Life Care Planning: 101
1h
Created on December 16, 2022
Beginner
Course Price
$89
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Overview
Attorneys frequently use life care plans to support their contentions regarding damages and the projected cost of future medical expenses. The life care plan is dynamic and based on published standards of practice. The life care plan should include a comprehensive assessment of the plaintiff's medical condition and outline the plaintiff's current and future needs and all associated costs. In this program, presented by Mila Carlson, Nurse Consultant and Nurse Life Care Planner at Mila Carlson & Associates, P.C., viewers will understand what a life care plan is, who can author these reports, and the types of cases that can benefit from a Life Care Plan. This program will take an in-depth look at Cost Projections and Life Care Plans to identify the differences and importance of each.
Learning Objectives:
Identify why attorneys should request a life care plan/cost projection
Define who develops life care plans/cost projections
Clarify what is needed to create a life care plan/cost projection
Review the process for retaining an expert for Life Care Plan
Faculty
Mila Carlson
Founder and President | Mila Carlson & Associates, P.C
Mila Carlson is the Founder and President of Mila Carlson & Associates, P.C., Nurse Consulting/Nurse Life Care Planning. Mila’s background is in medical/surgical nursing, enterprise patient scheduling, and healthcare administration. She is a member of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC), the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners (AANLCP), and the National MSP Network (MSPN; formerly NAMSAP).
Mila G. Carlson is also the Founder and President of Success(ion) Solutions, Inc., a professional services company that assists in developing a business continuity plan for solo entrepreneurs and independent medical-legal consulting companies. In 2017, Mila created Success(ion) Solutions, Inc. She recently co-authored an article, “Succession Planning: An Overlooked Business Strategy”, which was published in The Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting (JLNC) Spring 2021 edition.
With more than 40 years of healthcare experience, Mila assists defense and plaintiff attorneys with medical-related cases, such as medical malpractice, personal injury, and criminal or family law. Life Care Planning options include preparing life care plans/ medical cost projections, critiquing opposing counsel plans, and providing expert witness testimony on these plans. Mila completed a Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) certification program. In 2017 she obtained her Certified Medicare Secondary Payer Professional (CMSP) designation. In 2019, Mila obtained her Certified Medicare Secondary Payer Professional-Fellow (CMSP-F) designation.
A previous article on Medical Record Fact Witness, co-authored with LNC colleague, Joanne Walker, was chosen as the 2018 JLNC Article of the Year. Mila has presented various topics to attorneys, paralegals, legal nurse consultants, rehabilitation professionals and life care planners utilizing in-person, virtual, and conference formats.
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