Doctors’ group says mistakes by insurers shortchange physicians CHICAGO – Claims-processing errors by health insurance companies create billions of dollars in unnecessary administrative costs, slow down payments to doctors and frustrate patients, the main U.S. doctor’s group said on Monday. The American Medical Association said one-fifth of all claims are mishandled by health insurers. Begun in 2008, the association’s annual “National… READ MORE

A young boy is fighting to stay alive after being hit by a school bus. The incident happened just before 4 p.m. Wednesday at Ferncroft Lane and Sunderland Avenue in Chester Springs, Pa., officials say. The unidentified 7-year-old was airlifted by medical helicopter to the A.I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del. with serious injuries, officials say. He was… READ MORE

WEST CHESTER  In the middle of her trial on theft charges, a former Phoenixville woman pleaded guilty to having hoodwinked her aged aunt into taking out a mortgage on the home she had lived in for 50 years so the woman could finance a high-end lifestyle. The defendant is accused of taking the $82,067 that her 81-year-old aunt had coming from… READ MORE

What a police car wrapped around Superman might look like The word “miraculous” scarcely describes the survival of a Santa Maria, California police officer who wrapped his Ford Police Interceptor around a tree Sunday morning. It’s what the local Police Chief calls the “worst accident he’s seen in 35 years.” Sunday was a busy day for the members of the… READ MORE

(West Chester PA) The defendant entered a plea to misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare of a child. As part of a deal between her attorney and the prosecution, Judge Anthony Sarcione sentenced her to three years of probation and ordered her to undergo substance abuse and psychological evaluations and comply with all recommended treatment. The circumstances surrounding her arrest made… READ MORE

Ciccarelli Law Offices has moved and is now located at 304 North High Street, West Chester PA.   We are pleased to announce our new address, which is centrally located in West Chester PA and more effectively provide services to our clients as our law firm continues to grow and prosper.  Our location at 304 North High Street, West Chester… READ MORE

Three Counts of Corruption of Minors Charges were dismissed in a Philadelphia area Jury Trial at the Delaware County Courthouse after a relentless defense by our law offices.  The Corruption of Minors charges were part of a larger indictment of Seven (7) charges which were all dismissed after the alleged victims’s testimony was stricken and our client was acquitted. Corruption… READ MORE

(West Chester)  Justice for a Ciccarelli Law Offices client:   Ciccarelli Law Offices was successful in obtaining a Not Guilty verdict in a recent Chester County Criminal Trial.  The Chester County District Attorney’s office had been prosecuting the case and was alleging that the client, acting in a drunken rage, tried to choke the alleged victim and cause her serious… READ MORE