Expert Witness Services

Are you seeking an expert witness?  As indicated on this site, I have been in the medical billing and anesthesia practice management field for over half a century.  How is this?  It sounds a little folksy, but I started working at age 12 for the firm founded by my grandmother in 1954.  Then known as Spring Anesthesia Group, and later simply The Spring Group, it was 1966 and I began working during summers.

In the billing world, this was before any of us had a computer.  In the mid-’60s Spring began using an IBM 407 Accounting Machine.  We were the first billing company to employ such a device.  It was BIG and HEAVY!  At the end of the machine was a 30” x 30” control board of wires and it operated using 80-column punch cards.  Today, a smart watch has more power.  It was simple back then.  We billed the insurance which paid 80% and we balance-billed the patient.  Done.

In the ensuing years we have seen many changes affecting a physician’s practice.  HIPAA, anti-trust legislation, malpractice insurance reform, physician-group formation, hospital contracting for exclusivity and escalation of HMOs, PPOs and IPAs all have a bearing in the medico-economic arena.  We must be concerned with a variety of third-party payors, from private indemnity to government programs, from Medicare and Medicaid to Workers Compensation and the VA.  In the event of an accident we frequently find ourselves embroiled in a legal battle, having to justify or refute the charges.

Board Certified by the American College of Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE), I have also qualified multiple times as an expert witness in medical practice management and medical billing in Superior Court of California.  For medical billing I frequently opine in two areas.  One would be the reasonableness of charges, such as those encountered in a PI case.  The second would be regarding the efficacy and/or proper fiduciary operation of a billing service or MSO.  Please Contact Me and I will assess your need.  If I am comfortable with the need, I will go over my fee structure and availability.  I accept cases on a nationwide basis.