Litigation Support

Dobson | DaVanzo provides analytic support and independent expert testimony to help resolve disputes between entities within the health care industry. We have been engaged in a wide range of litigation support activities for health care actions, from local to national class-action cases, and from provider-payer disputes to qui tam actions.

Examples of Expert Testimony and Depositions

Vista Healthplan, Inc. and Vista Healthplan of South Florida, Inc. v. Vincent Joseph Chen, Esq. and Emergency Pediatric Services, P.A., Miami Dade Circuit Court Case No. 08-15698 CA 01 (15), 2009.

Murphy, et al. vs. Baptist Health, Case No. CV-2004-2002. Estimated the impact of wrongdoings on revenues, expenses, and net incomes of a physician practice. Used client’s actual data and published industry benchmarks to project uninterrupted operations, 2008.

Baker County Medical County Services, Inc., vs. Aetna Health Management, LLC, Case No. 02-2006-CA-0061, 2007.

Bio Medical Applications Company v. Physicians Health Plan of Maryland, Inc., Case No. 05-CV-1447 (RWT), 2006.

United States District Court Southern District of Florida Miami Division In Re. Managed Care Litigation, 2005.

Capital versus AmeriChoice finalized the report and provided testimony regarding the report entitled, "Relationship of Hospital Charges, Costs and Payments Relative to Private and Public Support of Hospitals", 2004.

South Jersey Hospital Inc., versus Correctional Medical Services Inc., served as a consulting expert for a defendant health plan's counsel in a reimbursement court case, 2004.

Expert testimony assisted the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in matters related to the pending investigation of NHRMC by the Federal Trade Commission, 2003.

Class action suit Strawn versus Farmers Insurance expert witness before a jury for Farmer's Insurance on medical fee schedule, 2003.

Litigation support services for litigation against Nomura Securities International, Asset Securitization Corporation and Nomura Asset Capital Corporation, 2003.

AmeriChoice Capital Health Litigation drafted an expert report on the relationship between hospital charges, costs and payments relative to private and public support of hospitals for litigation between AmeriChoice and Capital Health Systems in Trenton, New Jersey, 2002.

Arbitration between Temple University and AmeriChoice Health Services regarding the relationship of hospital charges, costs and payments relative to private and public support of hospitals, 2002.