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Healthcare Podcast Recap: Several recent healthcare professional and consultant interviews!

In case you missed them, below are several recent Internet radio podcast interviews featuring a variety of healthcare professionals with relationships and connections to the Chicago-based team of Illinois Licensing Professional Consultants. From first seeking a professional healthcare license, to managing exposure and liability in complex health systems, the individuals featured in this series, have […]

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MICHAEL V. FAVIA AND ASSOCIATES WELCOMES ANNA LOZOYA, JD, RN, OF COUNSEL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Health Law and Litigation Attorney, Michael V. Favia Welcomes Anna Lozoya, JD, RN, Of Counsel to the Michael V. Favia and Associates, P.C. to Work on Health Related Matters. CHICAGO – Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Health law and litigation attorney, Michael V. Favia, announces that this spring, Anna Lozoya, JD, RN, joined […]

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PODCAST: Workers Compensation: Independent medical examinations with Anna Lozoya

The licensing consultants interviewed in this monthly program, previously worked for the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, and will represent and/or defend licensed professionals in cases involving the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Illinois Department of Public Aid and Illinois Department of Public Health. Topics covered in this 30-minute interview – Click/tap here to listen […]

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Injured at work? Illinois workers’ compensation law and benefits

A recent news article highlighted a legal opinion concerning the availability of death benefits under workers compensation laws for the spouse of an employee who dies after suffering a heart attack after engaging in physical labor at work.[i] With several factors contributing to heart conditions, courts must apply the facts to the law and determine […]

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Examples of personal injury, workers compensation and medical malpractice cases

When someone we know is injured and it was not their fault, we often think of hiring a lawyer to get things put back in place where they were before and be compensated for pain and suffering. There are several elements that make up an individual’s damages when they are injured. Proving injuries and damages […]

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Workers’ compensation and healthcare employees with Anita DeCarlo

The Illinois Professional Licensing Consultants is a group of highly experienced attorneys and investigators who previously worked for the I.D.P.R. will represent and/or defend licensed professionals in cases involving the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Illinois Department of Public Aid and Illinois Department of Public Health. In this monthly podcast series our attorneys […]

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Opioid Addiction: Issue spotting in workers’ compensation, addressing systemic abuse

Painkillers are a big problem in the workers’ compensation industry. Many Americans are addicted to opioids and there are too many opportunities to fuel the fire of abuse. Workers’ compensation and the healthcare system are significant in causing an increasing amount of opioids in society. From a school librarian with an ankle sprain and a […]

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