had their legitimate claims denied over recent years because of alleged fraudulent claims, but legitimate claims are payable. Read more
Category: Handwriting Examination Submitting a Handwriting Case for Examination Expert no longer receiving cases. Ask us about other Handwriting experts! TASA ID: 2785 A questioned writing is any writing written by an unknown writer whose identity must be determined. The questioned writing may consist of a single or multiple signatures, numerals, cursive, or hand printing in the form of letters, forms, etc. Read more
Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill Expert Articles Preventing Oil Spills and Other Disasters by Risk Analysis of the Consequences and Probability of Failure: A Look at the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf Coast TASA ID: 897 Oil spills happen when physical degradation of the facilities (pipes, pumps, wells, instrumentation, tanks and tankers) occur due to a variety of physical factors, including but not limited to corrosion, puncture, earth movement), as well as human errors. Read more
Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill Expert Articles Unseen Oil Continues to Damage the Environment. BP Corporate Recklessness in Stark Contrast to "Reasonable Person" Criteria TASA ID: 897 Just because you can't see the crude oil from the BP Oil Spill of 2010, doesn't mean it is not continuing to damage the environment and kill marine organisms. Crude oil can occur as free product when the local concentration of the crude oil exceeds solubility of the compound in water. Read more
Category: Grief: What Helps, What Doesn't Where Responsibility, Compassion Meet: Working With Bereaved Clients TASA ID: Those who are bereaved often feel like they are treated differently, shunned, isolated or betrayed. Feelings of anger and disappointment with family, friends and co-workers for perceived failings in providing support after a death occurs are also common. It is unfortunate that many in their support network are unable to provide the type of support necessary to facilitate the process of adaptation to loss. Studies show that the bereaved's perception of the quality of support received is a strong determinant as to how well the bereaved will adapt to the loss. Read more
