Electronic Health Records Expert Witnesses

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What is an electronic health records expert witness?

Electronic health records expert witness candidates typically have expertise in healthcare system administration, health law and policy, computer science, medical billing, medical record review, information technology, and/or healthcare compliance. The chosen expert could be associated with a health information industry organization such as the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the Healthcare Business Management Association (HBMA), HL7 International, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), or the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI).

What types of cases require an electronic health records expert witness?

Example litigation support matters requiring an expert in electronic health record technology include medical malpractice cases, intellectual property (patent infringement, trade secrets), false claims, and health insurance fraud. Cahn Litigation Services has placed many EHR experts.

Representative cases have encompassed:

• internal medicine medical coding,
• Medicaid or Medicare medical billing,
• insurance reimbursement case in Arizona,
• inpatient mental health standard of care,
• source code,
• meaningful use,
• cybersecurity,
• graphical user interface,
• False Claims Act,
• Office of Inspector General (OIG) fraud,
• health information technology valuation,
• software development,
• The Affordable Care Act (ACA),
• critical care or personal injury case documentation,
• Illinois EHR system technology US patent infringement,
• clinical informatics,
• HIPAA privacy violation matters,
• life care planning,
• New York medical history EMR breach, and
• medical malpractice.

What litigation support work might an electronic health records expert witness be expected to perform?

Expert witness services from an expert in electronic health records could include expert report preparation, computer forensics, expert opinion, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony. A forensic expert is often called upon to educate the court on details about electronic evidence. An electronic health records expert witness could work alongside a clinician or medical expert to support a case.

In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, the lead attorney may request a professional with prior expert witness testimony experience. An expert witness must not only have the appropriate substantive expertise but should also possess the ability to explain the facts of the case to a judge and jury.

Cahn Litigation Services has the experience required to turn a search for an expert witness around quickly. The firm has years of experience providing law firms with health information technology candidates with the right balance of expertise and testimony experience to support each unique project.

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Electronic Health Records 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.

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The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Electronic Health Records experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Electronic Health Records landscape.

• Expert Witness #250690

  This expert has been in the health care IT field for many years and has been actively been involved in EHR implementations. This expert has been involved in over 200 Hospital implementations and has worked with over 26,000 physicians on their EHR decisions and implementations. This expert has also been involved in over 150 replacements of older or discontinued healthcare specific applications, and has been evaluating EHR products and publishing a report with 3,000+ functionality. This expert has extensive experience in health care redesign and organizational restructuring along with a comprehensive background in start-up and replacement of multi-facility health information platforms, including financial, clinical, managed care and decision support systems. This expert tracks industry trends, conducts member surveys, publishes case studies, assesses best practices, and performs benchmarking studies, and evaluates over 70 product categories within healthcare that are offered by more than 500 software, RCM, and Value Based Reimbursement (VBR) vendors that are in the care Coordination and Population Health Marketplace. This expert specializes in the evaluation, selection, and ranking of vendors in the VBR, RCM, HIE, and PMS/EHR hospital and physician healthcare marketplace. Annually this expert publishes a detailed report on VBR, HIE, and PMS/EHR software product functional, usability, and company viability. This evaluation decision tool has been used by more than 25,000 physicians, more than 20 ACOs/IPAs, and over 200 Hospitals. Additionally, this expert has conducted more than 400 PMS/EHR searches, selections, and contract negotiations for small physician offices to large IPA.

  This expert provides independent advisory and consultative services designed to assist physicians and hospitals in evaluating and selecting technology to enable the creation of a digital medical office of the future. For Hospital clients, this expert conducts operational reviews, technology selections, and assists in development of long range plans. This expert has extensive prior litigation experience including deposition and courtroom testimony.

  
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• Expert Witness #262476

  This expert is a nationally recognized subject matter expert in healthcare information management, quality management, and compliance. This expert has conducted healthcare fraud and abuse coding compliance defense reviews and clinical documentation audits for healthcare organizations. This expert has worked as a compliance consultant and conducted medically necessity reviews for healthcare organizations and law, having worked on Urology specifically.

  This expert is a national speaker, author and adjunct professor on the topics of health information operations, information governance, e-discovery and healthcare compliance. This expert is an active member of the Health Level Seven (HL-7) Working Group, responsible for the review and development of the Records Management and Evidentiary Support (RM-ES) profile for the design and development of the functional profile for electronic health record systems. This expert has also been an active member and contributor in AHIMA task forces and working groups related to information governance and the functional design and profile of electronic health record (EHR) systems. This expert is a member of The Sedona Conference Working Group on Best Practices for Electronic Document Retention and Production, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the American Society for Healthcare. This expert holds an MBA, a Master of Jurisprudence degree in Health Law and Policy, and Post Baccalaureate in Clinical Informatics. This expert has provided expert witness services to both plaintiff and defense counsel.

  
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• Expert Witness #288226

  This medical billing expert is an experienced healthcare reimbursement consultant with extensive experience on both the payor and provider sides and certification from a professional coding association.

  Specialties include healthcare financial transaction processing, billing, audits, and data transfer and interpretation among hospitals, payors, collection agencies, and clearinghouses. Relevant interfaces and standards include Medicaid systems, commercial carrier eligibility files, Medicare coordination and beneficiary data systems, state buy-in data, medical eligibility platforms, absent-parent data, labor-department data, Medicare and commercial electronic billing formats, ANSI/HL7 standards, HIPAA/CMS compliance standards, and healthcare billing and MMIS platforms.

  This expert has provided independent health consultant services to a national arbitration organization, including reviewing relevant medical records, consulting the guidelines, rules, and laws applicable to the types of service and specialties in question, calculating proper reimbursement, and preparing formal reports with detailed support. This expert has extensive experience with Medicare guidelines, rules, and regulations and has supported numerous providers across the country in a wide variety of Medicare actions.

  
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• Expert Witness #289822

  This health information systems/management expert holds a B.Sc. in Nursing and an MBA and has experience with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) forensic analysis that delivers evidence needed to support litigation.

  This expert has deep technical expertise in interpreting paper medical records rendered from an EMR, including the complexities of vendors, integration, and executable functions. This expert is familiar with many EMR systems, including EPIC and various mother-baby systems that function with unique technical architecture and data transmission methods.

  
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• Expert Witness #293223

  This electronic medical records expert specializes in the acquisition, preservation, analysis, and presentation of digital evidence, including electronic medical records (EMR) and electronic health records (EHR).

  This expert previously served in senior executive roles at a medical software company for over 20 years and provided medical billing and EMR software installation services to medical offices and hospitals. This expert has also performed analysis and data audits involving deleted or replaced patient records after a patient death.

  This expert has experience selling, installing, training on, and customizing EMR systems. This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.

  
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• Expert Witness #293269

  This electronic medical records expert holds an M.D. and Ph.D. and is a seasoned health IT professional with over 30 years of research and development experience in industry. This expert has a track record of innovation in product-development roles, as well as consulting experience with health IT firms, healthcare provider organizations, pharmaceutical companies, government agencies, and litigators in intellectual property and medical malpractice cases. This expert is a published author, experienced speaker, and adjunct faculty member at a prestigious medical school.

  This expert has worked professionally to design and build electronic health record systems for over 30 years, including both inpatient and outpatient systems. Most recently, this expert advised a health IT company for several years on the design of its system to comply with regulatory requirements and ensure patient safety. This expert is very familiar with federal EHR-certification requirements and has consulted to several EHR vendors with respect to these regulations. This expert has reviewed audit logs of several EHR systems in the context of medical malpractice cases and is skilled in interpreting these sources of evidence. This expert is also generally familiar with best practices for medical record keeping, whether electronic or paper based, although the statutes and regulations governing these practices vary somewhat from state to state.

  This expert has experience as an expert witness and litigation consultant.

  
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• Expert Witness #293285

  This electronic medical records expert is a registered nurse who holds an M.Sc. in Health Informatics, a BSN, and a CSA credential, with over 15 years of healthcare informatics and technology experience. This expert's clinical and informatics background supports review of records for continuity of care.

  This expert has worked as a consulting witness on over 40 cases related to electronic medical records. This expert has worked in healthcare and healthcare informatics for many years, including clinical settings such as intensive care, rapid response, hospice, and home care. In healthcare informatics, this expert has held roles including RN, system analyst, project management, and leadership while working with multiple electronic medical record systems.

  This expert reviews cases from multiple points of view with attention to detail and finding answers. This expert can educate legal teams on healthcare, standards of care, electronic medical records, and healthcare information technology, while offering questions informed by experience. This expert can also organize and summarize electronic medical records as requested.

  
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