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• SSA Fugitive Felon Program Gone Bad

  It appears the "Fugitive Felon" program had some issues and precluded benefits to rightful recipients. A federal judge approved a civil-court settlement requiring the Social Security Administration to repay $500 million to 80,000 recipients whose…

• Tips to Prevent Medical Errors

  This blog is written in response to the blog, 98,000 Reasons to Care about Patient Safety, by Jane Ayre at InjuryBoard.com. This is the number of Americans who die from medical errors each year. As…

• SSD Questions About Going Back To Work Later In Life And Short Term Disability

  From time to time, we receive questions from potential clients about various subjects regarding Social Security. As our nation ages, more elderly workers are re-entering the work force and they sometimes have questions about withholding,…

• Loser Pays - A Bad Idea

  When I was a law student at Vanderbilt, a contracts professor asked a question about whether the "loser" to a lawsuit should be required to pay the "foreseeable costs," ie. the winner's attorney fees. I…

• What Is This Statement from Social Security and Why Do I Keep Getting It?

  Recently, I recieved a Social Security Statement in the mail because my birthday is fast approaching and I meet certain criteria to receive such a statement. If you're age 25 or older, pay Social Security…

• Making Sense of the Medical Record - Medication Administration Abbreviations

  Deciphering a medical record can be a real headache, especially handwritten records. Once you break through the handwriting code, you have to deal with the alphabet soup that is medical jargon. Below is some of…

• SSA Announces No Payment Increase for 2010

  As I have blogged about before, President Obama released extra payments earlier this year to millions of disabled Americans. For 2010, the outlook doesn't look good for a cost of living increase based on the…

• Mis-filled prescriptions can have deadly consequences

  Every year there literally are hundreds of millions of prescriptions filled. Given the staggerring number of prescriptions that are written and filled, even a miniscule number of errors in filling the prescriptions can result in…

• Alabama Workers Compensation - Disadvantaged Employees

  We are in the process of representing an individual who was seriously injured on the job. He has had two back surgeries, and he is 72 years of age. He has been deemed 100% disabled,…

• I've Been Denied For SSD, Now What?

  In our Social Security Disbility(SSD) Practice, we see clients who have been turned down for their initial application for SSD and simply give up or keep re-applying for their benefits. If your social security disability…