Life Care Planning, Medicare Set-Asides, Legal Nurse Consulting, Medical Case Management
Hess, Karfomenos
& Associates, Inc.
54722 CR 8
Middlebury, IN 46540
Phone: (574) 825-9000
Fax: (574) 825-3355
info@hkamedlegal.com
Legal Nurse Consulting
Legal Nurse Consulting/Forensic Case Management ensures your client is afforded the highest quality of care and treatment, coordinated by a licensed professional nurse who is nationally certified as a medical case manager and experienced as a legal nurse consultant. Our staff has extensive experience in managing the medical care of Workers’ Compensation, Group Health and Catastrophic Injury cases as well as negotiating costs and coordinating ancillary services. The benefit to you and your client? You are afforded access to the finest medical and professional practitioners available nationwide and the knowledge that expedient and appropriate medical care, is being delivered – allowing you to focus on the intricacies of the litigation process.
Coordination of Independent Medical Exams (IME), Medical Peer Reviews (including Chiropractic), Second Opinions and Consults are strategic interventions. Peer Reviews are generated through CompPartners Inc., a nationally recognized provider of Peer Reviews and Standard of Care Reviews with whom we have secured an agreement to provide services for us as a vender. Make sure your client is seen by the most appropriate provider, at the most appropriate time and that the most appropriate medical issues are addressed. Communication with healthcare providers is essential to your success – Hess, Karfomenos Associates , is the professional conduit to providing timely, succinct and clear communication, with professional interpretation, between you and the medical treatment team. We will deliver records, films and even accompany your client to these exams, if appropriate.
Our Legal Nurse consultants have extensive training and medical/clinical backgrounds in Multiple Trauma, Cardiac/Critical Care, Rehabilitation, Pediatrics, Burn Care, Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord injuries, in addition to Paralegal training – to name a few. Utilizing this expertise to guide case research, medical legal file reviews and procurement of services for your clients is invaluable. This also enables us to provide you with clearer case action planning as well as fine tuning the direction and the procurement of Expert Witnesses. Plaintiff or Defense, our Legal Nurse Consulting team has the professional experience to assist you in the execution of your file.