……where Healthcare and Litigation Come Together
Medical Review
Case Analysis
Medical necessity
Correlate case strengths / weaknesses with potential mitigating factors
Document tampering / fraud
Expert in electronic medical records management
Identify missing/ additional records to determine causation/ damages
Development of timelines of events
Provide chronologies of care
Identify potential defendants
Evaluate according to standards of care with specific allegations per discipline
Present pathophysiology coaching related to injury and damages
Detect documentation discrepancy between departments, providers and timeline
Discovery / trial PREPARATION
Litigation Support
Identify missing/ additional documents to request from opposing counsel
Develop/ respond to interrogatories
Analyze reliant material supplied by opposing counsel’s expert(s)
Attend/ assist with healthcare provider depositions
Develop deposition questions
Identify additional discovery- i.e., audit trails, communication logs
Develop demonstrative evidence related to discovery requests
Trial Preparation
Assist in case strategy/ trial theme development
Develop demonstrative evidence regarding pathophysiology, document discrepancies, timelines
Provide pain graphics, medication charts, what was done vs. what could’ve/ should’ve been done
Project management for focus groups/ mock trials
Bill Review
Additional Information
Identify usual, customary and reasonable ranges per geographic area
Distinguish appropriateness of coding/ billing submitted
Evaluate relatedness to the claim/ file
Assess for missing/ additional billing required
Provide anticipated savings in personal / bodily injury cases
Discover fraudulent billing
Determine between unbundling, upcoding, lack of medical necessity in billing
