Medical Billing Expert Witness California

Medical Billing Expert Witness California

Medical billing expert witness California requires rendering opinions on the Usual Customary and Reasonable cost of care.   I receive questions on the difference between different types of care, codes, and billing and the role of various entities in healthcare revenue cycle management and claims management. It is essential to consider

Medical billing expert witness Michael Arrigo
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inpatient and outpatient payment rules, federal and state statutes, and industry best practices and guidelines.  The privacy and security of patient records being evaluated as prescribed under the HITECH Act or HIPAA must include safeguards, policies, and procedures to ensure the privacy and security of protected health information (PHI).  Medical billing expert witness work also requires a data-driven approach.

Importantly, in personal injury cases where damages are being litigated and those damages include medical bills, many states have a “Collateral Source Rule.” According to a recent Mondaq newsletter, California has no cap on punitive or compensatory damages, and the collateral source rule applies. Medical billing expert witnesses in California may need to work with counsel and understand various case law based on the facts in the case.  See Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc., 257 P.3d 1130 (Cal. 2011).   Click here for a more detailed discussion of Howell v. Hamilton Meats and California rulings.

Also, the timing of expenditures in relation to inpatient care may be necessary.  Diagnosis codes, including ICD-9 and ICD-10 CM as well as procedure codes, ICD-9 and ICD-10 PCS, as well as outpatient procedures using the AMA standard Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) HCPCS codes may be factors.  Inpatient stays may require reviewing Diagnosis Related Groupings (DRGs) using the IPPS (inpatient prospective payment system).  Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) or Ambulatory Procedure Codes (APCs) may apply in an Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC). Additionally, payments via various payors, whether private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, may be factors.  Medical codes are determined by coders who rely on physician or physician assistant diagnoses and prescribed procedures.  Additionally, diagnostic imaging, pharmaceuticals, and durable medical equipment costs (DME) may be factors.

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Clinical documentation review, medical coding including CPT, HCPCS and modifiers, ambulatory surgical centers and DRG validation, review of clinical policies, and medical necessity; in personal injury cases, we opine on customary charges without considering insurance.  In payer-provider disputes, provide expert testimony regarding fee schedules or percent of billed charges if relevant, as well as Usual Customary and Reasonable charges (UCR).

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Michael F. Arrigo

Michael Arrigo, an expert witness, and healthcare executive, brings four decades of experience in the software, financial services, and healthcare industries. In 2000, Mr. Arrigo founded No World Borders, a healthcare data, regulations, and economics firm with clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, hospital, surgical center, physician group, diagnostic imaging, genetic testing, health I.T., and health insurance markets. His expertise spans the federal health programs Medicare and Medicaid and private insurance. He advises Medicare Advantage Organizations that provide health insurance under Part C of the Medicare Act. Mr. Arrigo serves as an expert witness regarding medical coding and billing, fraud damages, and electronic health record software for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has valued well over $1 billion in medical billings in personal injury liens, malpractice, and insurance fraud cases. The U.S. Court of Appeals considered Mr. Arrigo's opinion regarding loss amounts, vacating, and remanding sentencing in a fraud case. Mr. Arrigo provides expertise in the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, Medicare LCDs, anti-trust litigation, medical intellectual property and trade secrets, HIPAA privacy, health care electronic claim data Standards, physician compensation, Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark law, the Affordable Care Act, False Claims Act, and the ARRA HITECH Act. Arrigo advises investors on merger and acquisition (M&A) diligence in the healthcare industry on transactions cumulatively valued at over $1 billion. Mr. Arrigo spent over ten years in Silicon Valley software firms in roles from Product Manager to CEO. He was product manager for a leading-edge database technology joint venture that became commercialized as Microsoft SQL Server, Vice President of Marketing for a software company when it grew from under $2 million in revenue to a $50 million acquisition by a company now merged into Cincom Systems, hired by private equity investors to serve as Vice President of Marketing for a secure email software company until its acquisition and multi $million investor exit by a company now merged into Axway Software S.A. (Euronext: AXW.PA), and CEO of one of the first cloud-based billing software companies, licensing its technology to Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS). Later, before entering the healthcare industry, he joined Fortune 500 company Fidelity National Financial (NYSE: FNF) as a Vice President, overseeing eCommerce solutions for the mortgage banking industry. While serving as a Vice President at Fortune 500 company First American Financial (NYSE: FAF), he oversaw eCommerce and regulatory compliance technology initiatives for the top ten mortgage banks and led the Sarbanes Oxley Act Section 302 internal controls I.T. audit for the company, supporting Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act. Mr. Arrigo earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. Before that, he studied computer science, statistics, and economics at the University of California, Irvine. His post-graduate studies include biomedical ethics at Harvard Medical School, biomedical informatics at Stanford Medical School, blockchain and crypto-economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and training as a Certified Professional Medical Auditor (CPMA). Mr. Arrigo is qualified to serve as a director due to his experience in healthcare data, regulations, and economics, his leadership roles in software and financial services public companies, and his healthcare M&A diligence and public company regulatory experience. Mr. Arrigo is quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, Kaiser Health News, Consumer Affairs, National Public Radio (NPR), NBC News Houston, USA Today / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Medical Economics, Capitol ForumThe Daily Beast, the Lund Report, Inside Higher Ed, New England Psychologist, and other press and media outlets. He authored a peer-reviewed article regarding clinical documentation quality to support accurate medical coding, billing, and good patient care, published by Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and published in Healthcare I.T. News. Mr. Arrigo serves as a member of the board of directors of a publicly traded company in the healthcare and data analytics industry, where his duties include: member, audit committee; chair, compensation committee; member, special committee.

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