By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. BATON ROUGE, Louisiana. The New York Times and Consumer Reports have been investigating cases where Anthem, an insurance company, has denied patient’s ER claims, claiming that the patients went to the ER when their situation wasn’t an emergency. In cases where the insurance company has denied claims, it has said that patients should have called the insurance company’s 24/7 hotline or gone to an emergency clinic. According to Consumer Reports, Anthem isn’t basing whether it denies claims on a person’s initial symptoms but rather on the final diagnosis that the ER gives. This is problematic because the insurance company is essentially asking......
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Lawsuits filed after surgical procedures fail
July 24th, 2018On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. The term “experimental” may hold very different meanings for different patients. To a patient with a terminal illness or potentially fatal injury, an experimental treatment may be the difference between life and death, but to a patient with a non-life threatening illness or injury, an experimental treatment may be something to be cautious of. Many Louisiana residents may be particularly cautious of experimental surgical procedures. In 2016 and 2017, a patient underwent a biojoint surgery on both of his knees. His doctor had recommended this procedure instead of a standard knee replacement surgery. This surgery uses the bone and......
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July 24th, 2018On Antibiotics? Could You Be Putting Yourself at Greater Risk? By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. Antibiotics are designed to treat certain bacterial infections. However, over-prescription of antibiotics or the prescription of the wrong kind of antibiotic to treat infection can, over time, lead to bacteria developing resistance to these drugs. When bacteria develop resistance, the antibiotic no longer works. According to the Centers for Disease Control, bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics through natural selection. If one bacteria develops a method to protect itself from the antibiotic, it survives and multiplies while the other bacteria die. Yet, according to Wired, doctors are facing a battle......
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