Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) is a national certification, not a New York license. How a New York court weighs it is decided case by case under the forum's expert rules; this page covers the credential's scope, the New York venues where a plan is examined, and our planners who hold it and serve New York.
The M.D. degree with state licensure authorizes the practice of medicine. In life care planning, physicians supply the medical foundation of the plan: diagnosis, prognosis, life expectancy considerations, and the treatment, medication, surgical, and follow-up recommendations that the planner itemizes and prices. A physician life care planner can both make and document those recommendations.
New York's Supreme Court is the trial-level forum for personal injury and medical malpractice claims despite its name, with the five New York City counties among the highest-volume venues in the country. Workers' compensation claims are decided by the New York State Workers' Compensation Board.
Outside the civil courts, the New York State Workers' Compensation Board is the forum where a plan is most often examined in New York. KW Life Care Planning M.D.-credentialed experts apply nationally recognized standards while accounting for New York's practice environment.
M.D.-credentialed experts provide testimony in New York's courts, where expert qualification is determined case by case.
Highest court: Court of Appeals. Federal venues: S.D.N.Y., E.D.N.Y., N.D.N.Y., W.D.N.Y..
Yes. The plan documents the treating providers' recommendations and the physician planner's own review of the record. Where the two differ, the plan states the basis for the recommendation adopted.
Courts do not categorically require it, but board certification in the specialty relevant to the injury is frequently persuasive on qualification.
A physician can present a medical opinion on life expectancy based on the evaluee's condition, function, and the relevant literature. The plan shows the sources relied on and, where appropriate, the cost of the plan across a range of life expectancies.
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