What Case Managers Can Do for Attorneys?
- Be cognizant of all parties involved in the medical recovery process, especially the disabled covered employee and their family. Include goals and timeframes when creating the care plan and allow for updates as needed.
- Determine what is needed for Workmans Comp Case for a successful return to work from both the employer and employee’s perspective.
- Determine whether the client is screened for potential injuries from auto accident, following the treatment plan of Medical Doctors and reaching maximum medical improvement.
- Provide client advocacy and support at all times and provide input and guidance on treatment services. BE A LIAISON BETWEEN PARTIES.
- Educate all parties, especially the adjuster, whenever possible on the positive and cost-effective aspects of case management services, medical treatment, and processes.
- Always obtain and maintain appropriate releases of information prior to beginning case management services.
We Will Deliver the Following to Ease the Flow of Your Workload:
- Access to proprietary software to access information.
- Case Management Reports Monthly with updated treatment plan each month.
- Delivery of all Medical Records.
We Do Not Give Legal Advice at Any Time!
Life Care Plans- Medical Damages and Cost Projections for Non-catastrophic and Catastrophic Injury
Determining accurate medical damages for your clients after an injury is a challenge for attorneys and paralegals. The future medical costs, medications, medical equipment, therapy, rehabilitation and future care make up a significant part of the damages in personal injury, product liability and medical malpractice cases. Not only will you need accurate medical damages for your claim but you need to be able to have the correct information to back up those damages. Getting you accurate and defensible medical damages is our specialty.
Our Life Care Services we can offer the following:
- An assessment of the cause of your client’s catastrophic injuries
- Projections and descriptions of current and future medical treatment
- Projections for needed testing, therapy services, or counseling
- An assessment of potential complications that can arise for patients
- Rehabilitation, home, and living accommodations
- Projected life expectancy
Biomechanical Engineering: To truly understand the causation of both catastrophic and non-catastrophic injuries, we can review both the engineering and medical aspects of your case on the following:
- Causation of injury
- Injury mechanism
- Forces/acceleration applied to occupants
- Occupant motion
- Restraint effectiveness
- Driver identification
Our Experience
Our Traumatic Injury Life Care Plans are created by physicians who specialize in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and/or experienced Nurse Life Care Planners. They are the experts in understanding the medical and physical treatment of disabling illness and injury.
We understand the specific needs of attorneys when it comes to medical damages and life care plans. We specialize in helping attorneys document the damages in cases where an individual has sustained an Injury such as:
Catastrophic:
- Amputation
- Burns
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chronic Pain
- Multiple Trauma
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Non-Catastrophic:
- Amputation
- Burns
- Lumbar Injuries
- Muscular and skeletal injuries
- Fractures
- Other
Life Care Plans
Our life care plans for catastrophic injury cases gives you detailed documentation about the medical costs of long-term medical care and quality of life and life expectancy. Our Physiatrist provides a non-biased report documenting the total medical damages for an injured client and gives you the information you need for settlement purposes or trial.
Our Process
- To develop a life care plan for a non-catastrophic or catastrophic injury we do the following:
- Medical record retrieval and organization
- Medical Review and Injury Causation report
- Comprehensive review of all medical records
- Physical examination of the patient (if necessary)
- Detailed recommendations for items contained in the Life Care Plan to provide a medical foundation
- Medical Cost Projections for Settlement or Mediation
- Life Care Plan Review
- Life Care Plans for Trial
- Expert Witness Services for Settlement, Mediation, Depositions, and Trials
- Detailed yearly medical costs for the following areas:
- Future medical care
- Medical equipment
- Drugs and medical supplies
- Therapy and medical modalities
- Facility or home care
- Transportation
- Home renovations/furnishings
We provide attorneys with an easy to read injury causation reports, medical cost projections, and detailed Life Care Plan for all phases of litigation.
Do you have a Non-Catastrophic or Catastrophic Injury case that you need accurate medical damages and cost projections for? We can help. Just fill out our contact form to discuss further.
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