Types of Services

As an experienced healthcare consulting firm, we use our extensive knowledge and understanding of medical, nursing and billing issues to make your job as the attorney easier, more efficient and cost-effective. We know and understand the inner workings of our complicated health care system as well as understand the difficulties found in the medical records. Furthermore, we can take a complicated medical record and simplify it for your jury through the following services.

Review Case Facts by Assessing the Medical Records and Analyzing the Attorney's Case by:
	Identify, locate, review and interpret relevant medical records, billing records, hospital policies and procedures, bylaws, including other documents and tangible items.
	Organize, tab, and paginate medical records for easy identification and reference.
	Prepare medical chronologies of the sequence of medical events pertinent to the case issues.
	Summarize, translate and interpret medical records, billing records to enhance the attorney's understanding of the healthcare issues involved.
	Identify issues of tampering within the medical records - inaccuracies, fraud & billing errors.
	Screen and investigate medical malpractice cases for merit.
	Identify, locate, summarize and interpret applicable Standards of Care and assist the attorney to clearly understand the adherence to and/ or the deviations from those standards as it relates to the healthcare providers capabilities.
	Identify causation issues, assess damages/injuries and identify pre-existing and/or contributing factors.
	Identify and recommend potential defendants.
	Develop written reports for the attorney's use.
	Focus Groups for Case Screening.
Assistance in Supporting the Attorney's Case
	Research and summarize medical and nursing literature. Integrate the results of the literature search into the case analysis.
	Analyze validity of opposing parties medical research.
	Coordinate and attend independent medical examines.
	Expand the Attorney's medical library.
Serve as the Attorney's Alliance
	Interview plaintiff and defense clients, key witnesses and experts
	Collaboratively consult with health care providers. We find they are more open with us than to the attorney alone.
	Meet with medical consultants and other service providers on the Attorney's behalf.
Work with Experts and Other Witnesses
	Identify and locate appropriate types of testifying experts needed specific to your case - medical, nursing, reimbursement, billing, coding, cost reports, forensic document examiners, computerized medical record experts.
	Communicate and coordinate with appropriate expert witnesses for deposition and trial.
	Analyze potential experts' reports, work product and publications.
	Assist with experts' demonstrative evidence.
	Assist in preparing experts and witnesses for deposition and trial.
	Serve as fact witness and testify to the findings documented in the medical record.
Assist with Complaint, Discovery and Trial Preparation
	Draft initial theories of negligence to assist the Attorney in drafting the complaint.
	Prepare questions for deposition or trial examination [direct or cross].
	Prepare medical aspect of interrogatories, requests for production and request for admissions.
	Review and draft responses to various legal documents and correspondence for the Attorney's review and signature.
	Analyze and summarize depositions and past testimony to identify inconsistencies with documented medical events.
	Assist with exhibit preparation and other demonstrative evidence.
	Attend courtroom proceedings when requested.
	Coordinate and assist with facilitating focus groups for case screening and evaluation.
	Assist with preparation of case resolutions through Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration or Mediation by assisting with/ or putting together a demand package.