In personal injury litigation, a vocational evaluator is often asked to determine a person’s future earning capacity after an accident or injury. One of the tools used to determine if there are other jobs the person can perform is a Transferable Skills Analysis (TSA).
This blog post explains Business Associate Agreements (BAA) best practices and requirements under HIPAA and Texas HB 300. It also explains the broader definition of “covered entity” in Texas law, the need for a court-protective order in cases involving PHI, and the terms a BAA should include to comply with HIPAA and HB 300.
The role of a vocational expert in personal injury litigation is to determine the pre-injury and post-injury earning capacity of the plaintiff. One of the tools used to determine the post-injury capacity is a labor market survey. The labor market survey identifies the jobs and job openings in the worker’s geographic labor market.
Most hospitals update their charges at least annually. To ensure continued compliance with the new laws, RPC recommends an annual chargemaster analysis for freestanding emergency centers and assists freestanding emergency centers to resolve payment disputes.
When performing economic damages analysis, one must decide whether to discount future economic damages to present value using a nominal interest rate or real interest rate. This blog discusses the differences between nominal and real interest rates.
Each state has its own criteria for evaluating CON applications. One requirement that most have in common is financial feasibility. Applicants show financial feasibility on a set of required forms and tables and an explanation of sources, methods, and assumptions. These are referred to collectively as the financial pro formas of the CON application. Here are 3 things to know about Pro Forma
Lost household services are frequently an element of economic damages in personal injury and wrongful death cases. Attorneys on both sides of a case may benefit from asking the injured party or the survivors questions to obtain facts an economist needs to calculate lost household services. The RPC Questionnaire on lost household services can assist plaintiff and defense attorneys to gather the necessary facts.
In this three-part blog, we will discuss the basics of using opioids for chronic pain management. In part III, we will discuss medication alternatives to opioids for chronic pain
Certificate of Need (CON) requirements vary by state, but most applications must address three main topics: need, financial feasibility, and impact on existing providers. This blog post is the third in a three-part series on these topics. This part discusses data sources to address the impact on existing providers of a CON-reviewable project.
In this three-part blog, we will discuss the basics of using opioids for chronic pain management. In part II, we will discuss the ongoing use of chronic opioid therapy (COT), and discuss when and how opioids should be discontinued.