Defendants need a certified life care planner to review the plaintiff’s LCP for proper methods and to verify if the future medical expenses are medically necessary and related to the injury. In analyzing a plaintiff LCP, RPC’s certified life care planners work with physicians and other providers in the specific specialty areas relevant to the case.
A Look Back at RPC in 2024 and Forward to 2025 - From RPC President, Ronald T. Luke, JD, PhD
To assist RPC consultants in personal injury cases, we asked James Loughlin, an attorney who represents workers’ compensation insurers, to explain what information we can expect to find in a claim file at the Texas' Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), and what additional information would only be found in the insurer’s claim file. We also asked him to explain how to request documents from DWC.
This blog discusses the criteria a person should satisfy before an SCS trial is medically necessary and appropriate. A spinal cord stimulator (SCS) is an implantable device designed to alleviate chronic pain by delivering mild electrical impulses to the spinal cord.
RPC prepares reports and testimony on economic damages for plaintiff and defense counsel. Our consultants have been accepted as experts in their fields in state and federal courts. We can provide part or all the damages analysis and will help insurance adjusters determine the reserve and settle claims at a reasonable expense. With these resources, we can quickly analyze individual medical claims or prepare a report on all medical claims in a case for use in negotiation and, if necessary, at trial
Changes made earlier this year to the Alabama State Health Plan included revising the criterion for determining need for additional outpatient operating rooms (ORs) for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). Leading to opportunities to develop single-specialty ASCs in Alabama
To estimate the cost of this future care, life care planners usually conduct a survey of area home health agencies to determine the average hourly rate for the recommended type of provider, then apply this rate to the number of hours of care required per year. This paper examines the likelihood of agency-hire home health care versus private-hire home health care and their comparative costs.
The North Carolina State Health Coordinating Council (SHCC) has published its draft 2025 State Medical Facilities Plan (SMFP) and all summer petitions and comments have been received. Here's what you need to know about the recent draft and what to expect moving forward.
Loss of earning capacity can be a major element of damages requiring the plaintiff and the defendant to retain vocational experts. By asking vocational experts the right questions, attorneys can expose weaknesses in their reports and opinions. Here are six key questions to ask your vocational expert or an opposing vocational expert, and what you may learn from the answers.
Future medical expenses are often the largest element of economic damages in personal injury cases. The testimony of life care planners for the plaintiff and defendant can greatly influence the jury. Here are nine key questions you should ask any life care planner.