Healthcare Litigation Support is a team of experts - physicians, healthcare administrators, reimbursement specialists, health organization experts, health insurance experts, and other healthcare personnel - with broad, extensive experience and expertise in medical and administrative malpractice issues, physician practice operations, hospital management, health insurance and TPA issues, Medicare and Medicaid, medical billing and collections, fraud and abuse, managed care and other areas.

Healthcare Litigation Support is a team of experienced healthcare experts who consult on litigation issues and testify as needed. In addition to the four Principals, there is a larger group of Associates, individuals with specific expertise and areas of knowledge, we include in order to fully serve the needs of the legal community.

Areas of Expertise:

Audit Medical Standards of Care Dental Standards of Care Geriatrics and Nursing Home Care Standards Long Term Care Standards Health Insurance Health Insurer-Provider Relations Managed Healthcare (HMO, PPO)

TPA (Third Party Administrator National Accreditation Guidelines Medicare / Medicaid Federal Employees Health Benefits Program CDH (Consumer Driven Health Plans) ERISA, COBRA, EMTALA, HIPAA Physician / Hospital Joint Ventures Qui Tam and False Claims Act

Representing Both Plaintiff and Defense, Our Services Include:

Review Case for Merit

Analyze Medical and Administrative Events

Identify Causation

Address Standards of Care

Research Relevant Literature

Interpret Contracts in Light of Industry Standards

Evaluate Case Strengths and Weaknesses

Develop Deposition Strategy

Prepare a Defensible Report

Articulate Complex Issues to Triers of Fact

Dr. Michael Foley has been a practicing radiologist in Tampa, Florida for the past 24 years. He attended Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago and also did his Radiology Residency and Radiology Fellowship at Northwestern. He served as Chief Resident at Northwestern.

Dr. Foley is double boarded in Radiology with separate Boards in Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Interventional Radiology CAQ (1996-2006) thru the American Board of Radiology (ABR).

Dr. Foley is the past Chairman of the Radiology Department of Brandon Regional Medical Center in Brandon, Florida as well as past Chief of Interventional Radiology at the same hospital.

Dr. Foley has had more than 28 scientific articles published and has made over 200 scientific presentations at local, regional and national scientific meetings on a variety of Radiology topics including CT, Ultrasound, MRI, Nuclear Medicine (SPECT and PET scans), Neuroradiology (brain and spine), Mammography and breast cancer, Chest x-rays and lung cancer as well as Interventional Radiology topics.

Dr. Foley has made radio and TV appearances concerning lung cancer, breast cancer, angioplasty and closed head injuries and has recently authored two articles on Breast Cancer and Mammography subjects and an additional article on SPECT scan of closed head injuries.

Dr. Foley has served as an expert witness for both plaintiff and defense attorneys on a variety of medical malpractice cases and can be reached at the above address and phone numbers for consultation. Dr. Foley is available for expert radiographic consultation and review of cases as well as deposition and trial testimony.

Fee schedule is available upon request.

Dr. Richard S. Levine, MD, FACR is a Diagnostic Radiologist and Neuroradiologist actively practicing in Palm Beach County, Florida. He serves as an expert witness for both plaintiff and defense in Adult and Pediatric Neuroradiology cases involving the Brain, Spine, Head, and Neck.

Dr. Levine's qualifications and experience include a 2 year fellowship in Neuroradiology at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Certificate of Added Qualifications in Neuroradiology, Clinical Professor of Radiology and co-fellowship director at St. Louis University School of Medicine. In addition, he was Chief of Neuroradiology at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri for 22 years.

Dr. Levine is Board Certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Radiology. He has authored multiple book chapters and scientific articles in his field.

Services Include:

Case Review

Verbal or Written Reports

Hospital/Medical Record Review

Depositions & Courtroom Testimony

Special Clinical Interests:

Brain, Spine, Head & Neck Imaging

Brain Spectroscopy

Radiology Informatics & Workstations

Fee Schedule Available Upon request.

Dr. Susan A. Gootnick, MD is a Board Certified Radiologist (from the American College of Radiology) who has been practicing radiology for 37 years.

For the past seven years, Dr. Gootnick has been acting as an expert witness assisting lawyers around the United States with medical legal review and testimony.

Her radiological specialties include MRI, breast biopsies, mammography, CT, ultrasonography, fluoroscopy, and general radiology.

To learn more or to contact Dr. Gootnick to review your case, visit Dr. Gootnick's medical expert witness web site.