ROADMAPS TO CLAIM SUCCESS
Leaving work because of a medical disability can have a tremendous physical and emotional impact on anyone. In fact, making the transition from working in a chosen career field to total or partial disability is a major life event that often requires knowledge of disability contracts and investigative claims processes. Disability Claims Solutions, Inc. is here to help.
As a company, Disability Claims Solutions, Inc. provides insureds with resources to make better decisions concerning ERISA Group STD/LTD claims, as well as Individual Disability Income benefits and Long-Term Care. Having the opportunity to work with an expert consultant, such as Linda Nee, provides insureds with valuable procedural options to work through problematic issues in successful ways. Our focus is to resolve problems, not wrestle with conflict.
DCS, Inc. maintains excellent relationships with treating physicians and specialists who support patient disability. Insureds and claimants ultimately benefit from the teamwork of physicians, specialists, and employers, in combination with expert consultation and advice.
If you are interested in coming on board as a DCS client, or finding out more about Linda’s services available to you, please feel free to contact her using the information below.
Visitors are also welcome to view Lindanee’s Blog.
KEY SERVICES – Disability Claims
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Initial Applications for Both ERISA and ISI Claims
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Recommendations for Medical Reporting
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Independent Medical Evaluations Counseling
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Contract/Policy Review Audits
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Objective vs. Subjective and Self-Reported Claims
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Any Occupation Investigations
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Residual Benefits and Return to Work Recommendations
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Surveillance Counseling
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Targeted Impairments – FMS, CFS, Lyme disease, HIV
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Long-Term Care Claims
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Management of Update Forms
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Field Visit Preparation
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Counseling for Work Hardening Programs
Linda Nee’s Blog
Where there are solutions, there are no problems.
I Don’t Get That Rationale At All
Last week I received several phone calls from insureds who told me basically the same thing: “I contacted several attorneys early on, but I didn’t want to pay them anything until my claim was actually denied. Now it’s denied what do I do?” Well, that’s really unfortunate since no one with a disability claim should...
Friday Q & A -5/15/2020
How can I coordinate Worker’s Compensation and my STD payments? There is generally nothing to coordinate. Usually, STD Plans will NOT pay claims if the claimant has or will file for Worker’s Compensation. Employers may play “Gotcha!” by insisting you apply for WC when they already know you can’t get STD if you do....
COVID-19 Updates – 5/8/2020
Insurers Back On Deadlines In the last week or so it is evident that most insurers are back to their normal practices of harassing insureds to meet deadlines when in some states it remains impossible to do so. DCS recommends downloading treating physician’s website page notifications that have posted lock-down instructions and sending them...
Friday Q & A – 5/8/2020
There were quite a few questions submitted to DCS about HIPAA and ERISA. There are many good posts about these subjects if you Search for them from the Home Page. What are the ERISA Rules on pre-existing condition? The Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 has absolutely nothing to do with disability internal claims review procedures....
“No More Mr. Nice Guy” – No exceptions!
While it appeared, during these last difficult months of national lock-down, that insurance companies were relaxing requirements to provide proof of claim, particularly affecting “new claims”, in reality most insurers today have reversed the Mr. Nice-guy persona and are refusing to pay claims. DMS, for example, is demanding on-time...
Welcome To Reality – Again…
If I had just $1 for all of the articles I’ve written concerning “proof of claim”, claim decision-making, and who makes claims decisions I would indeed be a very wealthy woman by now. Although in the past I’ve hinted, danced around, and walked on egg shells concerning the reality of claims decisions, here is the...
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