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David Rinehart is suing Aetna Life Insurance Co. for breach of contract. Rinehart filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against Aetna on October 17th. In the complaint, he alleges that Aetna violated ERISA by not paying his long-term disability benefits. Furthermore, the plaintiff states he is entitled […]

Debra Medina is seeking damages in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston, the Norcal Record recently reported. Medina alleges in her claim that her long-term disability benefits were wrongfully denied. Furthermore, she alleges her employer violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 […]

A San Francisco physician claims his insurance company wrongly denied long term disability benefits for his condition, the Norcal Record recently reported. Dr. Malcolm Smith suffers from depression. As a result, he filed a claim in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on September 27th against Life Insurance Company Of North […]

A San Diego man filed a lawsuit against his insurance company for denying payments on his long-term disability payments, the Northern California Record recently reported. Saidal Homman is taking action against his life insurance company for denying his long-term disability payments. Homman filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of […]

Many individuals recognize that there are benefits obtainable if they become disabled and cannot perform their job. The problem is that many do not recognize the distinctions between disability options. Attempting to grasp the differences, for instance, between long-term disability insurance and Social Security Disability Insurance can be a challenging task. Long-term disability insurance is […]

Three Minneapolis hospitals have been rated based on the quality of health care services each offers. The results: Hennepin County Medical Center SCORE = D University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview SCORE = C Abbott Northwestern Hospital SCORE = A The Leapfrog Group, the organization that performed the examination, reviews occurrences of infection, surgical mistakes, […]

In order to compensate for the increase in financial inflation, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) increased penalties regarding specific violations of the Employee Income Retirement Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). These penalties were developed under the Federal Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Inflation Adjustment Act).

HCMC is a level I trauma facility. The hospital has 455 beds and takes up five city blocks in the vicinity of Bank Stadium. In addition, it has several clinics in East Lake and throughout Minneapolis.

Individuals experiencing a disability typically settle for limited insurance packages. Both employer-provided ERISA plans and individual policies typically offer two-year payments for mental and nervous conditions. However, individual policy holders can opt for a package that offers a less restrictive payment plan.

ERISA guides employer-provided healthcare plans. For those covered under the plans, including employees or their beneficiaries, an ERISA Plan expects to be repaid for any medical bills covered by insurance. The effort to attain this repayment is referred to as ERISA Reimbursement.