Alaska child welfare expert witnesses bring grounded insight into child protection, foster care, and family services across remote and urban communities. They often come from pediatric medicine, social work, psychology, and tribal child welfare programs, with experience in Alaska Native health systems and Anchorage-based care networks. They evaluate safety risk, placement decisions, service adequacy, and harm causation.
Behavioral Health & Human Services Expert Witness
Behavioral Health & Human Services Expert Witness
- Review Fee
- $130/hr
- Deposition Fee
- $150/hr
This former health and human services worker of 10+ years is the current proprietor of a behavioral health services private practice. She a certified clinical social worker in several states,and is a member of such prestigious societies as the Health Care Compliance Association and the National Association of Social Workers. Her specialty includes treatment of sexual offenders and survivors of sexual abuse, as well as in the development sexual abuse treatment programs. This expert also is a subject matter expert in the provision of behavioral health services and the documentation of medical necessity of these services to ensure appropriate Medicaid billing. She assists behavioral health agencies in the identification of areas of compliance risk and provides consultation and staff/board training to mitigate those risks. She has assisted agencies in becoming nationally accredited. She is also an independent representative of Measure of Success Tracking (MOST), which is a compliance tool that allows agencies to measure both quantitative and qualitative data to improve compliance and quality of care.
Owner, Behavioral health services private practice
Master of Social Work (MSW), University of Illinois at Chicago
Alaska