KW LCP prepares independent life care plans, medical cost projections, and plan rebuttals for attorneys, insurers, and claimants in every U.S. jurisdiction. Each plan is developed by a certified life care planner with the support of an interdisciplinary team that includes a board-certified physician, doctoral-level rehabilitation professionals, and a registered nurse life care planner.
Grouped by the question that brings the work to us. Each group lists what the engagement produces and what it needs to start. The litigation groups support every stage of a matter, from records review through deposition and trial testimony; the family and fiduciary group works outside litigation.
For plaintiff and defense counsel, insurers, and claimants who need the full picture of an individual's future care and its cost, from records review through deposition and trial testimony.
Output: A written life care plan itemized by care category across the projected life expectancy, with the clinical basis and the geographically specific cost source documented for each item.
Input: The medical record, treating-provider recommendations, and access to the individual for a clinical interview or in-home assessment where the plan requires one.
For settlement valuation, mediation, and matters where a focused future-medical analysis is appropriate and a full life care plan is not required.
Output: A written projection of each recommended treatment, its frequency and duration, and its cost over the defined period or the remaining life expectancy, suitable for settlement, mediation, or litigation.
Input: The medical records and treatment recommendations that define the projection; the treating provider is consulted where the record is unclear.
For counsel who must test an opposing party's plan, and for plans prepared at an earlier stage of a matter that must reflect the current record, current costs, and current life expectancy data.
Output: A written critique organized by finding, with an alternative plan when requested; or an updated plan with a summary of what changed and every cost re-priced.
Input: The plan under review with its cost tables and sources, the planner's file when produced, and the complete current medical record.
For workers' compensation and liability settlements that must account for the future injury-related care Medicare would otherwise cover.
Output: An allocation report prepared by a certified Medicare set-aside consultant using the accepted allocation methodology, with submission support when requested.
Input: Medical, pharmacy, and payment records, the individual's Medicare status, and a rated age where one is obtained.
Outside litigation: families, guardians, trustees, and special-needs trust administrators who need a documented picture of a person's current care needs and of how those needs and their costs are likely to change. No attorney is required.
Output: A written care plan organized by care category and time period, priced for the person's own community, that supports budgeting, placement, guardianship, and trust administration decisions, with an annual update available.
Input: The medical record, an in-home assessment where appropriate, and the decision the plan must support.
For counsel who need the planner to testify to a plan, a projection, or a critique at deposition or trial.
Output: Deposition and trial testimony on the methodology, data sources, and opinions in the plan, prepared with retaining counsel.
Input: The plan, the file, and any opposing expert opinions.
Contact our team to discuss how KW Life Care Planning can support your case with certified life care planning expertise. Request a Consultation or call (201) 343-0700.