Dr. Greg Vigna applies his extensive experience as a board certified rehabilitation physician, and works directly with leading medical experts when he develops a Life Care Plan for your legal case. Here is what you can expect:
- Initial Consultation
Dr. Vigna will discuss your accident and injuries, and ask about which treatments you’ve already received, where and by whom. The “who, what, when, where and how” is important. Medical records release paperwork will be completed.
- Medical Records Review
All records involved in your care to date are important and will need to be reviewed by Dr. Vigna and by select medical specialists. This includes prior medical history, emergency room records, operative reports, rehabilitation consultations and psychological assessments. A thorough review of the medical records from the unique perspective of a physician Life Care Planner is necessary in the work-up to glean recommendations from providers, and also to identify any pre-existing conditions that will affect the patient going forward after the onset of the disabling injury.
- Comprehensive Interview
After reviewing all of your medical records a comprehensive interview will be completed. This may take up six hours, but can be split into shorter segments if necessary. Pictures or video of your living arrangements, your injuries, disability, and required assistive devices may be taken to help your case, with your permission.
- Contributions from your Therapeutic Team
Those currently involved in your care including your primary physician, rehabilitation therapists, surgeons and counselors may all be interviewed. Their recommendations and viewpoints are important in documenting your current and long term needs. Additional consultations may be obtained at this point. The goal is to analyze every aspect of your accident, disability and long term recovery needs. Nothing will be overlooked.
- Analysis and Development
Once all the exams, interviews, evaluations and research have been completed, your Life Care Plan is constructed. It includes every aspect of your long term needs for every stage of your lifetime and includes all possible expenses from specialized equipment needed, to assistance in the home, nursing/attendant care, home modifications to individual pieces of gauze.
- Application of the Life Care Plan
Your Life Care plan is the foundation of your legal case. Based on expert medical opinion, scientific research and clear lines of accounting, it is a powerful document that enables Dr. Vigna advocate for the best possible jury ruling or settlement possible.
As a rehabilitation physician, and personal injury attorney Dr. Greg Vigna is committed to ensuring his clients receive the highest quality of care possible. While some legal offices have non-medical personnel complete Life Care Plans, or outsource the Life Care plan, Dr. Vigna personally oversees the process, and with his in-depth knowledge of critical care and rehabilitation is able to add the insight, attention to detail and compassion you deserve.
Dr. Vigna’s team has well over 100 years of combined experience in preparing Life Care Plans by those with credentials including certified life care planners, certified case managers, and certified rehabilitation counselors
