Hospice and Palliative Care Expert Witnesses in Texas

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 ...

Austin, Texas

Hospice and Palliative Care, Internal Medicine - End of life, Serious illness, Chronic illness, End-of-life decision making, Goals of care documentation, Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine, Hospice, Medical decision-making, Clinical decision-making, Advanced Directives, Advance Directives, General Inpatient Hospice, GIP Hospice, Complex symptom management, Surrogate decision

I have been practicing as a Board-certified Internal Medicine physician since 2001 and as a Board-Certified Hospice and Palliative Medicine physician since 2008. I practiced hospital-based palliative medicine in an urban teaching hospital prior to transitioning to work as a community-based hospice physician. I have worked as a Hospice Medical Director since 2020 and have been involved in multiple quality improvement projects and audits. I oversee multiple physicians and nurse practitioners and make hospice visits in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and private residences. I continue to participate in Maintenance of Certification for my primary and secondary board certifications. I am also board certified as a Hospice Medical Director by the Hospice Medical Director Certification Board. I am a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. I am also the site director for the Dell Medical School Hospice a...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas

Family Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care - Family Medicine, Medical Malpractice, Standard of Care, Causation Analysis, Medical Record Review, Failure to Diagnose, Failure to Treat, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury, Obesity Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Care, Medication Errors, Patient Safety, Clinical Documentation, Chart Review, Inpatient Medicine, Evidence-Based Medicine

Board-certified Family Medicine physician and medical expert witness with over 20 years of active clinical practice. Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP), Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine (DABOM), and Diplomate of the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (ABHPM). Holds a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) from UT Health San Antonio. Currently Professor of Clinical Medicine at UTHSCSA Long School of Medicine. Clinical Expertise & Subspecialties Subspecialty expertise in three distinct areas: Hospital Medicine: Extensive inpatient experience including acute illness management, care transitions, discharge planning, coordination of consultants, and hospital-acquired complications. Familiar with hospitalist standards of care, rapid response protocols, and inpatient medication management — areas frequently at issue in hospital negligence litigation. Hospice & Palliative Care: Board-certified expertise in goals-of-care ...