Drg Expert Witnesses

Potomac, Maryland

Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Interventional, Chronic Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulator, SCS, DRG, PNS, Pain Pump, Epidural, Radiofrequency, Interspinous Spacers, PRP, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Nerve Injury, Post-Operative Pain, Work Injury, Opioids, Procedure Complications, Medical Marijuana, Causation

Dr. Jacobs is board certified in Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Occupational Medicine. He served over 20 years as a Navy physician, including roles as director of Pain Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and specialty consultant to the Navy Surgeon General and White House. He now practices as an Interventional Pain Management physician and is an associate professor of anesthesiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Jacobs has served on the guidelines committee of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, published numerous articles, and lectured at national conferences. Dr. Jacobs has an active clinical practice, including the management of complex chronic pain conditions, such as failed back surgery syndrome (post-laminectomy syndrome), complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), post-surgical pain (e.g hernia, joint replacement, nerve injury), and chronic joint, neck, and back pain. He performs advance...

Newbury, New Hampshire

Medical Billing, Medical Coding - ALL STATES, Medical Billing, Coding, Usual and customary, reasonable and customary, DRG, CPT, ICD-10, ICD-9, medical necessity, fees, fee schedule, billing

Mark L Friedman MD FACEP FACP is currently Chief Medical Officer Emeritus of First Stop Health. He is an emergency physician emeritus at St Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, CT. He was formerly Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Frank Netter School of Medicine, Chief of Emergency Medicine at St Elizabeth's Hospital of Boston, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois, and Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Benedictine University. Dr. Friedman is an expert in DRG claims analysis and medical cost containment. He has helped design programs to prevent medical errors as well as malpractice litigation. He has served as an advisor to government on medical billing fraud and abuse and developed two companies that perform audits for the Medicare RAC. Dr. Friedman is the author of articles and books on medically related topics. Dr Friedman specializes in expert op...