Aggregators generate claimant leads through advertising, screening calls, and online intake, then refer them to firms for a fee or under referral arrangements. Some conduct preliminary medical screening.
Fee arrangements between aggregators and firms raise ethics questions in some jurisdictions.
Alternative Names:
Lead Generator, Claim Broker
Why it Matters?
Aggregator-sourced inventories carry documented quality problems, including higher duplicate rates and claims where product use cannot be verified, because the aggregator's incentive is volume rather than merit. That makes the sourcing channel a legitimate diligence question in inventory valuation. Fee-sharing arrangements with non-lawyers also raise ethics issues that have produced disciplinary action in several jurisdictions.
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