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EXHIBITS
DEFINITION
The word ‘Exhibit’ (legal) refers to an evidence in physical form brought before the court or authorized personnel for verification.
Records to be included in the exhibitsThe purpose of exhibits is for verification of information
given in the demand with the pertinent medical record.
The exhibits contain the following:Traffic Crash ReportEMS /ambulatory reportER-Physician RecordER-Trauma RecordDiagnostic studiesFollow-up visitsPhysical Therapy recordsChiropractic recordsSpecialty visitsMedical BillsMedical illustrationsWage loss detailsMedical evaluations stating future treatments required
RECORDS NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE EXHIBITS
Blank PageFlow sheetTrend reportWaveform ReportDischarge Instructions/SummaryPersonal Belonging ListPhysician’s ordersSignature SheetLabsECG stripIntravenous Therapy SheetPhysician Supplementary CertificateReferral FormFaxDeclaration of assets
Administrative CorrespondenceMedication ListPhone Call DocumentationNotice of Doctor's LienCorrespondenceClaim DetailsCase Completion DataChecklistsPatient RegistrationOffice Policies, HIPAA NoticeConsent QuestionnaireNeuropsychological Deficit Scale
PREPARATION OF EXHIBITS There should be an initial cover page with the heading in the center “
TABLE OF CONTENTS”. This should be followed by another cover page
Exhibit-1. A cover page should be added between exhibits stating the
number of the exhibit.
The initial exhibit should be the one giving a detailed description of the
accident or injury.
Eg: The Traffic Collision Report/Police report
The following exhibits should be made hospital/provider-wise. All the record
from one particular hospital/ medical provider should be an exhibit and
records from another hospital /medical provider the next exhibit.
Eg: Spartanburg Medical Center =Exhibit-A
South Orange Wellness Injury Center = Exhibit – B
Medical expenses exhibit: The consolidated bill containing the total
medical expenditure for the treatment rendered by the patient should be the
first bill. Following this, individual bills of various hospitals to be included.
INDEXING FORMAT OF MEDICAL RECORDS
Date Provider Occurrence Sub-Type PDF REF
12/06/2013 TCR
Accident Scene Investigation Report 19-20
12/06/2013Spartanburg Regional Healthcare system ER Record mva 30
12/06/2013Spartanburg Regional Healthcare system ER Record 114-141
12/06/2013Spartanburg Regional Healthcare system CT brain 142-143
12/06/2013Spartanburg Regional Healthcare system x-ray reports chest 147
12/09/2013 Glace Na Norton
Office Visit/Follow-up Visit 88-92
12/12/2013 Orthopedic Specialties Orders MRI 2212/12/2013 Orthopedic Specialties duty slip 23
12/12/2013 Orthopedic Specialties
Office Visit/Follow-up Visit 94-96
12/18/2013 South Carolina Diagnostic MRI left shoulder 98-99
01/15/2014 Advanced Therapy solutionsphysical therapy records initial 78-79
01/15/2014 Advanced Therapy solutionsphysical therapy records 77
EXHIBIT ORDER FORMAT FOR THE RESPECTIVE INDEXING COPY OF THE
MEDICAL RECORDSDate Exhibit Provider Occurrence Pdf ref Yes/
No
12/06/2013 A TCRAccident Scene Investigation Report 1-3
Yes
12/06/2013 BSpartanburg Regional Healthcare system ER Record 6-8
Yes
12/06/2013 BSpartanburg Regional Healthcare system ER Record 10-12
Yes
12/06/2013 BSpartanburg Regional Healthcare system CT 15
Yes
12/06/2013 BSpartanburg Regional Healthcare system x-ray reports 16
Yes
12/09/2013 C Glace Na Norton Office Visit/Follow-up Visit 22-24Yes
12/08/2013 HXYZs Law FirmClient Interview form/Legal documents 30-34
No
12/12/2013 Orthopedic Specialties Orders 36No
12/20/2013 D Orthopedic Specialties Physical therapy records 45-53Yes
THE DEMAND LETTER FORMAT FOR THE EXHIBITS
COND….
PROCESS FLOW FOR EXHIBIT PREPARATION
1. Indexing
and drafting of
demand letter with
the available medical records
2. Preparatio
n of exhibit order
using the indexing3.
Preparation of
exhibits by extracting
the medical records using Nitro
software
4. Merging
the exhibits with the
PDF format of
the demand
letter
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