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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.

Summary: Sometimes legal work requires magic to make problems disappear. Unlike theatrical magicians, attorneys cannot use redirection or spools of colored silk scarves to amaze their audience of clients, peers and managers. Read on...
Want to see a magic trick? Well you won’t actually see it, but we’ll use the “Theatre of the Mind” so you can experience it.

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.

 
A Thanksgiving Thought for Personal Injury, Mass Tort and Class Action Lawyers
Across America, most of us celebrate Thanksgiving today with family and close friends while also remembering those who once shared our table. It’s also a day many do not get to enjoy either because of workload or disabilities due to injuries sustained in an accident.

When discussions about medical records begin, they tend to initially focus on the trade-off between cost of outsourcing vs. using in-house resources. While clearly an important component, there are other considerations necessary to make the right choice.

Say the word outsource, and depending on your age and occupation, it brings back bad memories. Back in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, and depending on the business you were in, primarily those with call center operations, looked to lower costs by outsourcing, or more accurately, offshoring certain business operations.

Time To Review 2016 Goals (and adjust plans as needed)
At the beginning of each year, most businesses including law firms large and small set out with a set of goals to be accomplished by year-end. These goals are typically reviewed at the end of each fiscal quarter, so that adjustments to income and expense plans can be enacted to keep the plan on track.