Our physicians have graduated from or trained at Ivy League institutions and other highly accredited schools & institutions across the United States.
Our carefully selected physician experts are widely respected by their peers and are frequently selected for their academic excellence. When called for expert depositions or court testimony, they command the respect of judges, arbitrators, juries, and attorneys.
Ivy Med’s experts undergo rigorous training to ensure that they are fully capable of properly evaluating claimants within the limited scope of an independent evaluation. They have the critical ability to evaluate complex matters and explain medical conditions and their treatment to interested laypersons.
This training also results in well-considered and well-written medical-legal reports that include carefully considered and formulated opinions, utilizing all information at hand: evaluation, claimant history and a thorough review of medical records. Our experts’ opinions are supported by years of clinical practice experience.
Our physicians have graduated from or trained at Ivy League institutions and other highly accredited schools & institutions across the United States.
We will find the right match for your case, your needs and timelines. Our experts are selected based on their speciality but they all share the same level of professionalism and dedication.
Below are several important things to consider when selecting a medical expert for your case.
Active practice and surgery: Rendering opinions on medical treatment and conditions requires a current reference point. An expert that is actively practicing and/or actively performing surgery in their specialty can demonstrate that they continue to use clinical medical judgement in the active care of patients.
An active expert’s income from medico-legal work should be a relatively small percentage of their overall income when compared to income derived from their practice. In support of this concept, we take care to avoid referring an excess of work to any expert.
Schooling: A physician who has attended a highly accredited school is important for credibility. Experts that have graduated from such programs command a great deal of respect by virtue of their completion of these institutions’ competitive schooling and training programs.
Experience: An expert with many years of practice experience carries weight in court and in the minds of jurors. Opposing counsel may be able to discredit younger experts with less practical experience in their field.
Academic Standing: A medical expert with extensive academic experience related to the injury and treatment being evaluated is much preferred. For example, if an injury is musculoskeletal, many board-certified orthopedic surgeons may be able to adequately do the evaluation. However, an orthopedic surgeon with a command of the relevant literature related to the injury will have more credibility as an expert witness.
Ivy Med takes the credentialing of experts very seriously. It is our policy to verify, monitor, update and maintain records for every expert on our team, ensuring an active license status, current board certification status and clean physician records.
Review of Board Certification via the ABMS CertiFACTS online portal to confirm that board membership is active
Verification of licensure with New York State Education Department and with the state department for each state in which the expert is licensed
Review of Worker’s Compensation website to determine whether experts’ WC certification has been suspended or revoked.
Review of available information via the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
Screening via the New York State Department of Health Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC) disciplinary action list
Review of current DEA certificate
Review of current professional liability insurance
Review and verification of current hospital admitting privileges
Verification of US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) exclusion lists
- Credentialing department prints monthly reports to monitor license expiration dates.
- License updates are verified by checking against NYSED’s online verification website and reports are printed for each claimant’s file.
- Director and manager are provided with monthly list of consultants/experts whose licenses are up for renewal.
- Director and/or manager follow up with consultants to ensure timely compliance with licensure requirements.
- Credentialing department informs director/manager of consultants with expired licenses. Consultants are removed from active referral list pending renewal of license.
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