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.
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
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.
A good medical summary for a personal injury case is a concise, accurate chronology of the medical care provided to the injured plaintiff before and after the event. In this blog, we discuss the components used to create a complete medical summary.
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 issue of whether a healthcare service's charges are reasonable arises when a healthcare provider and payor have not agreed on a negotiated payment rate for a service. Reasonableness of healthcare charges are at issue in some personal injury cases as well as commercial litigation and can effect the economic damages in the case. [...]