20 Red Flags in a Life Care Plan

What you'll learn

Identify red flags in life care plans.

Evaluate plan structure, cost, and services.

Ensure cost accuracy for geographic areas.

Assess collaboration and methodology in planning.

Recognize and prevent excessive or duplicate costs.

Validate service availability in geographical areas.

Webinar Details

This webinar is presented by an expert who provides life care planning for individuals of all ages with catastrophic injury or chronic health conditions. She has 18 years of hospital experience in medical and surgical and neurosurgical care units, labor and delivery, operating room and post-anesthesia. She also has an additional 30 years of experience in case management working with catastrophic claims involving head injury, spinal cord injury, burns, amputations, multiple trauma, chronic pain and toxic exposure.

The presenter started doing lifetime medical cost projections in the mid 1980’s and has written life care plans for litigation since 2004. She has also served as a member of the Executive Board of the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners (AANLCP). She is a contributing author to “A Core Curriculum for Nurse Life Care Planning” (2013) and currently serves on the AANLCP Journal and Research Committees. This expert is certified as a nurse life care planner, legal nurse consultant, case manager, disability management specialist and rehabilitation counselor.

The webinar covers 20 common errors and weaknesses in life care plans prepared for litigators across three major areas: Plan Structure, Costs, and Specific Goods and Services. The presentation also covers Life Care Plan Critiques and will provide valuable insights to attorneys working as both plaintiff and defense counsel in cases requiring life care plans.

Who is this for:

Plaintiff attorneys
Trial teams
Legal nurse consultants
Plaintiff attorneys in med mal cases
Life care planners
Plaintiff attorneys handling personal injury cases

Content

Introduction and Speaker Background

3 Min

Life Care Plans in Litigation

4 Min

Purpose and Definition of Plans

4 Min

Evaluating Plan Quality

4 Min

Common Structural Red Flags

8 Min

Cost Methodology and Errors

12 Min

Geographic Cost Variations

6 Min

Inappropriate and Duplicate Costs

6 Min

Facility and Care Level Issues

5 Min

Goods and Services Red Flags

5 Min

Life Care Plan Critiques

5 Min

Audience Q&A and Closing

10 Min