Long Term Care Expert Witnesses in New Jersey

Long Term Care, Nursing Home Administration - Long Term Care, Nursing Home Administrator, Personal Care, Assisted Living, NHA, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Regulatory Compliance, Skilled Nursing Facility, Nursing Home Operations, Standard of Care, Wound Care, Restraints, Nursing Home Falls, Adult Day, Physician Orders, Pressure Ulcers, COVID 19, Abuse

As an expert witness and long-term care consultant, I apply my 18 years of experience operating nursing homes. For the last 9 years, I have provided detailed evaluations and expert testimony for legal cases within the long-term care industry. Drawing on extensive operational knowledge, I assist counsel in interpreting clinical records and delivering insights grounded in foundational facts and helping to determine if the standard of care was met. I also apply the federal regulations to determine compliance. I have been retained for 45 cases. 65% defense, 35% plaintiff. Types of cases I have worked on: Falls and fall-related injuries Pressure injuries (pressure ulcers) Elopement and wandering incidents Medication errors and adverse drug events Failure to monitor / failure to supervise Infection control and sepsis-related cases Failure to follow physician orders Care planning deficiencies Staffing and negligence claims Documentation and regulatory compliance issues Areas of Expert...

Physician Assistant, Long Term Care - Nursing Home Neglect, neglect, pressure ulcers, fall with injury, standard of care, skilled nursing facility, capacity disputes, medication errors, polypharmacy, sepsis recognition, failure to monitor, failure to escalate care, unsafe discharge, discharge plainning, failure to diagnose, long term care

I am a board-certified Physician Assistant with over 25 years of clinical experience specializing in geriatrics, home care, skilled nursing, and post-acute rehabilitation. I actively practice in multiple skilled nursing facilities, where I manage medically complex, high-risk patients and work directly with interdisciplinary teams responsible for day-to-day patient care. My expertise centers on evaluating standard of care in cases involving non medical and skilled home health, nursing homes, pressure injuries, falls with injury, failure to monitor or escalate care, medication mismanagement, sepsis, and unsafe discharge practices. I have particular insight into how breakdowns in communication, staffing, and clinical decision-making contribute to adverse outcomes in the long-term care setting. Unlike many physician experts who are removed from the daily operations of skilled nursing facilities, I provide real-time, practical insight into how care is actually delivered at the bedside....

Ventnor City, New Jersey

Pharmacist, Pharmaceutical Regulation - Geriatrics, Addiction, Opioids, Hospitals, Dialysis, Behavioral Health, Drug Distributors, Drug Companies, Long Term Care, Assisted Living, Pharmacies, Professional Practice, Regulatory Compliance, Duty of Care, Duty to Warn, Product Liability, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Abuse, Overdose

Dr. Frank Breve is an independent contractor consultant pharmacist. He is President and CEO of Mid Atlantic PharmaTech Consultants, LLC, a for profit company. Dr. Breve is also President and CEO of Opioid Consulting Educational Solutions, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. He is adjunct faculty at Temple University School of Pharmacy in Philadelphia, and at University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy in Denver. Dr. Breve has authored over sixty scientific publications in peer reviewed journals. Dr. Breve is past president of the New Jersey Pharmacists Association, and a member of various professional societies and committees. He has been the recipient of many awards in his field of practice. Dr. Breve has served as an expert witness for roughly twenty years, and has worked on numerous cases, representing both plaintiffs and defendants.

New Providence, New Jersey

Internal Medicine, Geriatrics - Nursing home, Elder abuse, Gerontology, Geriatrics, Falls, Life expectancy, Functional decline, Medical malpractice, Internal Medicine, Office practice, General Practice, Transitions of Care, Wound care, Home care, Long term care, Preoperative medicine, Medical consultation

Specializing in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. I have maintained continuous board certification in Internal Medicine since 1997 and I am a Fellow of the American College of Physicians since 1997. I have over 33 years of academic and private practice experience in hospital, ambulatory medicine and nursing home care. I have an active Internal Medicine practice in the New York tristate area since 1997 and have been providing care to the elderly since 1995. I am a Clinical Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine, New York and I am a regional medical director of a national ACO. My unique skill set, experience and training give me the expertise to opine on a variety of clinical cases in medicine as well as other specialties including but not limited to nursing home care, long term care management of the elderly in the community as well as transitions of care. I am objective, straight forward and will provide you with clear unbiased reports to help navigate complex medical case...

New Jersey

Long Term Care, Nursing Home Administration - Nursing Home Expert, LTC Expert Witness, SNF Expert, Nursing Home Negligence, Abuse Neglect, Pressure Ulcers, Staffing & PBJ, CMS 42 CFR 483, Regulatory Compliance, Risk management, Post-Acute Care, Standards of Care, Corporate Liability, Wrongful Death, Elopement & Falls, Infection Control, QAPI, Survey Deficiencies, Corp. Liability

Steven C. Smyth, LNHA, CNHA, HSE, BCPA, CIFHA, CMDCP, is a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator with over 25 years of experience in long-term care and post-acute care and holds active licensure in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. His expertise focuses on administrative, operational, and regulatory standards governing nursing homes and post-acute care facilities. He has been retained in over 35 cases involving both plaintiff and defense representation and has provided expert opinions in matters across multiple jurisdictions, including deposition testimony. His work includes case review, report preparation, and consultation with counsel, with deposition experience. Mr. Smyth’s experience includes senior administrative leadership in skilled nursing facilities, as well as prior roles in hospital and outpatient settings, including Assisted Living and Residential Care (RC/AL), Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), Adult Daycare, Hospice, Emergency Department Ad...

Califon, NJ, New Jersey

Nursing Homes, Wound Care - pressure injuries, wounds, falls, nursing home , assisted living, pressure ulcers, medication errors, change of condition , nursing home administration, Director of Nursing , Chief Nursing Officer, VP of Clinical Services, home health , hospice, home care, long term care, wound care certified

Jaime Verger holds a Master of Science in Nursing degree, with emphasis in Executive Leadership. With more than 20 years of experience in senior executive level positions within the skilled nursing and senior living industries, her reputation of excellence and leading quality driven organizations, surpasses her. Previously, Ms. Verger has served as a VP of Clinical Services for Health Dimensions Group, a Senior VP of Quality and Clinical Operations for Heritage Senior Living and a CEO for Touchstone Senior Living. Through her various roles, she has completed hundreds of consulting engagements, including providing strategic planning, mission, vision and core value creation along with mentoring, coaching and training of new CEO and COOs for large organizations in both acute care and long-term care settings. A thought leader in the industry and a frequent speaker at healthcare conferences, Jaime is known for her excellent problem-solving and her record of implementing innovative so...