Life Care Planning

[Venko]

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My wife was curious about adding life care planning into her PM&R practice; does anyone on here have any experience with this from a physicians perspective? There seems to be a lot of internet resources regarding attorneys and nurses, but as she is a physiatrist it would be great to hear from colleagues on the issue.

Thanks in advance,
TL

 

[RUOkie]

There are 2 schools of thought about this.

One is that only physicians should be able to generate a life care plan. To do this requires a phenomenal amount of time and knowledge of actuarial tables and access to pricelists of O&P services, adaptive aids and the like. You also need to be willing to ***** yourself to either plaintiff or defense attorneys for marketing. These reports take a LOT of time.

The other is the school that I subscribe to. Let a Certified Lifecare Planner (CLP) generate the report, and you just sign off on it as part of an IME. The problem is if you disagree. I used to work with a CLP, and then she sent a report that was not fair & equitable. It grossly overestimated future medical care. I said so in my report (in a more politically correct way). That was 5 years ago, and I have never seen another of her clients.

It is very important to not compromise your ethics when you enter that aspect of Physiatry.

 

[Venko]

There are 2 schools of thought about this.

One is that only physicians should be able to generate a life care plan. To do this requires a phenomenal amount of time and knowledge of actuarial tables and access to pricelists of O&P services, adaptive aids and the like. You also need to be willing to ***** yourself to either plaintiff or defense attorneys for marketing. These reports take a LOT of time.

The other is the school that I subscribe to. Let a Certified Lifecare Planner (CLP) generate the report, and you just sign off on it as part of an IME. The problem is if you disagree. I used to work with a CLP, and then she sent a report that was not fair & equitable. It grossly overestimated future medical care. I said so in my report (in a more politically correct way). That was 5 years ago, and I have never seen another of her clients.

It is very important to not compromise your ethics when you enter that aspect of Physiatry.

This is excellent advice! Do you mind if I PM you if my wife has any questions about your experiences?

 

[RUOkie]

sure thing