Clients frequently ask about the importance of pursuing legal action when their medical bills have been paid all, or in part, by Medicaid. Although it may seem that things are being taken care of, it is necessary to pay back the government for Medicaid. If an injured victim fails to “keep medicaid in the loop,”…
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Frequently, a Worker’s Compensation insurance company will hire a nurse case manager to get the treating doctor to release the employee back to work faster than the doctor might otherwise think prudent. Doctors are under pressure from these nurses and the insurance companies that pay their bills. Insurance companies are very good at delaying bills,…
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Insurance companies are in the business of “Risk Management.” If they can contain how much they might have to pay, then they get to keep most, or in some cases, all of the premiums they collected from a particular unsafe driver, company, family, and even the victims of a crash. In cases where the insurance…
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A lawsuit filed by a teacher who was shot by her six-year-old student has brought to the national conversation the limitations of Virginia’s Worker’s Compensation Law. The Newport News instructor is suing the public school system, as this first-grade teacher was hospitalized for two weeks, and endured several surgeries after a bullet struck her hand…
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While Doug Landau does not represent clients in the General District courts of Virginia, he has nevertheless “appeared” several times to introduce staff to the proceedings down the street. General District Courts are usually where Traffic Court is held, misdemeanor cases are tried, and even where Personal Injury cases are decided (with a jurisdiction limit…
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