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March 07, 2022
Passover is Coming

Every Jewish Father is Obligated to Tell the Story of Exodus

Barry Zalma

See the full article at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/passover-coming-barry-zalma-esq-cfe and at https://zalma.com/blog plus more than 4100 posts.

If you are Jewish and need to tell your family the story of Exodus but do not know the Hebrew found in the usual Haggadah, my wife and I created a solution for you. If you are a Christian and want to understand what happened at the last supper, a Passover Seder, my wife and I created a solution for you. The full story and instructions for a Passover Seder in American English we created:

“The Passover Seder For Americans”

For more than 3,000 years Jewish fathers have told the story of the Exodus of the enslaved Jews from Egypt. Telling the story has been required of all Jewish fathers. Americans, who have lived in North America for more than 300 years have become Americans and many have lost the ability to read, write and understand the Hebrew language in which the story of Passover was first told in the Torah. Passover is one of the many holidays Jewish People celebrate to help them remember the importance of G_d in their lives. We see the animals, the oceans, the rivers, the mountains, the rain, sun, the planets, the stars, and the people and wonder how did all these wonderful things come into being. Jews believe the force we call G_d created the entire universe and everything in it. Jews feel G_d is all seeing and knowing and although we can’t see Him, He is everywhere and in everyone.We understand that when G_d began to create the world there was nothing and that time, as we know it, had no meaning. G_d created all. Because of the creation we are able to track time and celebrate Passover every year at the same time. We do so based on the lunar calendar used by our ancestors not the Julian calendar modern people use. As a result, Passover se We feel G_d gave people a conscience hoping it would help us decide right from wrong, to do our best to make good choices, to try to help others, not hurt others and to try to make right the wrongs we have done to others. The rituals that make up the Jewish holidays help remind us how thankful we are for how much we have accomplished with G_d ’s help and how grateful we are to G_d for everything we have and everything we are. Thea and Barry Zalma have created this English only Seder that works for our family and will allow you and your families to tell the story of the Exodus painlessly and with the joy and celebration it deserves so that no member of our family forgets what G_d did for us when He took us out of slavery in Egypt and led us to a promised land. Only $4.95 as a Kindle book and $5.95 as a paperback so you can buy enough for your entire family.

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Party Seeking Discovery is Entitled to “Anything Relevant to Party’s Claim or Defense

Discovery Attempt by Alleged Fraudulent Health Care Provider Fails

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Read the full article at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/party-seeking-discovery-entitled-anything-relevant-zalma-esq-cfe-ce7kc, see the video at https://rumble.com/v7204g8-discovery-is-entitled-to-anything-relevant-to-partys-claim-or-defense.html and at https://youtu.be/Nuet_er3qXU, and https://zalma.com/blog plus more than 5200 posts.

Upcoding and Health Care Fraud

In UnitedHealthcare Services, Inc., et al. v. Team Health Holdings, Inc., et al., No. 3:21-cv-00364-DCLC-DCP, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, District Judge Clifton L. Corker (November 18, 2025) This is a discovery ruling, not a final merits decision.

The Disputes

This is a fraud/RICO lawsuit brought by UnitedHealthcare (and affiliates, collectively “United”) aganst TeamHealth (a large physician staffing company focused on emergency medicine). The companies have a history of mutual litigation over billing practices, including prior suits where TeamHealth accused ...

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Party Seeking Discovery is Entitled to “Anything Relevant to Party’s Claim or Defense

Discovery Attempt by Alleged Fraudulent Health Care Provider Fails

Post 5232

Read the full article at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/party-seeking-discovery-entitled-anything-relevant-zalma-esq-cfe-ce7kc, see the video at https://rumble.com/v7204g8-discovery-is-entitled-to-anything-relevant-to-partys-claim-or-defense.html and at https://youtu.be/Nuet_er3qXU, and https://zalma.com/blog plus more than 5200 posts.

Upcoding and Health Care Fraud

In UnitedHealthcare Services, Inc., et al. v. Team Health Holdings, Inc., et al., No. 3:21-cv-00364-DCLC-DCP, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, District Judge Clifton L. Corker (November 18, 2025) This is a discovery ruling, not a final merits decision.

The Disputes

This is a fraud/RICO lawsuit brought by UnitedHealthcare (and affiliates, collectively “United”) aganst TeamHealth (a large physician staffing company focused on emergency medicine). The companies have a history of mutual litigation over billing practices, including prior suits where TeamHealth accused ...

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Not Fair to Require Tenant to Pay for Damage Insured by Landlord

No Right to Subrogation Against Tenant
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Not Fair to Require Tenant to Pay for Damage Insured by LandlordSee the video at https://lnkd.in/gFkrp_6M and at https://lnkd.in/gQdFQBWj and at https://zalma.com/blog plus more than 5200 posts.

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October 31, 2025
The Zalma Philosophy of Claims Handling – Part 9

The Professional Claims Handler
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Posted on October 31, 2025 by Barry Zalma

An Insurance claims professionals should be a person who:

Can read and understand the insurance policies issued by the insurer.
Understands the promises made by the policy.
Understand their obligation, as an insurer’s claims staff, to fulfill the promises made.
Are competent investigators.
Have empathy and recognize the difference between empathy and sympathy.
Understand medicine relating to traumatic injuries and are sufficiently versed in tort law to deal with lawyers as equals.
Understand how to repair damage to real and personal property and the value of the repairs or the property.
Understand how to negotiate a fair and reasonable settlement with the insured that is fair and reasonable to both the insured and the insurer.

How to Create Claims Professionals

To avoid fraudulent claims, claims of breach of contract, bad faith, punitive damages, unresolved losses, and to make a profit, insurers ...

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October 20, 2025
The Zalma Philosophy of Claims Handling – Part I

The History Behind the Creation of a Claims Handling Expert

The Insurance Industry Needs to Implement Excellence in Claims Handling or Fail
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This is a change from my normal blog postings. It is my attempt. in more than one post, to explain the need for professional claims representatives who comply with the basic custom and practice of the insurance industry. This statement of my philosophy on claims handling starts with my history as a claims adjuster, insurance defense and coverage lawyer and insurance claims handling expert.
My Training to be an Insurance Claims Adjuster

When I was discharged from the US Army in 1967 I was hired as an insurance adjuster trainee by a professional and well respected insurance company. The insurer took a chance on me because I had been an Army Intelligence Investigator for my three years in the military and could use that training and experience to be a basis to become a professional insurance adjuster.

I was initially sat at a desk reading a text-book on insurance ...

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October 20, 2025
The Zalma Philosophy of Claims Handling – Part I

The History Behind the Creation of a Claims Handling Expert

The Insurance Industry Needs to Implement Excellence in Claims Handling or Fail

Post 5210

This is a change from my normal blog postings. It is my attempt. in more than one post, to explain the need for professional claims representatives who comply with the basic custom and practice of the insurance industry. This statement of my philosophy on claims handling starts with my history as a claims adjuster, insurance defense and coverage lawyer and insurance claims handling expert.

My Training to be an Insurance Claims Adjuster

When I was discharged from the US Army in 1967 I was hired as an insurance adjuster trainee by a professional and well respected insurance company. The insurer took a chance on me because I had been an Army Intelligence Investigator for my three years in the military and could use that training and experience to be a basis to become a professional insurance adjuster.

I was initially sat at a desk reading a text-book on insurance ...

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