Gregory Murad

I do not have a formal agreement. hew Lawson Sun 11/26/2017 7:32 PM Inbox To: Murad,Gregory Joseph Anatol; You replied on 11/26/2017 7:54 PM. Do you need any other information to ask for approval? Or is what I sent you sufficient? Sent from ProtonMail Mobile On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 7:04 PM, Murad,Gregory Joseph Anatol wrote: I have the time to do the review. I will ask for the approval tomorrow then and let you know how long it will take. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 26, 2017, at 6:57 PM, Matthew Lawson wrote: Generally, a case takes about 4 hours for a few hundred pages of records. Most of that ends up being nursing notes, orders, etc, and you can scroll through it pretty fast. I get all records in PDF format, and you can put a flag at anything important so you can find it later, if needed. I usually take some brief notes in a separate word file, so when they call me with question 6 months later I have some clue as to what the case was about. But keep in mind, this case has 2 injured people, so my guess would be that it will take a bit longer (6-8 hours maybe). A general case goes like this... 1) sign a contract with the attorney (I have a temple for you so that you don't get screwed) 2) Receive records (PDF format for records and CD format for images - you can get paper if you want but that is a pain in the ass) 3) Review records and images, and take detailed notes (about 4 hours for an average case) 4) Have a telephone conference with the attorney (usually 30 minutes to an hour) ---- THEN SEND FIRST BILL for all the time you spent doing the above ---- basically, they want steps 1-4 to happen before December 21. what happens after the phone call depends... about 50% of the time that is it, you are done. The other 50% of the time one or more of the below happens... 5) They may request a "written report" of your review, they may not. If they want one you write it up and sign it (could be admissible in court). I usually tell them it will take 2 weeks, but I do it immediately, or I'll forget the finer points of the case. 6) They may request that you complete a "compulsory medical examination" or CME. This is where you would have to drive to their location (Pensacola in this case) and see and examine the patient (sometimes with a videographer). You charge $900 the entire trip (usually like 8 or 10 hours) and then $900 an hour to write up a report. ---- THEN SEND ANOTHER BILL for the time you spent on the above 7) You may have to do a deposition. This would be many months down the road. 8) You may have to go to trial. This hasn't happened to me yet in the 3 years doing this (50 cases total) In this case, you are actually doing me a big favor. I do a lot of stuff for this firm, so I want to make sure they get a good review in time, and I can't do it. I would obviously be available to help you with questions, etc, at any step along the way. I'm no attorney, but I've learned a lot about this over the last few years. I would give you examples of reports, etc. Matt ---------------------------------------- Matthew Lawson, M.D., F.A.A.N.S. Lawson Healthcare Group, LLC http://www.matthewlawsonmd.com | http://lawsonhealth.com [email protected] This e-mail is intended for the addressee shown. It may contain information that is confidential and protected from disclosure. Any review, dissemination or use of this transmission or its contents by persons or unauthorized employees of the intended organizations is strictly prohibited. If you believe you have received this message in error, please forward it to: [email protected]