Eliot Dear — Founder & CEO of Claims Assassins

Claims Assassins is built around one signature. Every submission that leaves the firm is reviewed and signed by one attorney, Eliot Dear, under New York registration #4329546, and everything else about how the firm runs follows from that choice.

One Attorney on Every File

One lawyer signs, and it is the same lawyer every time. Eliot Dear reads each submission before it is signed, and none goes out under anyone else’s name. He was admitted to the New York bar in 2005 and is in good standing. He earned his J.D. at Fordham University School of Law, where he served on the Fordham Law Review, and spent 2004 to 2008 as an associate in structured finance at Clifford Chance LLP, on securitizations built on heavy documentation.

What the Staff Do

Staff handle the groundwork. They take in the claim and its EOB, gather the operative note and the billed charges, and assemble the file. They keep the calendar, so deadlines are tracked on every file from intake through determination. What staff do not do is sign. The submission is built from the EOB, the operative note and the billed charges, and it goes out only after Eliot Dear has reviewed and signed it.

How a File Moves Through the Firm

Intake comes first: the physician sends a claim and its EOB. The plan is sorted next, because a fully insured New York plan belongs in New York State IDR, administered by the Department of Financial Services, while a self-funded plan sits outside the state process. The submission is then built, signed and filed. A determination carries a 30-day payment deadline, and after it issues, the payment demand is sent.

Physicians Talk to the Attorney

Physicians deal with Eliot Dear directly. A surgeon with a question about a file is not routed to an account manager; the person answering is the one who signed. That holds for plastic and reconstructive surgeons, emergency physicians, and oral and maxillofacial surgeons alike.

What the Structure Leaves Out

Because the firm is built for disputes and nothing else, it does not take over a practice’s billing, and it asks for no contracts, no onboarding and no upfront fee. Its fee is a 10% contingency on the improvement. A physician who wants to see how the firm works from the inside can send one claim to Eliot Dear for a free review.