Long Term Care Expert Witnesses
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What is a long-term care expert witness?
Long term care expert witness candidates typically have extensive experience as a registered nurse (BSN), nurse practitioner, or certified legal nurse consultant (CLNC), with professional experience at a nursing home, assisted living facilities, or long term care facility. Often, the chosen expert is a member of an industry association such as The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL), or The National Association for the Support of Long Term Care (NASL).The expertise of a long term care expert witness will provide credibility to enable the jury to consider the evidence with the weight it deserves.
What types of cases require a long-term care expert witness?
Long-term care refers to patient care that provides assistance with basic daily activities such as dressing, bathing and using the bathroom, and can be offered at the home or in a nursing home, assisted living, long term care facility, or skilled nursing facility. Litigation matters supported by a long term care expert witness typically involve a medical malpractice case, personal injury, long term care insurance, standards of care, or wrongful death.
Long term care expert witness case examples
Cahn Litigation has searched for numerous expert witnesses to support long term care matters, including:
- Alzheimer’s residential care in Pennsylvania,
- Ohio elder abuse,
- physical medicine and rehabilitation Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement,
- Illinois nursing home care,
- health insurance coding for outpatient care in Arizona,
- Maryland nursing home administrator duties,
- emergency medicine and acute care,
- geriatric medicine,
- physical therapy and orthopedic care,
- workers’ compensation claims,
- pharmacology,
- Florida group home managed care,
- New York medical staff evaluations,
- internal medicine clinical practice,
- pressure ulcers and wound care, and
- life care planning.
What litigation support work might a long-term care expert witness be expected to perform?
Litigation support activities by a subject matter expert in health care could include medical records review, research and authoring expert reports, providing expert opinions, deposition testimony and courtroom testimony. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, an attorney may request a legal nurse consultant or nursing home expert with prior expert testimony experience. Representing the plaintiff or defendant, Cahn Litigation Services has many years of experience turning searches for long term care experts around quickly and providing candidates with the right balance of expertise and testimony experience.
Cahn Litigation Services has the experience required to turn a search for a long-term care expert witness around quickly, providing the right balance of expertise and testimony experience.
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Long Term Care Expert Witness - Representative Bios
Please Note: All Cahn Litigation expert witness searches are customized to attorneys' precise specifications and preferences. Attorneys are encouraged to discuss search parameters with a Cahn search specialist.
The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Long Term Care experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Long Term Care landscape.
Expert Witness #244433
This expert has deep experience advocating in Nursing Home Standard of Care matters. This expert is certified as a Legal Nurse Consultant. This expert's clinical positions have included Director of Nursing for a long-term care facility and Supervisor of Clinical Medical Practice at a Home Health Care practice. This expert has detailed understanding of the special needs of eldercare and geriatric patients, and for creation and implementation of treatment care plans. This expert's expert witness practice is truly national and this has testified in Standard of Care matters in multiple US states.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #249998
This expert has a career long connection with the State, including holding numerous positions on the State's payroll as a nurse and consultant. This expert is a Legal Nurse consultant and divides consulting time between clinical nursing duties and providing expert witness services in elder care, long term care, assisted living and nursing home facilities. This expert has testimony experience.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #257855
This expert is the Principal of legal nurse consultancy providing comprehensive services including assessment, review, research and analysis for medical related cases. This expert serves attorneys and medical clients in the legal process from identification of merit to verdict, whether plaintiff or defense, with services related to Standards of Care, Medical Malpractice/Negligence, Health Care Fraud, Toxic Tort, Personal Injury, Risk Management and Workplace Culture.
As an educator, collaborator and strategist this expert renders informed professional opinions on the outcomes and delivery of health care. This expert has a quarter of a century of nursing and medical experience, which includes, but is not limited to, Medical Surgical, Intensive Care, Obstetrics and Women's Health, Renal Dialysis, Case Management, Education, Long-Term Care, Management and Leadership.
Specializing in Nursing Management and Leadership, this expert obtained an MS in Nursing, and s BS in Nursing, and a Nurse Legal Consultant Certificate. This expert has served in the role of Assistant Professor of Nursing and, among other certifications, holds an Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation, and Pediatric Life Support. Additionally, this expert has maintained Medical Surgical Board Certification.
This expert is a member of American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, Sigma Theta Tau International Chi Omega Chapter, the National League for Nurses, a State Education Association, National Society for Leadership Success, Regional Economic Development Advisory Collaborative, and a Coalition of Nurses Leadership Committee. This expert has served on multiple ethics committees in health care, Presidents Council, Provost Council, and Shared Governance Chair.
This expert has been deposed and testified regarding standards of care and in nursing education regarding civil rights litigation. This expert has excellent communication skills and does not fear a court room setting.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #258005
This expert brings to the table many years of nursing experience, including supervisory and managerial roles of RN's/LPN's/CNA's. This included educating staff in patient care and care delivery, critical thinking, emergency responses, equipment, patient's rights, and Nursing Standards of Care. Additionally, this expert participated in recruitment, selection and retention of nursing personnel as well as performance evaluation.
This expert has been an expert for litigation and has provided testimony in over 50 depositions and has participated in approximately 6 trials. This expert has worked for both plaintiff and defense. This expert's cases have included:
- Home Care Issues- Extended Care Facilities- Medical/Surgical- Cardiac Telemetry- ICU- Emergency department- PACU-recovery rooms- Cath lab- Subacute Rehabilitation Facilities- Jail medical careThis expert has given deposition testimony regarding LPN standards of care in a few cases.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #249981
This expert maintains a national practice. More than simply a practitioner, this expert is a former Medical Director at numerous Nursing Homes and Convalescent Homes. This expert is currently the Chair of the Professional Practice Committee (standard of care overseer for practicing physicians) at a hospital.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #270916
This nursing home expert holds a PhD and is an economics professor and research fellow affiliated with a business school and a gerontology center at a well-regarded university.
Research focuses on economic, antitrust, and regulatory issues related to long-term care, post-acute care, hospitals, physicians, and other health care sectors, with particular emphasis on health care quality, costs, and how providers respond to competition and financial incentives. Published work has appeared in health economics, health services research, industrial organization, medical care, health policy, and other scholarly journals.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #270946
This long-term care operations expert holds an M.A. in Health Care Administration and is a veteran leader with more than 45 years in the healthcare field, including founding a consulting firm serving the senior and long-term care field and previously serving as the senior executive of a not-for-profit skilled nursing facility for over 15 years.
This expert has expertise in governance, operational management, turnarounds, fund raising, marketing, and business and referral development. This expert has been a member of a national health care administrators association for over 35 years and has achieved Fellowship and Nursing Home Administrator Certification status.
This expert served on the national board of that association and is a past president of a state chapter board. This expert has also served on the boards of several senior care organizations, including a state chapter of a prominent nonprofit senior care association.
This expert has substantial experience as a board member, speaker, teacher, mentor, consultant, expert witness, and volunteer.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #270986
This long term care facility expert holds RN and MBA credentials and has provided consultation and education to long term care professionals for decades. This expert assists long term care facilities with policy development and provides consulting support to facilities across the country.
Specializing in regulatory compliance, this expert has assisted hundreds of facilities with decertification issues. This expert has also provided expert analysis, advice, and testimony to attorneys for decades.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #278206
This long term care expert is a nurse practitioner who has worked in long term care for over 10 years and is a seasoned healthcare provider with strong clinical leadership and high-performing management experience. Over the last 15 years, this expert has implemented best practices in treating and managing geriatric disease and complex chronic conditions, improving utilization, and developing and executing strategies to improve quality metrics and documentation.
This expert has opined on a number of cases involving standards of care and medical malpractice in long term care and assisted living facilities. These cases have involved nursing standards of care, Advanced Practice Clinician standards of care, falls, elopement, pressure ulcers, documentation, and related topics. The witness work has been for both plaintiffs and defense, and this expert has been deposed a number of times but has not yet testified at trial.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #278219
This long term care expert holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice with a concentration in Advanced Nursing Leadership and an M.Sc. in Nursing as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. This expert is also a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant, advanced practice nursing leader, and board-certified Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (ACNS-BC) with in-depth medical knowledge and experience.
This expert has experience in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Palliative Care, and nursing administration, with over 10 years in nursing leadership and administrative roles involving standard of care analysis, regulatory oversight including The Joint Commission and Title 22, incident report investigation and follow-up, policy and procedure development, and committee oversight.
This expert has over 10 years of clinical nursing experience in acute care and over 5 years as a clinical nursing instructor. In that role, this expert regularly supervised student nurses in clinical training rotations in long-term care facilities, attended site orientations for long-term nursing facilities, and educated and held nursing students accountable to the standard of care in each facility during clinical training.
This expert is also an acute care clinical nursing director responsible for care provided in adult ICU, step-down, and med-surg levels of care. The role includes chart reviews for nurse-driven indicators such as pressure injuries, development of corrective action plans, and participation in state interviews for reportable events. This expert has also supported cases involving long-term care state citations.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #286892
This pediatric home health standards of care expert holds a Ph.D. and FNP-BC certification, is a licensed Family Nurse Practitioner, and serves as a nursing faculty member at a well-regarded public university.
This expert has over 30 years of nursing experience and can address appropriate standards of care for all levels of nursing providers. As a clinical nursing instructor, this expert works with all levels of nurse trainees on appropriate care standards and appropriate responses to choking emergencies.
This expert has experience as an expert witness in general long-term care and chronic case management, teaches pediatric nursing content across acute care and home health programs, and conducts home visits as part of current clinical practice as an NP.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #286908
This standards of care expert is a Nursing Home Administrator with over 25 years of nursing home and residential long-term care experience, holds a Masters in Social Work, and has been a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator for over 15 years.
This expert provides expert-level insight into the long-term care industry based on practical experience, application of State and Federal Regulations, and widely accepted professional standards of care. This expert also has experience as an expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #292882
This medical claims submission expert holds FLMI, FLHC, and ACS credentials and has a long work history in claims litigation and support. In prior claims management and claims consulting roles involving health claims, this expert built a strong track record of claims review, management, and innovation, with skill in Long Term Care Insurance, Disability Income Insurance, Medicare Supplement Insurance, and Life Insurance.
This expert works with a small consulting group with deep experience in medical, Medicare supplement, disability, long-term care, and life insurance claims. The group has over 50 years of combined industry experience and can review claim and litigation documents efficiently.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #293583
This long term care expert is an RN and holds an M.Sc. in Nursing Administration and Health Care Administration from a state university. This expert has served in a senior risk and quality management role at an inpatient rehabilitation hospital, with responsibility for quality and risk management programs designed to support compliance with accreditation bodies, regulatory bodies, and state health department requirements.
This expert has had direct oversight of multiple nursing homes and has been regularly involved in clinical care, administration, surveys, and regulatory issues. This expert is familiar with regulations pertaining to long term care across multiple areas and has experience providing opinions, testimony support, affidavits, expert witness reports, and rebuttal analyses in long term care matters.
This expert has experience with tracheostomy and tracheotomy care from work with patients in neuro floor, subacute, and home health settings. This expert also has experience as a nursing instructor in an accredited RN-to-BSN nursing program and continues to work in a rehabilitation hospital setting.
This expert has experience as an expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #293759
This long term care/nursing home expert is a registered nurse with over 30 years of experience in ICU nursing, emergency services, patient safety, and nursing home/long term care. This expert meets the Iowa Plaintiff expert requirement and has worked in a nursing home/long term care facility for over 5 years.
This expert has worked as an expert witness for a number of years, with experience in acute care, long term acute care, and long-term care. This expert serves in a senior clinical operations and nursing leadership role for a skilled long term care facility. In that role, this expert provides direct care, supervises RN shifts, and oversees policies, procedures, and processes related to resident care.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #293914
This long-term care and nursing home expert holds a Ph.D. in Nursing, with doctoral research focused on aging and geriatric nursing. This expert holds active licensure as a Registered Nurse and Nursing Home Administrator, and is Board Certified in Gerontological Nursing.
This expert has over 30 years of experience in long-term care as a nurse, Director of Nursing, and senior administrator. This expert is an Associate Professor, Clinical Track, at a well-regarded college of nursing, has worked at a large continuing care retirement community, has held leadership responsibilities with a prominent long-term care association, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and is a Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #294461
This long term care expert holds a PhD, RN, MPH, and LNHA and has over 15 years of nursing and public health experience. This expert has held director-level responsibilities in post-acute care, is a licensed nursing home administrator, and has served as an adjunct instructor at a community college.
This expert has worked in aging services as a Registered Nurse for over 15 years, including service as a Director of Nursing and Licensed Nursing Home Administrator. This expert also holds a manager license for assisted living facilities and oversaw a number of not-for-profit nursing homes through COVID-19 with high-quality ratings. This expert can opine regarding reasonable expectations and the type of care a nursing home can deliver.
This expert has some expert witness experience and has been deposed in a case involving a resident who requested a nursing home change based on level-of-care needs.
Start Long Term Care Expert SearchExpert Witness #295660
This care home expert has over 35 years of experience in healthcare administration, including critical care, long-term care, dementia care, and assisted living center administration. This expert is a licensed Nursing Home Administrator in California and has received several awards for service.
This care home expert has over 10 years of experience as a care home executive in assisted living and long-term care. This expert is skilled in staff training and policy development, and is licensed in Healthcare Administration, Assisted Living Administration, and as a NHA Preceptor. Experience includes serving in a senior executive role at a memory care facility.
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