Performing utilization and disability chart reviews on behalf of insurance companies is a great way for a physician to supplement their clinical income – a very nice physician side gig. The work is interesting and a clinician’s current skillset is easily transferrable. Chart reviews are typically performed from home [...]
Dr. Mike McLaughlin, an alumnus of SEAK’s Medical Fiction Writing for Physicians course, has recently completed a unique on-line reading experience titled The Satin Strangler Blogs under the pseudonym of N. Michael Caputo. Who was the Satin Strangler . . . and how many men did she seduce and [...]
The 10 Biggest Legal Mistakes Physicians Make When Being Investigated for or Charged with Civil or Criminal Fraud By Deborah A. Holzman, Esq. Executive Summary The rising increases in the cost of health care have led to all-out efforts to contain such costs. An important component of those efforts is [...]
How Doctors Can Earn Extra Income There are a number of proven ways in which physicians can increase revenue by doing consulting work on the side. http://youtu.be/dcvBSy-miRY?list=UUxG5tC-Jpwy9XjBMLqziSPA Physician Expert Witnessing. How much can a physician expert witness earn? Medical expert witnesses commonly charge $400-$1000 per hour or more. Devoting a [...]
The requirements to be an expert witness can be broken down into two categories – the legal requirements for being an expert witness and perhaps more importantly, the practical requirements for being an expert witness. Legal Requirements for providing Expert Witness Services The legal requirements for being an expert [...]
Expert Witnesses Need to Be Responsive to Attorneys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOnmj2BHUZI Excerpted from the SEAK training course: How to Assist an Expert Witness Practice: The Support Staff Program
How an Expert Witness Can Identify a Niche http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps2uHwkql5A Excerpted from the SEAK DVD: How to Assist an Expert Witness Practice: The Support Staff Program
Expert Witness and File Retention http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rt-mK8mIEQ Excerpted from the SEAK DVD: How to Assist an Expert Witness Practice: The Support Staff Program
How to Use Charts, Graphs and Photos to Enhance an Expert Witness Report http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgkCqLbJQ-o Excerpted from the SEAK DVD: How to Assist an Expert Witness Practice: The Support Staff Program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSt1ssS-2WA&feature=plcp Excerpt from the SEAK DVD, The Expert Witness Deposition Can something you say “off the record” be used against an expert witness at deposition? Absolutely. There's no such thing as a “off the record privilege”. “Off the record” merely means that your comments and not being recorded by [...]