RPC has a Louisiana team of damages experts for personal injury cases including vocational consultants, life care planners, legal nurse consultants, a certified coder, and economists. RPC also has on-going relationships with board-certified physicians in multiple specialties.
The North Carolina Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need (CON) Section has released their recommended 2024 need determinations and CON review schedule. RPC’s team of experts has experience successfully navigating North Carolina’s extensive CON process. Learn More
Past and future medical costs are often the largest element of economic damages in personal injury cases. In Texas cases, there is an important distinction between reasonable charges for medical services and the reasonable value of medical services. We discuss the distinction in this blog.
With the passage of Senate Bill 164 earlier this year, South Carolina removed certificate of need (CON) requirements for Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs). New ASCs now only require licensure prior to operation and construction plan and specification approval prior to beginning construction.
Pre-Recorded Webinar | For attorneys practicing in Texas or Louisiana, handling personal injury cases under the laws of the other state may involve navigating some significant differences in the way damages are rendered. This webinar explores those differences.
When it comes to determining the reasonable charges for past or future medical care, one important part is estimating the reasonable charge for prescription medications. RPC began using the Amazon Pricing method for all reviews of eligible past pharmacy bills effective September 14, 2023, the publication date of this white paper. Learn more about the Amazon pricing method and the difference between Amazon and the survey method.
When projecting future medical needs and associated costs in life care plans, the choice between recommending generic or brand-name medications is an important one. The choice should be based on the factors of cost, efficacy, safety, and individual needs. In this blog, we discuss each factor. Unless an individual’s medical needs require a brand-name drug, the generic equivalent will usually be the rational choice.
RPC has posted on its website a new version of its white paper, Determining Usual, Customary, and Reasonable Charges for Healthcare Services. The new version improves on earlier versions in several ways
The injuries in many Texas personal Injury cases are work-related. Because Texas employers do not have to carry workers’ compensation, defendants cannot be sure if an injured worker is covered and may not take all necessary steps to obtain the workers’ compensation claim file. The claim file will often have medical and vocational information of great value to the defendant on liability and damages. This blog post discusses why it is highly probable there is a workers’ compensation claim file and why it can be important in defending a claim.
The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines chronic pain as “pain that persists beyond the normal time of healing, usually more than three months.” Over 25 percent of the US population has chronic pain of various degrees, and older individuals have a higher prevalence of chronic pain. Roughly 20 percent of outpatient complaints in clinics are pain related, and more than half of patients who see their primary care provider do so for pain. Overall, the costs associated with pain management are higher than the combined expenses related to diabetes, cardiac disease, and cancer. In this blog, we will discuss the alternatives to opioids for chronic pain control.