Telehealth - Telemedicine Expert Witnesses

Jessica Chaudhary, MD, is a Board Certified, Harvard and Yale trained Psychiatrist with specialties in Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology. Dr. Chaudhary is a clinical instructor at Yale, and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. She has over 10 years of experience focusing on her fields of expertise.

Dr. Chaudhary treats conditions such as anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, attention deficit disorders, women's mental health issues, substance use disorders, psychosis, and dementia with behavioral disturbance.  She has expertise in caring for those with complex medical and co-morbid psychiatric conditions, and she treats individuals across the life span. 

Dr. Chaudhary can provide all services through TELEHEALTH.

Litigation Support - Dr. Chaudhary offers litigation support services in civil and criminal cases to attorneys for Plaintiff and Defense. She is a private consultant and expert witness for attorneys and organizations nationwide. Her services include:

• General Psychiatric Issues
• Women's OB / GYN Issues
• Substance Abuse Issues
• Evaluation and Treatment of Impaired Professionals (and/or consultation with their professional organizations)
• Independent Medical Examination
• Disability Evaluation

Education: Wellesley College, BA; University of Washington School of Medicine, MD; Yale University, Internship and Residency in Psychiatry; Harvard University, Fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine

Medical Licenses: CT, MA, FL, TX

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Health Law Network (HLN) brings together the range of special talent needed to address most cases involving concerns about the reasonableness of medical billing charges, proper reimbursement, adequacy of clinical documentation, insurance disputes, accuracy of coding and quality of care, as well as allegations of false claims, Medicare or Medicaid fraud, antitrust violations and more.

HLN's mission is to assist attorneys and those involved in the healthcare industry in their search for experienced professionals qualified to serve as Independent Investigators, Compliance Consultants, Expert Witnesses, or Litigation Support Professionals

Litigation Support - HLN's experts have provided expert testimony in administrative and regulatory proceedings, as well as in state and federal courts for civil and criminal cases, for plaintiffs and defendants. HLN offers Peer-reviewed methodologies and Appellate court proven testimony by experienced professionals who have provided consulting services and conducted audits and investigations for hundreds of hospitals, physicians, and other healthcare providers nationwide.

HLN's Consultants: Certified Coding Specialists (CCS and CCS-P); Certified Financial Forensics (CFF); Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC); Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE); Certified Healthcare Chart Auditor (CHCA); Certified Professional Coder (CPC and CPC-H); Financial Analysts; Statisticians, See Full List.

L. Lamar Blount, CPA - During 30+ years in serving the healthcare industry, Lamar has provided consulting services for hundreds of clients in over 40 states. Lamar co-authored two editions of books on Billing and Reimbursement for the AMA. 

Lamar has served as an expert in over 300 cases and has been admitted in multiple US District Courts, State Courts and Administrative Hearings. He has testified for and served plaintiffs and defendants, as well as for providers, payors and government clients. He is the president of HLN and provides quality reviews on all of our expert reports. 

Prior to creating Health Law Network in 2003, Lamar was founder and chairman of Healthcare Management Advisors (HMA) from 1990 to 2002. HMA provided compliance, reimbursement, coding, managed care, clinical data and financial management expertise to over 1,600 hospitals and hundreds of other healthcare providers nationwide and internationally. He sold his equity interest in HMA privately in 2002. 

From 1981 to 1990, he was a co-founder and the Audit and Healthcare Consulting Partner for Hyatt, Imler, Ott & Blount (HIOB), which became the 10th largest CPA firm in Atlanta. Lamar was also President of HOSPLAN Micro Systems (an affiliate), which developed and marketed microcomputer-based software for medical records, budgeting, and rate setting to over 600 hospitals nationwide. 3M Health Information Systems purchased HIOB & HOSPLAN.

From 1974 to 1981, Lamar was with the international Big-8 CPA firm of Ernst & Young, where he became a Manager, supervising healthcare audits, Medicare & Medicaid cost reports, rate-setting projects, and financial feasibility studies.

Timothy N. Henry, CPA is Vice President of Consulting Services, managing our team of multi-disciplinary consultants. He has served as a consulting or testifying expert on 200+ cases for Health Law Network since 2012, representing plaintiffs and defendants in Medical Billing and Reimbursement Disputes in multiple U.S. district and State Courts. He has also served in cases involving Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues, Medicare fraud, managed care contract payment disputes, life care plan projections, and lost profit and economic damage claims.

Since 1978, Tim has served the healthcare industry as an auditor, consultant, and financial executive. He has served multiple hospitals and multi-provider healthcare systems as Chief Accountant, Internal Auditor, Vice President for Finance, and Chief Financial Officer. These hospitals and healthcare systems included Emory University/Emory Healthcare System, Gwinnett Hospital System, Wesley Woods Center, and Union General Health System. Tim's healthcare provider experience includes responsibility for financial statements, managed care contracts, and the business office, including the chargemaster, facility and professional fee billing, and collections. 

Prior to HLN, Tim worked with founder Lamar Blount in two other healthcare businesses. Tim was a Healthcare Audit Partner at Hyatt, Imler, Ott & Blount (HIOB), which became the 10th largest CPA firm in Atlanta; and he was Vice President of Compliance Services at Healthcare Management Advisors (HMA), Alpharetta, Georgia, which served more than 1,500 hospitals and hundreds of other healthcare providers and organizations nationwide. At HMA, Tim served as the Compliance Officer for multi-campus healthcare providers and directed the firm’s Medicare and Medicaid risk assessment and compliance program engagements.

Tony W. Ulbrandt, MAcc, CFE, is HLN’s Executive Vice President and helps set the firm’s strategic direction. Tony previously served as a Consulting Manager with HLN and has served as a consulting or testifying expert on 200+ cases for Health Law Network since 2013, serving plaintiffs and defendants in medical billing and reimbursement disputes in multiple US District and State Courts. He has also served in cases involving medical malpractice, healthcare fraud, Medicare fraud, Qui Tam lawsuits, criminal sentencing hearings, and lost profit and economic damage claims.

Before HLN, Tony served as a Forensic Accountant with Assurance Forensic Accounting CPAs, where he worked on multiple cases calculating economic damages involving retail/wholesale, manufacturing, food processing, real estate, restaurants, tourism, professional/consulting firms, distribution, and construction. He was also a Senior Accountant with Credo Financial Services, where he performed business valuations and worked on litigation support cases, including lost profit analysis and forensic reconstruction of financial statements. Tony also served as Senior Forensic Accountant at DDS Financial, where he performed on-site forensic analyses and audits. Tony passed the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) exam in 2017 and obtained a BBA in Economics from the University of Georgia and a Master of Accounting from Florida Atlantic University.

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Arnold J. Weil, MD has over 33 years of experience specializing in Non-Surgical Orthopaedics and Pain Management. A Diplomat of the American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Chief Executive Officer of Non-Surgical Orthopaedics, P.C., one of the premier orthopaedic practices in the metro Atlanta area. 

Dr. Weil's practice focuses on conservative, non-surgical care of orthopaedic injuries and pain management, including a variety of interventional injections, therapy and pharmacologic management. He treats patients with back and neck pain and a variety of other orthopaedic conditions and is one of the leading experts on Spine Care and Disability Management.

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Litigation Support - Arnold J. Weil, MD provides litigation support services to attorneys representing plaintiffs and defendants. He has maintained an unbiased reputation in the medical and legal community. Dr. Weil's experience includes over 300 depositions, medical-legal reviews, peer reviews, and trial appearances. 

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