Considering Developing an ASC-Based Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory? Research & Planning Consultants and Health Management Associates have prepared a white paper explaining guidance on safety, efficacy, and patient selection for diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterization procedures in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) from medical professional societies and Medicare.
Past and future medical expenses are major elements of damages in personal injury cases. In many cases they are by far the largest element of “hard” damages and are used as a reference point for jurors in awarding pain and suffering and other “soft” damages. While plaintiffs should be fairly compensated for their medical expenses, the expenses should not be unfairly inflated. Recently we modified an actual report on reasonable charges and reasonable value for a defendant to create a sample report showing RPC’s data sources and methods of analysis for part medical expenses. The sample report is available to download here.
In 2021, the Supreme Court of Texas modified the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure regarding testifying experts. Because RPC frequently provides expert testimony in state cases, we asked Bill Christian, an attorney with Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody to prepare a memorandum explaining the difference in the old and new rules and to identify which rules applied to a specific litigation case.
In a wrongful termination case, damages may extend through the Plaintiff’s work-life expectancy and retirement. When the facts show pecuniary damages may last longer than a normal job search period, both the plaintiff and defendant may need two experts: an Economist and a Vocational consultant.
Healthcare Management Associates (HMA) and Research and Planning Consultants (RPC) are pleased to announce their client has received CON Board approval for Alabama’s first single-specialty, cardiac and vascular ambulatory surgery center.
There are several reasons why the calculation of post-injury earning capacity in personal injury cases may differ from Social Security’s disability determination. Six of the biggest reasons are discussed in this blog
When appropriate and possible, a vocational expert uses vocational tests to measure an individual’s interests, abilities, and aptitudes. In this blog, we will discuss who administers vocational tests, how they are administered, and what type of tests are used.
Some life care planners and vocational consultants rely on data from self-administered questionnaires completed by plaintiffs in personal injury litigation. Questions often arise about the validity and reliability of these data. In this blog post, we discuss a few self-administered questionnaires providers commonly use to assess psychological and neurocognitive conditions and their limitations.
Healthcare data on hospitals, physicians and other providers, properly analyzed, help litigators understand the economics and market dynamics of the healthcare sector. The information can establish causation and damages in a wide range of cases.
RPC has prepared a sample report explaining how we determine the maximum reasonable charges for past medical services and how we determine the range of reasonable value of past medical services.