Clients getting hurt for the first time in a significant way often don't know where to go, not just for legal advice but for medical advice.

Not only does it impact their health and their recovery, but it impacts the strength of their case. Without the right medical treatment, without the right supporting doctors and experts, insurance companies just don't take the claims as seriously.

Because at the end of the day, they're looking at our clients, and they're not necessarily seeing them as people, but as numbers on a spreadsheet.

How can a client find the appropriate medical care that improves their health and their legal case?

Dr. Scott Hickey and Dr. Shawn Borich are the physicians behind Maximum Medical Improvement, which helps people find not just a medical specialist, but the right specialist, from the right subspecialty who understands their specific case.

MMI then works with lawyers to help strengthen the legal argument from a medical perspective, by being able to answer specific questions about the specific situation that their client has found themselves in.

A resource that advocates for lawyers and patients: MMI is bridging the gap between medical care and legal support.

"Patients need an advocate because they don't know the questions to ask. And that's what we can provide, since we know the questions they should be asking" - Dr. Scott Hickey

In this episode, we discuss:

◼️ How gaps in treatment can negatively impact both health outcomes and legal cases.
◼️ Why the role of emergency physicians is unique in understanding various specialties.
◼️ Why finding an advocate is essential for patients to receive the care, and legal support, that they need.
◼️ How the healthcare system has shifted towards billing and coding over patient care.
◼️ How to encourage collaboration between medical and legal professionals.

Chapters

00:00 Navigating the Healthcare System
05:00 How MMI Partners Fills a Gap
09:55 Getting Early Medical Intervention
20:00 The Evolution of Patient Care
25:00 The Emergency Room Experience
27:12 The Dynamics of Emergency Medicine
35:39 Getting Support to Navigate the Bureaucracy
44:01 Ethically Connecting Clients and Patients

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