Insurance
Sep. 9, 2016
9th: 'independent' physicians may favor insurers
In a recent published opinion, the 9th Circuit demonstrated that it understands that insurance companies frequently use doctors and pay them a substantial amount of money for their services. By Robert McKennon
Robert J. McKennon
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Robert specializes in representing policyholders in life, health and disability insurance, insurance bad faith, ERISA and unfair business practices litigation. His firm's California Insurance Litigation Blog can be found at www.californiainsurancelitigation.com.
Insurance companies that provide group long-term disability insurance benefits governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) usually hire a doctor which they typically refer to as an "Independent Physician Consultant" (IPC) to review the insured's medical records and give an opinion about whether the insured is disabled. But is the insurance company's doctor really independent and unbiased? Often times,...
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