The Question That Should Cost $1,250 but Usually Costs $12,000

You are going to spend money this year on a case that has no clinical foundation.

Maybe you already have.

The expert will be thorough. The report will be detailed. The conclusion will be that the care met the standard.

You will absorb the cost. You will make the call. You will move on.

The Question Nobody Asked in Week One

At no point in that process will anyone ask the question that should have been asked at intake: does this chart support a viable standard of care argument?

That question costs $1,250 and takes five business days to answer through a formal independent merit screening. It is answered by a board-certified physician and a licensed legal nurse consultant reviewing the records independently and delivering a written clinical finding.

The alternative, retaining an expert without that answer, costs $2,000 to $15,000 depending on how far the case develops before the medicine confirms what the screen would have told you in week one.

The Only Decision That Matters

The question is not whether pre-litigation screening is valuable. It is whether you will ask the right question before you commit or after.

One sequence costs $1,250. The other costs the rest.

Ask the right question first. caseveritas.com.