Hospice Eligibility Expert Witnesses

West Simsbury, Connecticut

Hospice and Palliative Care, Hospice and Palliative Care - Hospice Compliance, Hospice Documentation, Hospice Audits, Hospice Eligibility, GIP Hospice, General Inpatient Hospice, Life Expectancy, Prognostication, Palliative Medicine, Palliative Care, Advance Care Planning, Complex Symptom Management

Dr. Ross Albert has thirteen years of experience as a Hospice Medical Director, currently the National Medical Director of a multi-state hospice agency, with the prior 6 years as the System Hospice and Palliative Care Medical Director of a statewide home hospice and palliative care team. He has four years of experience as the Chief of Palliative Medicine at a large tertiary care hospital, managing inpatient consultations, goals of care discussions and complex symptom management. He is board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Family Practice, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and of the American Academy of Family Practice. He is nationally recognized for excellence in end-of-life care, awarded the Hastings Foundation Cuniff-Dixon Award in 2016. Dr. Albert has practiced hospice and palliative care extensively in the inpatient and community settings. He has expertise in hospice utilization, compliance and audit reviews, end-of-life ...

Houston, Texas

Hospice and Palliative Care - Hospice, Palliative, LCD, Hospice eligibility, fraud, OIG, end-of-life, terminal, medicare, medicaid, compliance, CMS, hospice malpractice, medical record review, life expectancy determination, capacity, goals of care, standard of care, wrongful death

Dr. Tiffany Richter is a Hospice and Palliative Medicine & Family Medicine board certified physician with more than 17 years of experience in hospice and palliative care. Throughout her career, she has served in clinical, administrative, and executive leadership roles, including Hospice Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer, overseeing the delivery of care to thousands of patients across multiple states and diverse healthcare settings. Dr. Richter possesses extensive expertise in Medicare hospice eligibility, prognostication, hospice documentation, regulatory compliance, quality improvement and physician oversight. She has significant experience reviewing medical records, evaluating clinical decision-making, assessing hospice eligibility determinations, and interpreting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations and Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs). In addition to her clinical and leadership experience, Dr. Richter has participated in administrative and ...