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Woman Who Prematurely Delivered Sues UMass Medical Collection Agency

Worcester, Massachusetts (PRWEB) January 26, 2012

A complaint filed in the United States District Court in the Central District of Massachusetts (Case 4:12-cv-40005) by Richard Kent Berger of eLegal, PC, alleges that Associated Credit Services, Inc., UMass Medical Center’s collection agency, violated both Massachusetts and Federal consumer protection laws in connection with collecting a claimed debt owed by Ms. Nina Scott of North Grafton. At the time, Scott was pregnant and she alleges that the stress of the collection calls made by Associated Credit Services harassing telephone calls made her physically ill.

The complaint alleges that, despite Scott’s being on a regular monthly payment plan for medical services rendered, the Associated Credit Services agency ignored her regular monthly payments to the hospital and continued to make upsetting collection calls to Scott. The complaint further alleges that, two days after a particularly upsetting call, she was rushed to the hospital where she went into labor, prematurely.

The plaintiff is asking for an award of statutory damages, actual damages for personal humiliation, mental anguish, emotional distress, treble damages, attorney’s fees, interest, and court costs.

Scott is represented by Richard Kent Berger of eLegal in Boston. A jury trial is requested.

The judge assigned to the case is Hon. F. Dennis Saylor IV.

About eLegal, PC, A Consumer Protection Law Firm

eLegal, PC is a newly established Consumer Protection Law firm located in Boston, Massachusetts. The primary focus of the firm is the representation of consumers harassed, mislead, or abused by debt collectors. The firm is committed to the representation of consumers against debt collectors and creditors who violated State and Federal consumer protection laws. The firm’s principal, Attorney Richard Kent Berger, has been a practicing attorney in Massachusetts for more than 25 years. He received his education from New England School of Law where he graduated magna cum laude while working as the school’s Managing Editor of Law Review—a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues. In addition to his law practice, Attorney Berger is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Massachusetts.

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Best Doctors Medical Expertise to Help 85,000 Teachers and Their Families in California

Boston, MA (PRWEB) February 18, 2006

To improve healthcare for teachers and other education employees in California, Best Doctors Inc. has joined forces with Southern California Schools Voluntary Employees Benefits Association (VEBA). As the latest group to add the groundbreaking Best Doctors benefit, VEBA now makes it possible for its members to tap into the world’s most advanced medical expertise when faced with a serious illness.

The Best Doctors service is included as part of the benefits plan to VEBA members and their eligible dependents. They simply call Best Doctors if they are diagnosed with a serious medical condition. Best Doctors helps the member answer their most pressing questions—is my diagnosis correct? Am I getting the right treatment? In this way, Best Doctors is able to improve the quality of care and provide its members with the piece of mind that comes with knowing their doctors are doing the right thing.

“Best Doctors looks forward to serving VEBA members,” says David Seligman, chief executive of Best Doctors Inc. “We are proud to be their partners in helping make sure that every VEBA member gets the right care, the first time.”

About Best Doctors®, Inc.

Best Doctors, Inc. is the world leader in connecting people with the best medical care. Best Doctors services help dramatically improve quality of care by bringing the clinical knowledge of the world’s top specialists to the problems of people with serious medical conditions. By making sure individuals get the right diagnosis and treatment the first time, Best Doctors reduces complications and avoids ineffective treatments—and as a result eliminates unnecessary spending. Founded in 1989 by doctors affiliated with Harvard Medical School to provide doctor-to-doctor consultations for complicated cases, Best Doctors has grown into an international company providing services to 10 million people in 30 countries.

About the Southern California Schools Voluntary Employees Benefits Association (VEBA)

The Southern California Schools VEBA began operations in October 1993 as a cooperative labor-management trust program committed to achieving the highest quality and most cost-effective benefits programs for all education employees. Through the unity of design, purchase and administration, trust participants have control over quality of care and cost. With labor and management joining forces, the trust has more negotiating power with providers than small, individual districts could ever attain. The Southern California Schools VEBA dominates the regional areas in which it operates. Total participation in the trust includes 26 districts, one association, and a county office of education. The trust serves 38,000 employees and 47,000 dependents, for a total participation of 85,000 members.

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Continuing Medical Education Conference Schedule Expanded to Meet Needs in Primary Care

Westin Resort and Spa Maui, Hawaii

West Hempstead, NY (PRWEB) August 03, 2011

Continuing Education Company, a leading non-profit provider of continuing medical education, announced today it has expanded its 2011 fall CME conference schedule in order to meet a growing demand for independent continuing medical education for primary care physicians.

Continuing Education Company is an independent, non-profit, 501 (c)(3) continuing medical education organization. It has been developing and presenting continuing medical education programs for over 18 years. It provides CME conference opportunities to improve the skills and knowledge of medical and healthcare professionals. This mission is accomplished by offering American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) accredited CME lectures, symposia, and conferences.

Continuing Education is proud to announce a new fall CME weeklong conference for family physicians and nurse practitioners being held October 24-28, 2011, at the four diamond oceanfront Westin Maui Resort & Spa Maui, Hawaii, a seaside locale with spectacular stretches of famed Ka’anapali Beach. At the resort and in the area physicians and their families will be able to relax and enjoy the beauty only Hawaii can provide.

A second fall CME medical conference will be held November 10-13 at the Hilton Marco Island Resort in Marco Island, Florida. This 4- Diamond deluxe 11-story Florida beach resort perfectly situated on the beautiful Marco Island beach on the Southwest Florida Gulf Coast. This four day conference will provide 16 CME credits in addition to Marco Island’s world-class golfing,the amazing Florida Everglades National Park, and nearby Tampa.

“Our CME conferences clearly fill an increasing need for broad, clinically focused continuing medical education in certain parts of the country,” said Dr. Raymond E. Major, Chairman of the Medical Education Advisory Board at Continuing Education Company. “They provide practical updates and evidence-based data that the primary care practitioners can start using in their practices the next day.”

These continuing medical education courses stem from Continuing Education Company’s tradition of quality and excellence in health care education. Renowned faculty presents the most recent advances to practicing family practitioners and internists, as well as nurse practitioners and physician assistants. The continuing medical education conferences provide education is all areas of primary care including Metabolic Diseases, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Pain Management, Gastroenterology, Orthopedics, Diabetes, Geriatrics and Emergency Medicine.

Healthcare professionals interested in furthering their education at the Maui, Hawaii or Marco Island, Florida conferences should request more information immediately on these continuing medical education conferences by calling 800-327-4502 or visiting the CME conference website at http://www.CMEmeeting.org.

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