Social worker expert witnesses draw on experience in clinical practice, child welfare, mental health, and community services to analyze professional conduct and care standards. They assess case management, mandated reporting, risk assessments, and service planning, and evaluate whether policies, documentation, and interventions met accepted social work standards.
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