Individualized, evidence-based life care plans that project the future medical and non-medical needs of individuals with catastrophic injuries or chronic conditions. Each plan details the cost of care across a patient's remaining life expectancy.
Retain life care planning when future medical and non-medical care has to be projected and priced across a person's remaining life expectancy. Decide first which of three engagements the matter needs: a new plan, a review of a plan the other side has served, or a narrower medical cost projection. Scope, records, and cost differ.
| Engagement | What it produces | When it fits |
|---|---|---|
| New life care plan | An itemized plan across the care categories - routine and specialty medical care, diagnostic testing, therapies, medications, durable medical equipment with replacement intervals, home modifications, transportation, and attendant care - with the clinical basis, frequency, duration, and geographically matched cost of every item, prepared to published life care planning standards. | Catastrophic injury or chronic condition with long-term needs across several categories. |
| Review or rebuttal of an opposing plan | A line-by-line review of the opposing plan: whether each item within the scope of medical practice carries physician support, whether frequencies and durations track the literature and the treating recommendations, whether cost sources are geographically matched, and whether the arithmetic holds, documented in a written critique. | The other side has served a plan and its foundation needs to be tested item by item, particularly the high-cost lines such as attendant care, specialized equipment, and residential placement. |
| Future medical cost projection | A narrower projection limited to medical categories that does not apply the full life care planning methodology. | Scope limited to a single medical category or a short horizon. |
The plan versus projection comparison sets out where a narrower projection may suffice and where a full plan is warranted.
| Item | Clinical basis | Frequency | Duration | Cost source type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durable medical equipment - manual wheelchair | Treating physician recommendation documented in the record | One unit, replaced at a stated interval | Remaining life expectancy | Local provider quotation or published rate schedule |
Illustration of the plan format only. It is not drawn from any case, and no dollar figure is implied.
Every line in a plan carries these fields so counsel can check the basis for each recommendation and a forensic economist can reduce the annual totals to present value. Items within the scope of medical practice require physician support; some non-medical items, such as home modifications, can be recommended by an appropriately credentialed planner or allied professional within scope.
Life care plans are prepared by the life care planners on the KWVRS roster, with physician support for items within the scope of medical practice. The leadership team includes a board-certified physician who holds the life care planning credential.
How life care plan applies to the specific demands of each case type: methodology, deliverables, and what counsel should expect.
Full retained-expert engagements are billed hourly across review, evaluation, report, and (if needed) testimony phases. Specific cost depends on case complexity and engagement scope.
Yes. KWVRS provides independent, objective life care plan for plaintiff and defense counsel. The methodology is the same regardless of which side commissions the work; KWVRS provides neutral analysis grounded in accepted protocols.
KWVRS accepts life care plan engagements in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories. State-specific framing is available on the per-state pages linked below.
Full retained-expert reports typically take 30 to 90 days from records receipt depending on case complexity. Rush turnarounds are accommodated case-by-case.
Contact KWVRS to discuss scope, timing, and the deliverables appropriate to the matter. Plaintiff and defense.