The 10 Biggest Mistakes Physicians Make in Writing Their IME Reports By Steven Babitsky, Esq. The Independent Medical Evaluation (IME) reports that physicians prepare are playing an increasingly important role in workers' compensation cases, personal injury litigation, and long-term disability claims. Each year physicians prepare hundreds of thousands of [...]
Excerpt from: The A-Z Guide to Expert Witnessing An expert’s opinion may be challenged at a Daubert hearing. If the challenge is successful, the expert’s entire testimony could be excluded from evidence. This could result in the dismissal of the case and permanent damage to the reputation of the expert. [...]
By Steven Babitsky New 10-DVD set on Marketing for Independent Medical Examiners. How to Market and Grow Your IME Practice is designed for both IME physicians and their employees who are tasked with practice development. A great resource on IME marketing. You will learn how to professionally and cost-effectively market your IME [...]
By: Steven Babitsky Each year a large portion of workers’ compensation indemnity and medical costs are spent on claimants with orthopedic injuries, conditions, and treatment. This DVD will show you how to make informed decisions about: claims, causation development of treatment plans, best practices, management, health promotion, rehabilitation, disability impairment, and return to [...]
By: Steven Babitsky Expert witnesses are frequently inadequately prepared by retaining counsel for their depositions. In traveling across the United States and working with experts, this refrain and complaint has been expressed to the authors over and over again by experts from all disciplines. The size of the case does [...]
By Steven Babitsky, Esq. & James J. Mangraviti Jr., Esq. Many professionals are starting to look into the lucrative and growing field of serving as an expert witness. Depending on their field of expertise, expert witnesses earn $150 to $500 or more per hour. The work is intellectually challenging, has [...]