UCR - Usual, Customary and Reasonable Fees Expert Witnesses

Jacqueline N. Bloink, MBA, RHIA, CHC, CFE, CPC, CPC-I, CPCO, CMRS has over 20 years of experience in the field of Healthcare Compliance and Medical Coding / Reimbursement.  Educational degrees, certifications and awards in healthcare management, coding, billing, reimbursement, compliance, education, and fraud prevention and identification. 

Background - Ms. Bloink served as the Director of Compliance for the largest provider group in Arizona. For several years she worked as a Medical Coding Manager, Reimbursement Manager, and Compliance Liaison for a University Physician Group - Department of Medicine, and as Corporate Responsibility Auditor for a large 3 Hospital network. Ms. Bloink is a Professor and Instructor in the area of Medical Coding, Billing, Health Information Management, and Healthcare Fraud. She also serves as a remote Compliance Officer for a Telehealth organization and works with healthcare providers of multispeciality departments assisting them to better understand medical coding and billing guidelines.  She is a national, state and local speaker (author) for such groups as ACFE, HCCA, AAPC, American College of Physicians, CLM, Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, CA AHIMA, and others. As a co-designer and presenter with CMS (MLN) and OIG in 2014 webinar - ACA Provider Compliance Program - she assisted in reaching thousands of healthcare providers learn more about healthcare compliance.  In 2015, she was honored to be the recipient of the Arizona ACFE Sentinel Award “Truth Over Self” that acknowledged her assistance to the Office of Inspector General / Department of Justice with the largest Healthcare Fraud Case (FCA) in Arizona history. 

Litigation Support - Jacqueline N. Bloink is a knowledgeable expert witness with Healthcare Fraud litigation support history and proven experience with evaluating case allegations and calculating Usual, Reasonable and Customary charges. She offers services to expert witness firms, attorneys, health plans, providers, forensic consulting firms, governments, and IROs. 

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During 30+ years of serving the Healthcare Industry, Mr. Blount has served more than 300 clients in 30 states in the areas of Reasonable Charges (UCR), Medical Billing; False Claims, Regulatory Compliance, Reimbursement, Damage Quantification, and Financial Management. Mr. Blount is a Fellow and Certified Financial Professional in HFMA, member of the American Institute & Georgia Society of CPAs, and National Association of Health Underwriters, and has been an Arbitrator for American Health Lawyers Association. He has been admitted as an expert in multiple US District and State Courts and Administrative Hearings, and has testified for plaintiffs and defendants, providers, payors and government clients. A nationally recognized author, Mr. Blount has co-authored AMA’s best selling "Mastering the Reimbursement Process" book. 

Expertise Includes:

CV and Legal references provided upon request.

Use a highly qualified advanced practice nurse with your Life Care Plans and legal cases.  Extensive experience in multiple, high acuity and outpatient settings.  

Dr. Kirsten Turkington is a Certified Nurse Life Care Planner and board certified Family Nurse Practitioner with multistate nursing licensure. Dr. Turkington provides life care plan construction and review, cost estimations, care coordination, case management services for Life Care Plans for plaintiff and defense clients.

Dr. Turkington's clinical background encompasses the continuum of clinical care.  Experience includes pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric care across Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Neurosurgical, Rehabilitation, Skilled Nursing and outpatient disciplines. 

Dr. Turkington is a published author and experienced presenter as well as a National Registry certified EMT (NREMT).

Diagnoses (but not limited to):

• Catastrophic conditions (multiple trauma, firearms, birth related)
• Complex medical concerns (cardiac, transplants, multi-organ)
• Neurological injuries (Strokes, Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury)
• Neurosurgical conditions (Chiari, Syringomyelia, Hydrocephalus, Shunts)
• Assault and interpersonal violence

Services:

• Expert testimony 
• Comprehensive Life Care Plans
• Preliminary Life Care Plans
• Life Care Plan Reviews
• Cost Estimation
• Billing Review
• Medical Record Review
• Medical Chronologies
• Special Need Trust Evaluation
• Medical Client Advocacy 
• Special Education
  • IEP Consultation and Advocacy
  • Section 504 Consulation and Advocacy
• Deposition Evaluation and Questions
• Trial Evaluation and Questions

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