If you go to trial on behalf of your patient, you have to educate the jury the best you can. However, you can only answer what is asked. This is why your patients attorney has to understand the injuries. Notice the questions below. These are follow up questions to tie it all together. The attorney will ask broad questions here… Read More
Attorneys should ask you for a copy of the file. This takes time and resources and we need to be compensated. In fact, the is standard practice. Some attorneys will not pay you when they get the records. This is why we always send an agreement explaining how much it will be. This is done so everyone understands and agrees… Read More
Professionally Integrated wants you all to have this litigation agreement if you are asked by any attorney to meet with them or testify. Never ever schedule any litigation service until you have this signed and agreed upon. All too often attorneys will schedule depositions, trial, etc… and cancel at the last minute leaving us up to a day of no… Read More
Treating a patient on a lien is very selective in our office. We will check other forms of insurance first such as MedPay, health insurance, or time of service first. We will not take a lien from any attorney. Basically a lien is a “health care loan” we are giving to the patient when they have no other means to… Read More
Having the DRE guide can be very powerful when an insurance company is arguing that a “soft tissue” injury is not a big deal. If you digitize your images and you can objectify that instability is present, you can also give another document showing how significant it may be. Personally, I do not put this disability impairment in the notes, as I… Read More
This is the actual “expert narrative” that the treating chiropractor wrote on his patient. I was asked by the patients attorney to review it as they were close to trial. Unfortunately, after review, the patient could not have her own treating chiropractor testify for her as both her attorney and myself believe that this chiropractor would not be of much… Read More
This is a report that a patient was treated by some insurance docs for about 2 years and they just said he had “migraines and sprain/strain”. No full evaluation was done and one of the docs happened to be a IME doctor who would usually “cut off patients for too much care and no real injuries”. Now, here he is… Read More
I had a conversation with an insurance company that said they felt DMX was not necessary. Below, I copied the quick letter with research references and a explanation of each reference. As a member you will have access to letters like this to help your patients get the care they need and explain why you did take a particular image…. Read More
I have attached a expert narrative that I wrote for my patient. Her attorney paid for my time which is standard procedure. I also including research references for you to use and how I incorporated research into my treatment. This way, I can further validate why I did what I did on the stand if need be. The blank numbers… Read More
This is a good overview of how this crash is interfering with your patients ADLs. This is also another way to monitor how your patient is progressing with care. CONSITUTIONAL SYMPTOMS Good general health lately Recent weight change Fever Fatigue Headaches EYES Eye disease or injury Wear glasses/contact lenses Blurred or double vision Glaucoma EARS/NOSE/MOUTH/THROAT Hearing loss or… Read More
Dear professionally integrated, Many times an insurance adjuster, or someone else may say, “your patient should be better by now”. Depending on the diagnosis you gave, this may or may not be true. If you gave an appropriate diagnosis, and that diagnosis matches your documentation, and you can validate with research, you can use the letter below explaining why that… Read More
I have attached a expert narrative that I wrote for my patient. Her attorney paid for my time which is standard procedure. I also including research references for you to use and how I incorporated research into my treatment. This way, I can further validate why I did what I did on the stand if need be. The blank numbers… Read More
If you are asked, and you should be asked by an attorney to write a rebuttal to what a insurance doctor writes on your patient, you should. This will take time as you need to read the full report and make notes on where the IME doctor is wrong and explain your position on your patient in detail. In this… Read More
Do not expect an attorney to know the science and treatment as well as you in regards to your diagnosis and treatment plan of your patient. While you are on the stand in court, you can only discuss what is asked of you. That means, if you are not asked, you can not explain what the jury may need to… Read More
Hello Professionally Integrated Members, This is a letter I received from an attorney after a settlement that involved two patients. I was deposed and spoke about their injuries and importance of our care. I was able to explain the injuries because I have taken the time to learn about them, and document them appropriately by directly using the website Professionallyintegrated.com…. Read More
Hello Professionally Integrated, This is FREE for all with minimum of “Free” membership. Here is “Ethics Rule 94” that you should review as it can help you understand how an attorney should respect your lien, and communicate with you to pay a 3rd party claim from a settlement. I am attaching it below for you and a breakdown in the… Read More
Dear Professionally Integrated, I am attaching along with the video I made of Ethics Opinions for lawyers and how they should handle paying parties that are owed money from a settlement where a lien is in place. First and foremost, the easiest way to handle this is to only work with attorneys that understand these injuries, and respect the care that… Read More
Hello professionally integrated, here are some rules that show if you are being asked for your time such as a deposition, arbitration, even trial, that your time is worth money and if an attorney tries not to pay you you can use this as a starting point. As members of the site you have access to many forms that you… Read More
Hello Professionally Integrated, Here is a FREE video and PAPER where the authors did a survey on MVC patients. This survey showed that 50% of MVC patients suffer with chronic pain. This does NOT agree with what many insurance companies and the “doctors” they hire say. Many of the insurance reports mention the patient “should be better in 6-8 weeks.”… Read More
Hello Professionally Integrated, The Croft guidelines. And Dr. Croft himself are amazing. However, I like to really focus on each specific diagnosis and what those injuries mean that allowed you to grade a person a Croft grade 2, or 3, etc.. Be sure to sign up for research to help educate ourselves and patients on specific injuries and how YOUR… Read More
Hello Professionally Integrated, Here is a narrative I was paid to produce and the demand letter a very good attorney wrote based on the narrative and science to help her client, my patient get compensated for her injuries. As I have mentioned, in my experience most docs and attorneys do not know enough about these injuries to truly help, this… Read More
Hello Professionally integrated, If you have not joined professionally integrated yet, what are you waiting for? This service is a concierge service to help you improve your practice as well as your knowledge. As a member you gain full access to call me personally, as well as research to help validate your care, and to further educate patients so they understand… Read More
Hello Professionally Integrated, I know many “PI” programs spend A LOT of time on “Colossus”, I do not. Why? Because it has very little to do with me, my practice, my patients, research, and APPROPRIATE care. This is a program that looks for “key words” to add some “value” to a case. What I want for you all, is to… Read More
Hello professionally Integrated, I am asked “where should a deposition take place?” I prefer it at my office and this video explains why.   . . . You either need to log in or a different subscription to view this page. Sign Up Now!… Read More