Mr. Sandip J. Gupta has 15 years of experience in Medical Billing and Marketing and he earned his BBA in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin. Formerly, he served as a Business Intelligence Manager and Reporting Manager for Compass Professional Health Services. Currently, he serves as the Director of Data Services and Market Pricing Intelligence for Alight Solutions....
Ms. Nadine L. Gonzalez has 23 years of experience in Medical Billing and Coding. She earned a certificate in Documentation Coding from St. Philip's College. Formerly, this expert served as a Coder and Trainer at HealthCare Resolution Services, Inc., and as a Senior Compliance Auditor and Specialist in the Institutional Compliance and Privacy Office at UT Health San Antonio. Currently, this expert is a Medical Billing and Coding Specialist at Juris Medicus, LLC....
Mrs. Natalie Lopez has 13 years of experience in Medical Billing and Coding. Formerly, this expert served as a Supervisor and Registrar at HCA Healthcare, and as a Coordinator and MOR III at BayCare Health System, and as a Coding Specialist at Prizm, LLC....
Ms. Mary Rossi has 31 years of experience in Nursing, specializing in Legal Nurse Consulting, She earned her BA in Political Science and Government from the Catholic University of America and her ASN from Waukesha County Technical College. Today, this expert is certified as a Professional Coder by the American Academy of Professional Coders and as a Legal Nurse Consultant by the American Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Board. She is also licensed as a Registered ...
Ms. Nancy Michalski has 41 years of experience in the fields of Registered Nursing and Medical Billing and she earned her BSN from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Today, this expert is licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of California. Formerly, this expert served as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Med Legal Consulting Source, Inc. She currently serves as Vice President and Founder of Medical-Legal Services for Elevate Services, Inc....
Mr. Geoffrey D. Bretches II has 30 years of experience in Medical Billing and Coding. He earned his BA in Finance and Mathematics from the Vanguard University of Southern California. Today, this expert is certified as a Certified Specialist Managed Care and Certified Healthcare Financial Professional by the Healthcare Financial Management Association and as a Certified Medical Practice Executive by the American College of Medical Practice Executives. Formerly, this ...
Ms. Tamera Gayle Rockholt has 27 years of experience in Nursing. She earned her BSN from Oregon Health and Science University. Today, this expert is licensed as a Registered Nurse in California and Oregon. Formerly, this expert served as a Co-founder and Nurse Consultant at Medical Management Online, as a Founder and Nurse Consultant at Health Cost Management, and as a Nurse Consultant at ExamWorks, LLC. Currently, this expert is an Independent Contractor and Nurse ...
Ms. Agnes M. Grogan has over 50 years of experience as a Registered Nurse and over 35 years of experience as a Legal Nurse Consultant. She earned her AA from Mount San Antonio College and her BS in Business Administration from California Coast University. Today, this expert is licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of California. Formerly, she served as a Risk Control Consultant at ACRA, as a Partner at V/G Associates, and as a Staff Nurse at Pomona Valley Hospital ...
This board-certified internal medicine and medical coding expert received his BA in zoology from Miami University before earning his MD from Loyola University. He subsequently completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Illinois. He is certified as a professional coder by the American Academy of Professional Coders, and holds additional certifications in advanced cardiac life support and basic life support. As a professional coder, this expert has ...
This highly qualified expert earned his BA in political science from Ohio State University. He then went on to serve as a mediator for consumer protection at the Office of the Indiana Attorney General. He also served as the Director of Medicaid contract management, the director of Provider Relations for Indiana Medicaid and as the Medicaid Program Integrity Director at Indiana Family and Social Services Administration. Currently, he is a senior advisor at a healthcare ...
This qualified expert has over 17 years in healthcare administration, medical accounts, and medical billing matters. She received both an A.A. and B.S. in Health Care Administration from the University of Phoenix. Her previous positions include managerial positions in medical billing departments at various companies including Johns Hopkins, GE Healthcare and LifeBridge Health. She currently works as an Office Manager at a major university hospital. She is responsible to ...
A legal nurse consultant (LNC) is a licensed nurse who has experience with the legal system. LNCs can render informed opinions regarding a patient’s injuries and the nursing and healthcare services the patient was provided. Legal teams frequently consult LNCs…
In over twenty-five years of consulting as a pediatrics expert witness on issues for both plaintiff and defense attorneys, I have seen well over two hundred cases at all stages of the process. Having had the opportunity to follow many…
This case involves a male patient in his 60s who had a past medical history of respiratory issues who underwent a cervical discectomy fusion to treat spinal cord compression. Immediately following the surgery, the patient complained of difficulty breathing, throat…
This case involves a male patient who underwent an aortic valve replacement. After the operation, he reported feeling severe chest pain. Shortly thereafter, the patient was given an x-ray which showed a buildup of fluid in his lungs. The patient eventually…
This case involves a 70-year-old male with a past medical history of COPD, Hepatitis B, high blood pressure, and diabetes who underwent elective lumbar discectomy for radicular pain. The patient’s medical clearance from his primary care physician apparently did not…
This case involves a 63-year old female patient with a past medical history of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and coronary artery disease. She presented to the emergency room around 10 am with a chief complaint of pain in her…
This case involves a female infant who suffered pneumonia at 16 months of age. She was taken to the pediatrician’s office and seen by a nurse practitioner, not the pediatrician. The infant had a chest x-ray which was read as…
This case involves an 8-year-old male patient with type 1 diabetes. He presented to the emergency room with excessive thirst, vomiting, and shortness of breath and was diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). The hospital in question did not have a pediatric DKA…
This case involves an overweight diabetic female patient who presented to the emergency room with aphasia and limited range of mobility. After being admitted, she was unable to move her extremities. The emergency room physician called a stroke code and a head…
This case involves an elderly male patient who was discharged from a hospital emergency room despite having lab results consistent with sepsis. Although the patient’s lab results triggered the hospital’s “severe sepsis warning” in the electronic medical record, these notifications…
This case involves a thirty-one-year-old female patient who presented to the hospital with complaints of severe upper-right quadrant pain, vomiting, and dark blood in her stool. A week prior to her admission, the patient had an abdominal ultrasound at her…