Expert Witness

We have 37 years’ experience in the field of healthcare consulting and physician recruitment, including physician executives.   Currently we own the HealthField Consultancy, LLC, a consulting firm. Over the course of our experience, we have been directly involved in the recruitment of several thousand physicians in virtually all specialties of medicine and surgery for hospitals, medical groups and corporations throughout the contiguous United States.  We are called upon regularly to evaluate the qualifications of physicians in terms of their employability for various clients. As part of our service we provide expert witness services.

Our background and experience includes:

Articles and national presentations on physician recruitment to physicians, hospitals and practice managers.

Searches conducted on both the contingency and retained sides of the physician recruitment industry.

Consulting services to hospitals, medical groups and individual physicians on the following topics:

  • Evaluating and Developing Compensation and Income Distribution Plans

  • Governance-Making Group Leadership Decisions

  • Succession Planning for Retirement

  • Developing Employment and Partnership Contracts

  • Understanding the Financial Gain From Adding Associates

  • Preparing Candidate Visit (Interview) Plans

  • Implementing Physician Staffing Plans (Medical Staff Development)

  • Managing and Implementing In-House Physician Recruitment Programs

  • Writing Fee-For-Service Income Guarantee Contracts

  • Developing Compensation Strategies (Incentives, Base Salaries, Partner Income)

  • Practice Buy-In and/or Buy-Out Formulas For Physician Practices

  • Reviewing Physician Practice Governance Issues (Decision Making, General Management and Leadership Issues)

  • Succession Planning For Medical Groups

  • Development of Physician Enterprise Models (PEM’s)

  • Physician Alignment

Our executives have held positions as Past President of the National Association of Physician Recruiters, served on its Board of Directors and Chaired  the Ethics Committee. The National Association of Physician Recruiters (NAPR) is a national organization consisting of over 200 physician recruiting firms, hospitals and medical groups.

The following topics reflect the breadth and scope of our expertise in which we have provided Expert reports representing both Plaintiff and Defendant:

  •  Employability and compensation in an injury lawsuit

  • Employability and income issues in a divorce settlement and related alimony

  • General employment issues

  • Employment eligibility within the United States

  • Physician compensation

  • Job market availability for physicians

  • Physician contracts including Non-competition clauses, incentive compensation, partnership and non-clinical jobs for physicians

  • Physician retention