Often, mass tort cases are brought due to harm caused by medical devices, pharmaceutical drugs, toxic contamination, etc. Each plaintiff’s claim may be resolved or settled differently based on the level of injury.

Mass Tort Law firms must prioritize cost containment when processing client files. Organizing, summarizing and reviewing medical charts of large plaintiff classes creates headaches for attorneys and staff alike. Keeping medical records in-house minimizes efficient use of staff resources and cannot be expensed to the file. Furthermore, it creates huge volumes of paper that must be managed, including scanning for electronic delivery and storage. If any type of legal work requires efficiencies that necessitate an outside solution, it is Mass Tort litigation.

Mass Tort Law firms must prioritize cost containment when processing client files. Organizing, summarizing and reviewing medical charts of large plaintiff classes creates headaches for attorneys and staff alike. Keeping medical records in-house minimizes efficient use of staff resources and cannot be expensed to the file. Furthermore, it creates huge volumes of paper that must be managed, including scanning for electronic delivery and storage. If any type of legal work requires efficiencies that necessitate an outside solution, it is Mass Tort litigation.

Our help to mass tort law firm:

Outsourcing medical records review for Mass Tort cases allows law firms to focus on other important case-related-tasks, such as investigating and proving liability, causation, and damages. Outsourcing the grueling tasks associated with medical records to a team of experts can help save both costs and time associated with addressing and managing voluminous medical documentation. Our team provides an accurate summary of the relevant medical events in a chronological order with hyperlinks to the records. We can also provide a first or second medical opinion from a doctor on any issue in the case.

Mass Tort cases can be complex and extremely difficult to manage, but if prepared and litigated efficiently, they can be successful, and result in a satisfactory resolution for the clients, and an award of fees for the law firm or attorney.
Mass Tort litigation could be labour-intensive and cost-prohibitive. Medsmith reviewers, as well as nurses and doctors who are adept at developing effective Medical Chronologies & Medical Narrative Summaries that highlight the key points in a mass tort case. Our team offers you the scale and necessary expertise to review large volumes of medical records, thereby helping you reduce the costs of Mass Tort litigation.
We customize the case summary template according to the type of drug/device and the damages sustained. Our team provides quick screening of provided cases and summarizes all the essential data to scrutinize the case in a quick turnaround time.

Drugs & Devices cases:

• Abilify
• Actos
• Bair Hugger
• Benicar
• Byetta
• Celexa
• Crestor
• Eliquis
• Essure
• Fluoroquinolones
• Granuflo
• Hernia Mesh
• Invokana
• IVC Filter
• Januvia
• Lexapro
• Lipitor
• Mirena
• Morcellator
• Nexium
• Onglyza
• Opioids
• Paxil
• Plavix
• Propecia
• Prozac
• Reglan
• Risperdal
• Round Up Weed
• SSRI
• Stockert 3T Heater-Cooler Systems
• Stryker-Hip Implant
• Talcum
• Taxotere
• Testosterone Replacement Therapy
• TVM
• Viagra
• Victoza
• Xarelto
• Yaz
• Zimmer Knee-Hip
• Zofran
• Zoloft

Workers Compensation:

As in other personal injury claims, medical record review is an important part of workers’ compensation litigation. The work-related injury must be well-documented in the claimant’s medical records. It is of utmost importance that every time a claimant sees a doctor, the doctor knows that he/she is treating a work-related injury. The claimant should also keep a detailed list of all physicians seen for the injury. This will help ensure that a comprehensive and accurate medical history of the injury can be obtained later.

Workers' compensation benefits are designed to provide an injured worker with the treatment she or he needs, to recover from a work-related injury or illness, partially replace the wages lost during recovery, and help those injured return to work. All parties to a workers' compensation claim have a vested interest in the medical records because without them, there is no documentation of the injury. Of course, there are many aspects to a claim outside of records, but medical reports are the pillars of a claim: they are proof of an injury, they reveal the extent of an injury, and they inform a request for treatment.

Workers compensation involves wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the Course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee’s right to sue their employer for the tort of negligence. Workers' compensation insurance helps protect businesses and their employees from financial loss when an employee is hurt on the job or gets sick from a work-related cause.

Workers’ compensation lawyers can utilize medical record review for attorneys, a valuable service provided by a dedicated medical record review company, to ensure that all relevant medical records are carefully reviewed and vital medical data extracted on which the lawyer can build his/her case.

Our programs review proposed care to determine appropriateness, frequency, duration and care setting. Using our experienced staff of Registered Nurses, Medical Directors and panels of Board Certified Physicians, unnecessary treatments and associated costs can be avoided. Our network solutions for workers’ compensation include prospective, retrospective and concurrent review, second opinions, peer reviews, precertifications and independent medical evaluations.

Workers' Compensation Act, these rules establish: 1. Reasonable fees for medical care necessary to treat workplace injuries; 2. Standards for disclosure of medical records; 3. Reporting requirements; and 4. Treatment protocols and quality care guidelines. B. Definitions. The following definitions apply within Rule R612-300: 1. "Heath care provider" is defined by Subsection 34A-2-111(1)(a) as "a person who furnishes treatment or care to persons who have suffered bodily injury" and includes hospitals, clinics, emergency care centers, physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, paramedics and emergency medical technicians. 2. "Injured worker" is an individual claiming workers' compensation medical benefits for a work-related injury or disease. 3. "Payor" is the entity responsible for payment of an injured worker's medical expenses'; 4. "Physician" is defined by Subsection 34A-2-111(1)(b) to include any licensed podiatrist, physical therapist, physician, osteopath, dentist or dental hygienist, physician's assistant, naturopath, acupuncturist, chiropractor, or advance practice registered nurse. 5. "Workplace injury" is an injury or disease compensable under either the Utah Workers' Compensation Act or the Utah Occupational Disease Act.