Suicide is a Leading Cause of Death in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) WISQARS Leading Causes of Death Reports, in 2017:Suicide was the tenth leading cause of death overall in the United States, claiming the lives of over 47,000 people.Suicide was the second leading cause of death […]
Category Archives: Health Insurance
Coverage for Breast Explant Surgery Was Denied – Kantor & Kantor Stepped In And The Denial Overturned!
It’s a common story shared by an increasing number of women. They received breast implants and after a period of time, they started getting sick. A client, whose name is being kept anonymous to protect her privacy, contacted Kantor & Kantor recently for help with an insurance denial. The woman was in failing health and […]
Kantor & Kantor Named to U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”
We Have Achieved Tier 1 Ranking in Insurance LawAt Kantor & Kantor, LLP, we are proud to announce that we have recently been named in the latest edition of “Best Law Firms,” a publication of Best Lawyers® and U.S. News & World Report. We were regionally ranked in Tier 1 in insurance law, compared with […]
Help Protect Access to Mental Health Treatment
Today, Monday, July 24, it appears the US Senate plans to vote on one of two bills to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as early as tomorrow, Tuesday, July 25. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) urges you to contact your US Senators to ask them to vote no on either health care […]
Having Trouble Finding an Eating Disorder Therapist Who Takes Insurance? Here’s Why
Guest Post by Lauren Muhlheim, Psy.D., CEDS, and Alli Spotts-De Lazzer, LMFT, LPCC, CEDSIn our previous article, “Consumer Beware: What You Should Know About In-Network Insurance Provider Lists,” we described how parent advocate, James Cameron, had difficulty finding qualified eating disorder trained providers among the list of “eating disorder therapists” provided by his insurer. Upon […]
Fighting the Good Fight All the Way to Groundbreaking and Historic Mental Health Reform
And remember – we call it the good fight not because it is the easy fight but because it is the right fight. – Cleo WadeYesterday something big happened. Something huge.It’s called The 21st Century Cures Act and it has been termed the most significant piece of mental health legislation since 2008. This bill, the […]
NBC News Investigation: “State Finds Mentally Ill Improperly Denied Coverage for Treatment Nearly Half the Time”
An NBC news investigation has found that health plans improperly denied coverage of mental health services in 48 percent of all cases. The California Department of Managed Health Care (“DMHC”) conducts independent medical reviews of insurance health claims denied based on lack of medical necessity. The DMHC reviews have resulted in overturning more mental health […]
9 Things You Might Not Know About Eating Disorder Legal Assistance
1. Did you know that we work on contingency?We are here to help you and relieve stress, not cause you more stress or financial worry as you work to recover. For this reason, we work on a contingency-fee basis. So, what does that really mean? It means that you do not pay us a fee […]
Why We Need the Mental Health & Autism Insurance Project
You may have heard about – or directly experienced – an insurance denial for some type of medical care (i.e. you need a medical treatment or service, and your insurance company thinks otherwise). You may have even experienced an outright lack of coverage for specific medical needs (i.e. you need a medical treatment or service, […]
6 Things Your Insurance Company Doesn’t Want You to Know About Eating Disorder Treatment
1. They utilize internal guidelines. Many insurances companies will make decisions based upon their own internal guidelines. They will deny or approve claims for eating disorder treatment, or deny a specific level of treatment, without providing transparency for how these decisions are being made. For a clear and simple description of what insurers should be […]