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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Doctors Paid To Aid Insurers In Disability Claim Denials

Disability industry's dirty secret: Doctors are hired to deny disability claims on flimsy pretext.

"Dr. Suresh Mahawar, a practicing internist in Fremont, moonlights by reviewing disability cases for University Disability Consortium.


He nearly never disagrees with the insurer.


In 202 cases he was assigned to review for The Hartford Financial Services Group between 2005 and 2007, court records show he only found nine people who were so sick or injured they could not return to work.
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Discovery, if allowed  by the court, should be used to uncover the financial relationships between the doctor and the insurance company.
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