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Beal Medical provides objective, independent medical evaluations for personal injury, workers' compensation, disability, and other medicolegal matters. Each examination incorporates a comprehensive review of the available medical records, a detailed history, focused physical examination, and an independent medical opinion based on the available evidence.

Services may include:

• Medical examinations

• Medical record review and chronology

• Causation analysis

• Diagnosis and treatment assessment

• Maximum medical improvement (MMI) opinions

• Permanent impairment evaluations

• Apportionment opinions

• Future medical treatment recommendations

• Functional limitations and work-capacity opinions

• Assessment of medical necessity and reasonableness of treatment

Beal Medical provides independent physician opinions when an in-person examination is not required or when a focused medical opinion is needed based upon the available records.

Expert opinions may address:

• Medical causation

• Relationship between an injury and subsequent treatment

• Pre-existing conditions and prior injuries

• Reasonableness and medical necessity of treatment

• Permanency and impairment

• Maximum medical improvement

• Apportionment

• Future medical care

• Functional limitations

• Treatment recommendations

• Standard of care and clinical decision-making within the physician's area of expertise

Each opinion is based on an independent review of the available medical evidence and is not contingent upon a particular outcome.

Beal Medical provides physician expert-witness services for attorneys and other parties involved in medical-legal matters.

Services may include:

• Expert consultation

• Medical record review

• Case analysis

• Written expert opinions

• Deposition testimony

• Trial testimony

• Rebuttal opinions

• Independent medical examination testimony

• Interpretation of medical records, imaging, and treatment history

Expert testimony is provided within the physician's areas of education, training, experience, and clinical expertise.

A comprehensive review of your pain diagnosis and treatment options from a board-certified interventional pain physician. This is a cash pay service.

Patients may seek a second opinion when they:

• Have persistent pain despite treatment

• Have been recommended for an injection or procedure

• Are considering spinal surgery or have been told surgery is their only option

• Have undergone previous spine surgery

• Are considering spinal cord or peripheral nerve stimulation

• Have conflicting recommendations from different physicians

• Want to better understand their imaging and diagnosis

• Want to explore nonsurgical treatment options

• Are uncertain whether an interventional procedure is appropriate

The consultation could include:

Medical-record review
Review of relevant medical records, imaging reports, prior procedures, medications, and treatment history.

Diagnostic assessment
Independent assessment of the diagnosis and likely pain generators based on the information provided.

Treatment options
Discussion of reasonable treatment alternatives, including interventional, nonsurgical, and surgical options when appropriate.

Procedure review
Discussion of whether a recommended procedure appears medically reasonable and what alternatives may exist.

Personalized recommendations
A written summary of your assessment and recommendations following the consultation.