Editorial policy

How this site decides what to publish

Rules we follow so a reader can tell the difference between a checked fact, a company's own claim, and something that depends entirely on their state.

Reviewed September 2026

Sourcing

Legal and insurance-process explanations cite primary sources: state statutes, state insurance regulators, federal agencies such as CMS and the FTC, and official county offices. Where a page relies on a source, that source is listed at the bottom with a note on what it supports.
We link to the exact supporting page rather than a home page whenever a stable one exists.
Secondary commentary, law-firm blogs and content marketing are not used as sources for legal statements.

Attribution of company statements

When a page describes what a business says about itself, that is labelled as the company's own statement and quoted or closely paraphrased from its public site, with the date of review. Company self-description is never presented as verified fact. Every page that discusses a company also states plainly what we independently checked and what we did not.

Jurisdiction

Hospital-lien rules, claim-handling deadlines and health-plan reimbursement rights differ by state and by coverage type. Where we give an example, we name the state and cite its statute rather than implying a national rule. Readers are pointed to the office with authority over their own situation.

What we will not publish

Invented customer reviews, testimonials, case results, professional credentials or independent endorsements.
Private notice links, secure codes, recipient names, addresses, claim numbers or any other individual's information from a mailed notice.
Predictions about the outcome or value of any reader's claim.
Anything phrased as legal advice for a specific situation.
Duplicate city or state pages written to catch search traffic, keyword-stuffed articles, or reciprocal link arrangements.
Guarantees about search rankings, for this site or any other.

Review cycle

Every page carries a review date. Pages that quote a third-party website or a statute are re-checked at least twice a year, and sooner when a reader reports a change. If a source has moved or a quoted statement has been edited, the page is updated and the review date changes with it.

Factual checks still outstanding before launch

Published in the interest of transparency. These are the items a human should confirm rather than take from us:

The contact address hello@aftercrashcompass.com is a placeholder and must be replaced with a monitored mailbox.
American Bureau of Liens' published statements, phone number, mailing address and privacy-policy date should be re-read against ablien.org immediately before launch, in case the site has changed since our review.
State statute citations (Arizona, Texas, California) should be confirmed as current, including any amendments, and expanded to the states most of your readers live in.
Whether medical liens in your primary target states are recorded with the county recorder, the clerk of court, or both, since the correct office differs.
Whether a licensed attorney has reviewed the lien and insurance descriptions for the jurisdictions named.
The final wording of the disclosure sentence, if the relationship with American Bureau of Liens ever changes from none.

Corrections

Email hello@aftercrashcompass.com with the page, the sentence and the source. Factual errors are corrected in place, and a note is added to the page when the correction changes its meaning. No corrections have been issued yet; this section will list them as they occur.

Independence

No advertising, no sponsorships, no paid referral arrangements, and no intake forms. Nothing on this site is written or reviewed by a company it discusses.