Medicare Expert Witnesses in Oregon

This expert has over 30 years of experience with healthcare and health insurance. She gained her PhD in sociology and health policy at the University of California, Santa Cruz and directed research at the Institute of Health and Aging at UC San Francisco before leading the White House's Health Care Reform Task Force. Since, she has continued to contribute to the private and public sectors, working as a principal at William M. Mercer, Inc, the vice president of the Lewin Group, an associate professor of research at UC Santa Cruz, and the consumer representative to the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee. Her most recent roles include consulting for Watson Wyatt Worldwide, the Center for Medical Technology Policy, and Bain & Company. Currently she is an independent health care consultant.

This highly qualified expert has been in the field of nursing for over four decades, with demonstrated experience in the areas of life care planning, medical cost projection, Medicare set asides, medical damage reports, and medical bill reviews. She received her BSN from Saint Olaf College and then her MS in nursing from Ohio State University. She is a registered nurse, as well as a certified legal nurse consultant, lifetime nurse care planner, medicare set aside professional, and nurse life care planner. She is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants and the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners and has presented on topics in nursing multiple times. She has held a wide variety of roles during her career including as the owner and manager of Home Health Care Consultants. She has also worked as an office nurse for a primary care physician and as a home care liaison at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. Currently, she is the owner and CEO of a legal nurse consultancy in Nevada.

This highly experienced director of nursing for a 180 bed skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living community has over ten years of experience as a multi-state regional nurse manager. Her current position involves supervision of 150 team members to include the physicians, nurse team, floor nurses, social workers, infection control, quality assurance, medical records, a commissary and recreation therapy. She spent three years as a clinical nurse specialist. She is a registered and certified nursing home surveyor. She spent many years as a regional nurse consultant and recently received a Medicare/Medicaid deficiency free survey.

This highly qualified expert has 35+ years of experience in the healthcare arena ranging from hands-on clinical to the executive level of operations. He specializes in medical billing, collections, and in the financial performance of businesses, along with business practices. He received his BSN degree from Arizona State University and his MBA degree in finance from the University of Southern California. He is a member of the advisory board at Hearing Healthcare Providers of California and his previous responsibilities included senior level positions at Kaiser, Paracelsus and Adventist Health Medical Groups, as administrator, regional business development director, and COO. This expert is currently the founder of a major medical revenue management firm, where he currently works.