FAST - A legal practice that primarily caters to personal injury (PI) cases has an intrinsic desire to get matters closed quickly.
One simple reason: They get paid. PI cases are often known for the attorneys' willingness to work on a contingency basis.
Here’s a scenario most person injury attorneys know well. A new client schedules an appointment, and explains how they were injured, and where were they treated. Intake forms are completed and the process of collecting medical records begins.
Missing Pieces?
At Record Retrieval Solutions (RRS), one thing we’ve noticed is that many of the record requests are missing some important billing records.
When the RRS team was preparing for the Consumer Attorneys of California Donald L. Galine Conference at Lake Tahoe, NV last June, we received positive response to our Free Your Staff tag line. Sometimes it took a little explaining, primarily for solo or very small practices.
In the past, I have offered educational blogs about the benefits of outsourcing medical record retrieval to companies such as my own – Record Retrieval Solutions (RRS). The key value proposition are the cost savings of having otherwise billable resources focused on doing billable work (not chasing healthcare providers), and the simplicity a one-stop shop.
On June 23-24, 2017, Record Retrieval Solutions was a proud vendor sponsor who came to Harrah’s Lake Tahoe to support the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC)’s Donald L. Galine conference. Here is a review of the event from our perspective, and why we plan to participate in future CAOC events.
Personal Injury continues to have the largest share of contingency based fees so the flow of work is critical. Essentially, this means that the firm does not get paid until the matter is either settled out of court or won at trial. Similar cases such as Medical Malpractice, Mass Torts and Class Actions also deal with workflow and tracking passable expenses and set percentages are payable to the firm and then the client.
Record Retrieval Solutions (RRS) is honored to present a guest blog from Personal Injury attorney John C. Miller, Jr. of Miller Injury Attorneys of El Dorado Hills, CA. Mr. Miller shares his experiences as a personal injury attorney, the value of outsourced record retrieval, and his experience working with RRS.
As a personal injury attorney for more than 28 years, I have come to realize that having my in-house staff or myself order, and track medical records and bills is a huge and colossal waste of time and energy.
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As 2017 unfolds, we look forward to developing and expanding our ability to service you, as both technology and rules of law evolve. We’ve learned our priority continues to be educating the Legal Market about our services. For Personal Injury, Mass Tort and Class Action litigation, we’ve proven our value as an alternative to using in-house resources for medical record retrieval.
2016 has been certainly a year for surprises. Whether the topic is baseball or politics, it clearly was full of unanticipated results (well, perhaps for a few with clear crystal balls). Here’s a list of 7 issues and proposed fixes that can keep 2016 in its place, and get you and your firm ready for 2017.
Pending Medical Records – the most common issue PI attorneys requiring fixes is waiting for medical records on behalf of their client.