Healthcare Litigation

When legal issues arise in the healthcare industry, financial experts are often needed.  Decosimo's healthcare advisors have the depth of experience required to solve the complexities of healthcare contracts and transactions, vital in forming expert opinions to assist with the management of healthcare litigation.

When financial transactions and contracts fail, parties to these transactions may become involved in healthcare litigation as a way to resolve financial issues.  From former hospital CFOs and consultants, to business valuation and forensic professionals, the Decosimo team brings the perspective of select healthcare litigation professionals with the depth of experience, training and credentials to understand multiple complex healthcare litigation financial issues.

Decosimo's healthcare litigation practitioners have the requisite experience in deposition and courtroom testimony.  Our skill has been sharpened over many years, proven by our successful track record.  We have assisted with healthcare litigation cases that include breach of contract, physician practice valuation, shareholder disputes, calculation of damages, lost profits, valuation of joint ventures and more.  In each of these cases, we have developed expert opinions for the healthcare litigation team in order to present expert reports that meet or exceed federal and state standards.  Our healthcare litigation group has been involved in substantial commercial litigation for nearly 40 years, and as a result, we know how to present the facts of the case in a way that provides information to opposing counsel and to the trier-of-fact in a clear and understandable way, in order to support all healthcare litigation expert opinions.

In the healthcare litigation group, our professionals have credentials from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), the Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA), the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA).  Moreover, several of our healthcare financial expert witnesses have served as C-level executives in the hospital environment. This distinction, in addition to our valuation professionals and fraud and forensic professionals, gives you the horsepower you need to tackle the important financial issues involved in operating within the healthcare environment.

We Can Help

When you need a heavyweight with the skills, experience and credentials to provide you with healthcare litigation support, contact Decosimo's litigation support professionals and ask us how we can help.

Examples of Our Work

• A hospital, healthcare firm, physician or physicians group needs an independent valuation review - Can you verify the fair market value of a contract?  Decosimo's healthcare team can prepare an expert report to help attorneys gain insight into how a business valuation was prepared, and whether the fair market value is credible and meets the standards of the appraisal profession.
• A hospital, healthcare company, physician or physicians group experiences lost profits - Is there a question about the amount of lost profits in a commercial business damages case?  Decosimo's healthcare litigation group can prepare lost profits damage studies for plaintiffs as well as defense attorneys to help determine the financial impact of a wrongful or negligent act.
• A hospital, healthcare firm, physician or physicians group faced with breach of contract - Has a party to a contract breached the contract and refused to pay according to the terms of an agreement?  Decosimo's healthcare litigation team can assist by determining the appropriate value of the contract, as well as provide a report to facilitate with settlement negotiations.
• A hospital, healthcare firm, physician or physicians group faced with a malicious lawsuit - Has your organization been maliciously sued by a vendor, supplier or other party to a contract in a way that forces you to defend your firm against an abuse of the legal system?  Decosimo's healthcare group can provide evidence assistance, data analysis and compilation, deposition assistance and expert testimony to unravel the complexities of healthcare contracts and transactions.
• A physicians group terminates their practice - Do the physicians in your group disagree about the financial aspects of the practice termination?  Decosimo's healthcare advisors can serve as expert witnesses in healthcare litigation involving practice operating agreements.