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The Advocate

Washington Physicians and the Sale of Good, Supplies, and Over-the-Counter Supplements for Profit

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Best Practices

Errors and Omissions Insurance for Professional Service Providers

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Automobile Accidents

Auto Insurers Engage in Economic and Racial Price Discrimination Based on Residence

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Insurance Law

The Plaintiff’s Right to Change Attorneys

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the Rural Latino Population

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Best Practices

Financial Practice Tips for Small Businesses in the Health Care Industry (Pt. I)

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Medical Studies

Recent Study Supports Chiropractic Care as Effective and Popular

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

Recent New Zealand Study Examines the Effects of Concussion 4 Years Post-Injury

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Medical Studies

Recent Study Explains Why Head and Face Pain Cause More Suffering

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Documentation

Apportioning a Preexisting Condition with a New Trauma

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The Advocate

The Newest Assault to Patient’s Access to Treatment: Health Insurer’s Paper Review of Medical Necessity

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The Advocate

Medical Records Copy Fees in Washington State Increases

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The Advocate

The Personal Injury Protection Guide for Providers

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The Advocate

The Emerging Privacy Invasion from the Insurance Industry

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The Advocate

Understanding and Preventing PIP-IME Abuse and Evolving Insurance Tactics

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The Advocate

Promising Developments for Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury: New Studies Link Increased Physical Exercise with Enhanced Neuroplasticity

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The Advocate

The Power of Healing Sleep After a Traumatic Personal Injury

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The Advocate

Insurance Premiums and the Myth of Liability Insurance “Crises”

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Medical Studies

Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Therapy Restores Arm, Hand Movement for Paralyzed Man

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The Advocate

New Study Identifies Why Accelerated Bone Healing Occurs In Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

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The Advocate

Intraoperative Monitoring: Improving Patient Safety with Improved Surgical Outcomes

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The Advocate

Meditation Helps Your Brain Handle Post Traumatic Pain or Post Traumatic Injury

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

Concussions in Kids Much More Common Than Previously Thought

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Insurance Law

Civil Litigation by the Numbers: The Truth Insurance Companies Don’t Want You to Know About of “Runaway Juries” and “Frivolous Lawsuits”

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The Advocate

Must Know Updates to the Healthcare Provider Lien Law

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Insurance Law

Consumer Reports Concludes that Auto Insurers are Charging Higher Premiums Based on Socioeconomic Status of Customers

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The Advocate

The Disappearing Right to Trial by Jury: How Big Business Misappropriates Your Rights Through Forced Arbitration Clauses

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The Advocate

Trauma Superimposed on the Myasthenia Gravis Patient

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The Advocate

New Study Connects Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Imbalance to Neuro-Chemical Changes in the Brain

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The Advocate

New Law Affecting Uber and Lyft Ridesharing Insurance Coverage

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The Advocate

Update on Handling Requests for Patient Records

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The Advocate

Hidden Cardiovascular Damage from Airbag Deployment in Motor Vehicle Collisions

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The Advocate

Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement Involving Unfair PIP Reductions to Health Care Bills: MySpine vs USAA Casualty Insurance Company

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The Advocate

Head Trauma, Inner Ear and the Perilymph Fistula

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

Driving after Traumatic Brain Injury

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The Advocate

New Study Correlates Alar Ligament Injury to Chronic Neck Pain and Headaches in the Elderly

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The Advocate

Treatment of Lower Back Pain in Geriatric Patients: A Multi-Tiered, Patient-Centered, Collaborative Treatment Approach

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The Advocate

Seat Belt Fulcrum Injury and Cauda Equina Syndrome

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The Advocate

Women with Whiplash Are Not More Anxious Than Men

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

New Concussion Study on High School Players’ Brains Shows Changes in White Matter after One Season

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The Advocate

Treatment and Complications Associated with Post-Traumatic Pulmonary Embolism

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The Advocate

Trauma and Injury to the Coccyx (Tailbone) Resulting in Coccydynia

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Best Practices

Deadline for conversion to ICD-10 Codes Set for October 1, 2015: Are You Ready?

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The Advocate

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) Following Traumatic Brain Injury

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Post-Traumatic Injury Recovery and a Patient’s Long Term Prognosis

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The Advocate

Recent Study Discusses Cell Therapy as Promising Approach for Spinal Disc Repair

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The New Great Equalizer: How a Simple Change in the Law Helps Patients Get Health Care Bills Paid Under Their PIP Coverage Following a Motor Vehicle Collision

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The Advocate

Post Traumatic Syringomyelia

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury and Impact on Marital Satisfaction

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Traumatic Brain Injury and Impact on Marital Satisfaction

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The Advocate

Motor Vehicle Collisions and the High Incidence of Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury

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Trauma and the Degenerated Spinal Discs

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Medical Studies

Evaluation and Treatment of Post-Traumatic Trigeminal Neuralgia

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The Advocate

Pre-existing Conditions Under the New Health Insurance Law: Health Insurers are Prohibited from Denying Health Insurance Coverage

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The Advocate

Soft Tissue Damage and Its Correlation to Whiplash Associated Disorders

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Traumatic Injuries

Complications of Trauma and Pregnancy

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Traumatic Injuries

Children and Traumatic Injuries

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

Advances in Neuroimaging in Detecting Brain Abnormality in “Mild” Traumatic Brain Injury

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Marriage Survivability Following Traumatic Brain Injury

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The Advocate

The Correlation of High Signal Intensity Zones on MRI and Low Back Pain

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Following Traumatic Brain Injury

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Medical Studies

Correlation Between Whiplash-Associated Disorders and Long Term Effects

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The Advocate

Insurer’s Use of Computer Systems to Artificially Devalue Injury Claims

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Automobile Accidents

Company Parties and Alcohol: Employer Liability for People Injured by Intoxicated Employees

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

Can Vitamin D Supplementation Promote Chronic Pain Relief from Traumatic Injury?

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Medical Studies

Biomechanics Matter: Rotated Head at Impact Significantly Increases the Risk for Cervical Facet Capsular Injuries

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Medical Studies

Prolotherapy Study Discredits “Litigation Neurosis” in Patients with Chronic Spine Pain

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Traumatic Injuries

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Trauma

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

Music Therapy In Response to Spinal Surgery or Traumatic Brain Injury

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

Cervical Zygapophysial (Facet) Joint Pain Following Cervical Hyperflexion-Hyperextension Trauma

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Best Practices

Medicare and the Billing Quandary

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Traumatic Injuries

Washington’s New Rules Battle Prescription Drug Abuse: The Impact on Patients with Acute Traumatic and Chronic Pain

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Best Practices

Personal Injury Protection: Potential Hidden Benefits for Your Patients

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Best Practices

Admissibility of Expert Testimony Revisited

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Best Practices

Holding Treatment Bills Pending Settlement of Claim vs. Billing Health Insurance: Prudent Practice or Potential Disaster?

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Dog Bites and Strict Liability: What You Need to Know

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Spinal Manipulation: More Effective Than Back School or Physiotherapy for Low Back Pain

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Medical Studies

Omega-3: Promise for Treatment of Neuropathic Pain

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Rules of the Waterway: Boating and Traumatic Injury Claims

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Traumatic Injuries

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Is Surgery the Answer?

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Fibromyalgia, Expert Testimony and the Washington Courts: A Cautionary Tale

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Insurance Law

Legal Update: Medical Doctor Sues Hospital for Medical Negligence and Changes Law on Access to its Quality Assurance Data

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Traumatic Injuries

Bicycles and Traumatic Injuries

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Best Practices

The Use of Social Media by Insurers to Discredit Personal Injury Claims

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Best Practices

What Is a “Reasonable Fee” For Deposition Testimony

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Farmers Insurance, The Law and Injured Patients as Units

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Automobile Accidents

Why and How Insurers Accuse the Injured Party of Faking Their Injuries

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Holding Patient Treatment Bills Pending Conclusion of a Personal Injury Claim: When to Hold vs When to Bill

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)

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Chronic Cervical Pain Patients Show Abnormal Alar Ligament Motion vs. Control in Motion MRI

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Cervical Spine Injury and Balance Control

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Medical Studies

Neuropathic Pain and Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS)

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Insurance Law

Wrongful Death Case: Revisions on Whether Surviving Parents of an Adult Child’s Death Can Claim a Loss

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Automobile Accidents

Neck and Car Crashes: A Bad Combination

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Insurance Law

Traumatic Injury and Loss of Income Claims: A Summary of PIP, Liability, Short Term Disability, and Long Term Disability Policies

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Automobile Accidents

The Ten Worst Insurance Companies in America

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Automobile Accidents

Alcohol and Liability: New Decisions from the Washington Supreme Court on Injuries Caused by Drunk Drivers and Servers of Alcohol

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Medical Studies

Use of Antidepressants in the Treatment of Chronic Pain

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“Delta V”: A Poor Predictor of Spinal Trauma from Motor Vehicle Collisions

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Insurance Law

Understanding “General Damages” – Financial Recovery and Physical Recovery for Patient’s with Traumatic Injuries

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Automobile Accidents

What Evidence is Admissible to Establish Liability in Motor Vehicle Collision Cases: A Look at Police Reports, Traffic Citations, Payment of Citations, and Traffic Court Hearings

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Traumatic Injuries

Opioid Addiction in the Treatment of Chronic Pain: How Bad Is It?

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From Good Hands to Boxing Gloves: The Dark Side of Insurance

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Single-Level Cervical Fusion: Where Does the Motion Go?

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Traumatic Injuries

Post Traumatic Shoulder Injuries: Rotator Cuff and Impingement Syndrome

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Stroke and Chiropractic Care

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Best Practices

Withdrawal vs. Abandonment of Patient Care

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Medical Studies

Alar and Transverse Ligaments: A New Look

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Setting-up Medical Lien Filing and Maintenance Procedures in Your Office

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

New Law on Traumatic Brain Injury

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Best Practices

Trauma and Disability: Private Disability Policies (Part II)

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Best Practices

Trauma and Disability Part I: Social Security Disability Insurance

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Should Health Care Providers Make Medical Liens Part of their Billing Practices?

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Automobile Accidents

Motor Vehicle Collisions and Cell Phones

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

Magnitude of the Problem

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Documentation

Biomechanics of a Cervical Hyperextension – Hyperflexion Injury and Updated Mechanism of Injury Questionnaire for Patients

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Automobile Accidents

The Use of Flexion-Extension MR Imaging for Accessing Cervical Spine Instability Resulting from “Rear End Low Impact” Auto Collisions

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Imaging Tools to Assess Traumatic Brain Injury

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Automobile Accidents

Whiplash Injury: Vehicle, Seat, Occupant and Tissue Responses

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Chronic Back Pain and its Relationship to Brain Matter Density

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Spinal Cord and Trauma

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Automobile Accidents

Alcohol and Commercial Host Liability: Our Roads Just Got a Little Safer

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Insurance: The Myth of “Full Coverage”

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Automobile Accidents

Reasonable and Necessary Treatment In a Personal Injury Insurance Claim: Palliative vs. Curative

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The Ins and Outs of Premises Liability

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Best Practices

Proximate Cause and Expert Testimony in a Personal Injury Case

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Automobile Accidents

On the Job Injuries and Third Party Personal Injury Claims

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Chronic Neck and Back Pain: Medication vs. Acupuncture vs. Chiropractic

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury and the Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

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The Lack of Relationship Between Degenerative Changes in the Cervical Spine and Pain/Disability

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Insurance Law

Legal Memo: Setting the Record Straight on HIPAA. What Is and Is Not Required in a Medical Authorization.

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Medical Studies

Massage Therapy and the Immune Response in Healthy Adults

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Insurance Law

Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists Insurance in Washington State

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Automobile Accidents

“Unseen” Cervical Injury From Motor Vehicle Collision Whiplash

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Medical Studies

The Role of Physical Trauma in the Onset of Fibromyalgia

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Medical Studies

Medical Malpractice Insurance: Study Challenges Insurance Industry’s Explanation

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Documentation

Pain Questionnaire Objectifies Subjective Aspects of Injury Makes Debut

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Automobile Accidents

Predicting Chronic Whiplash in Motor Vehicle Collision Neck and Back Trauma Victims

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Medical Studies

“Whiplash” Injuries – Newly Published Study Shows Significant Long Term Effects

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

Traumatic Head Injury and Long Term Risk of Depression

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How the Insurance Companies Determine Personal Injury Damages From Auto Collisions by Machine

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Medical Studies

Whiplash Victims: Future Risks Include More Than Neck Pain

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Medical Studies

New Research-Possible Pathological Mechanism at Work in Chronic Whiplash Not Previously Researched

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Medical Studies

Acupuncture: Ancient Art and Modern Science

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Brain Injury / Head Injury

Toward a Better Assessment of Head Injury Symptoms: Head Injury Questionnaire

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Medical Studies

New Study Confirms No Connection Between Chronic Whiplash and Lawsuits

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Insurance Law

When is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) a Compensable Injury Claim?

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Medical Studies

Three-Fold Increase in Neck Pain Among Whiplash Victims Seven Years Later

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Interest Charges: Can Health Care Providers Charge 12%, 18% or Higher?

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Pain Behavior Testing in Personal Injury Insurance Examinations: Criticisms by Originator, Dr. Waddell

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Insurance Law

The “Litigation Explosion”: Myth vs. Facts

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Automobile Accidents

Medical-Legal Aspects of Seat Belts

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Automobile Accidents

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Automobile Collisions and other Injury Causing Incidents

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Automobile Accidents

Motor Vehicle Restraints for Elderly Occupants

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Automobile Accidents

Understanding Personal Injury Insurance Law For Today’s Health Care Provider: The Ins and Outs of PIP Coverage

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Automobile Accidents

Resolution of PIP Claim Disputes in Motor Vehicle Accident Cases

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Cervical Soft Tissue Injuries: A 15-Year Follow-Up

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Medical Studies

Recognizing and Understanding Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in Personal Injury Cases

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Automobile Accidents

Answers to Common Insurance-Related Questions

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Best Practices

When Can the Patients Attorney Pay the Patients Bill Treatment Purposes vs. Medical Legal Purposes

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Safeco’s Utilization of Peer Reviews for PIP Policies: Quality Cost Containment vs. Insurers Bad Faith

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Medical Studies

Litigation Neurosis: Factor or Fiction? A Review of Literature

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Medical Studies

New Study: Response Characteristics of Range of Motion, Muscle Reflex Time, and Muscle Strength of the Neck in Extension/Flexion Injuries

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Automobile Accidents

Relationships Between Initial Clinical Findings and Accident Mechanisms

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Best Practices

Referring the Patient to an Attorney: Should you? How to?

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Automobile Accidents

Components of an Automobile Insurance Policy

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Gasoline and Alcohol: Commercial and Social Host Liability

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Medical Studies

Recent Study Compares Conventional Physical Therapy and Intensive Exercises

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Medical Studies

Organic Basis for the Pain Associated with Soft Tissue Injuries

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Chiropractic and Medicine Re-evaluating Professional Relationships

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Closed Brain Injury Caused by Automobile and Other Acceleration Deceleration Accidents

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Insurance Law

Medical-Legal Update: Can a Medical Doctor Evaluate the Reasonableness and Necessity of Chiropractic Care? -Washington Law Revisited

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Best Practices

Report Writing: The Unwritten Rules

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Medical Studies

Long Term Prognosis of Soft Tissue Injuries of the Neck

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Best Practices

Medical-Legal Aspects of Patient Compliance with Treatment Plan in a Personal Injury Case

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Best Practices

Litigation and the Patient File: How to Handle the Patients Attorney and Subpoenas

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How to Reduce Your Automobile Insurance Costs: Shop Around

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Significance of Radiologic Loss of Cervical Lordosis

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Insurance Law

When Should Your Patient Sign the Insurance Company’s Release of Claims?

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Insurance Law

Overview of the Washington Health Care Information Act: Rights and Duties of Provider and Patient

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Insurance Law

Interest Charges on Outstanding Health Care Bills

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Can a Medical Doctor Evaluate the Reasonableness and Necessity of Chiropractic Care

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Is There Casual Relationship Between Compensation Claims and Post Concussion Syndrome?

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Crash Study: Low Speed Impact and Occupant Injury

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Study Compares Effectiveness of Chiropractors and Out-Patient Hospital Care for Low Back Pain

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Traumatic Injuries

The Role of Spinal Manipulations in the Management of Headaches

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Medical Records Requests

King County Medical Society and Bar Association Agree on Guidelines for Requesting and Producing Medical Records

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Insurance Law

Dispute Resolution – Alternatives to Trial

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Traumatic Injuries

Medical-Legal Terminology Pre-Existing Conditions

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Insurance Law

Washington’s Medical and Bar Associations Agree on Guidelines for Physician Attorney Interaction Re: Fees for Services of Physicians

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Traumatic Injuries

Biomechanics of a Cervical Hyper-extension-Hyper-flexion Injury (Whiplash)

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Health Care Treatment Costs for Patient Injuries Who’s Responsible Attorney or Patient

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Expert Witness Fees – Who’s Responsible Attorney or Patient

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Fibromyalgia

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