Coronavirus and Nursing Homes
Coronavirus and Nursing Homes As the coronavirus continues to plague nursing homes nationwide, the Virginia Department of Health has been monitoring the outbreak in Virginia’s senior care facilities. In our local area, the Accordius Health facility in Harrisonburg as well as Skyview Springs in Page County have reported new cases of COVID-19 and have begun…
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How Other Payments Affect Social Security Disability?
How Other Payments Affect Social Security Disability? If you are approved for Social Security Disability benefits but are already receiving or have applied for other government benefits, you are probably wondering how those other benefits will affect your disability payments. The truth is, Social Security has A LOT of rules about how much money you…
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Medical forms
If you are interested in forms for appointing a Medical Power of Attorney or for an Advance Medical Directive, we have provided links for you below: Virginia_AD_Appoint_an_Agent_only Virginia_AD_Medical_Mental_End-of-Life_Healthcare_short
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Getting Medical Treatment During Coronavirus Outbreak
Getting Medical Treatment During Coronavirus Outbreak The arrival of the Coronavirus in the United States has drastically changed the way we Americans do a lot of things. Included in those changes is the availability of medical treatment for accident-related injuries. If you’ve recently been in an accident and are struggling with deciding how to get…
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Short Term Disability and the Coronavirus
Short Term Disability and the Coronavirus Worried about getting the coronavirus and losing time from work? Hoping your short term or long term disability policy will pay for your time off if you get sick? We will explore how some disability companies are handling disability claims resulting from COVID-19. If your employer provides a short…
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Healthcare Workers and COVID-19
Workers’ Comp for Healthcare Workers Diagnosed With COVID-19 If you believe you may have been exposed to COVID-19 at your workplace in Virginia, especially if you are a healthcare worker, you may be eligible for workers’ compensation. Here are some answers to questions that are frequently asked: 1. How does workers’ compensation work in Virginia?…
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Flatten The Curve!
Flatten the Curve! What You Need To Know Here’s what you need to know to help “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 outbreak. On January 22nd one case of the the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, was diagnosed in the United States. After those initial reports of infection, reports of further infections began to trickle slowly. By…
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Has Northwestern Mutual Denied Your Disability Claim?
Has Northwestern Mutual Denied Your Disability Claim? Northwestern Mutual is a popular provider for long-term disability coverage in the United States. The company sells many short-term and long-term disability policies to our nation’s health care workers. But, Northwestern Mutual is also one of the worst when it comes to denying long-term disability claims. Northwestern Mutual…
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Most Dangerous Roads In Augusta County
Most Dangerous Roads In Augusta County This article focuses on crash statistics from Augusta County, Virginia, to reveal the most dangerous roads in Augusta County. Augusta Co. Most Dangerous Roads — 2017 Crashes In 2017, there were a total of 1,255 car crashes in Augusta County. Of those crashes, more than a third resulted in…
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Daylight Savings: Lose An Hour, Don’t Lose Your Life
Daylight Savings Time Brings Fatal Car Crashes The Commonwealth of Virginia’s Highway Safety Challenge is reporting a consistently high number of fatal traffic crashes on Virginia’s roadways. In past years, Virginia has seen increases in the number of fatal crashes year over year. So far, in 2020, that number is on par with the same…
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