The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) is an insurance company-funded organization which, for years, has been reporting that doctors in the Maryland workers’ comp system were dispensing 40% of all workers’ comp prescriptions, and were capturing 55% of all dollars paid for these prescriptions. This, according to WCRI, was driving up costs in the workers’…
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Earlier this year, we posted about an NPR series condemning our nation’s workers’ comp system. A day after that ProPublica/NPR story hit the airwaves, the federal government’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a report that agrees with much of the criticisms. The OSHA report says that changes in workers’ compensation have made it…
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In order to save money and serve remote areas, the federal government has made a move towards holding video taped Hearings for Social Security disability applicants. In the video hearings, the federal Administrative Law Judge may be located in a city far from the hearing site, and even the vocational expert or other participants may…
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The Herndon, Virginia office of Abrams Landau, Ltd. is located in downtown Historic Herndon. We pride ourselves on our accessible building and its ease of access for our disabled claimants, clients, and other visitors. That’s why we want to make our readers aware of road construction going on directly in front of our office building.…
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A thorough examination of a plaintiff’s medical records is a key component of a successful personal injury lawsuit. Lawyers for both sides — the plaintiff and the defendant — will go to great lengths to uncover all aspects of the plaintiff’s medical history that may be relevant to the case. At Abrams Landau, Ltd., we…
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