A Physician Causation & Merit Review, Before You Retain
CauseMD delivers defined-scope, physician-signed causation and merit reviews — the screen attorneys use to evaluate a matter before committing to a full expert engagement.
We Sell the Causation Decision — Not Access to an Expert
The conventional model finds you someone who will eventually opine. CauseMD delivers the opinion itself, as a defined-scope, physician-signed product you commission before committing to a full engagement.
The conventional network
- Sells access — “we’ll match you to an expert”
- Causation arrives only inside a full report
- No pricing shown; open-ended engagement
- Breadth asserted across template pages
The CauseMD review
- Sells the causation & merit decision itself
- A pre-engagement screen you act on early
- Defined scope and price, agreed up front
- A specialty-matched signature, not a count
One Product, With Room to Extend
The causation & merit review is the flagship. Record review, examination, and testimony are downstream extensions of it — engaged only when a matter advances.
Causation & Merit Review
Our flagship: a defined-scope, physician-signed screen of causation and merit — before you commit to a full engagement.
Learn moreMedical Record Review
A systematic, physician-signed review of the case materials and what they support.
Learn moreIndependent Medical Examination
A record review paired with a hands-on examination of the claimant by a specialty-matched physician.
Learn moreExpert Reports & Testimony
Formal reports and testimony — the downstream extension when a screened matter advances.
Learn moreMedical Malpractice Merit Review
A same-specialty screen of whether the standard of care was breached — and whether it mattered.
Learn moreA Defined, Defensible Deliverable
Not a verbal opinion or a name to chase — a concrete, physician-signed work product matched to what your matter needs.
A Two-Stage, Conflict-Cleared Process
Qualifying metadata first, conflict clearance second, protected health information only after — then a scoped, physician-signed opinion.
No protected health information is collected on the public form. Records are shared only after the conflict check clears, through a secure, HIPAA-aware channel.
One Review. Three Ways to Act.
A causation & merit screen turns an expensive guess into an informed decision — before you commit a retainer to a testifying expert.
The Same Method, Whichever Side Commissions It
We currently lead with plaintiff-side work, our analysis is demonstrably neutral, and we never work both sides of the same matter. A conflict check runs before any case detail is shared.
Built for the Decision, Not the Sales Pitch
A sober, defensible discipline: the causation decision as a product, a physician’s signature on every opinion, and conflict clearance before any case detail is shared.
A Productized Causation Review
We sell the causation and merit decision itself: a defined-scope, physician-signed screen you commission before committing to a full expert engagement — not a search for someone who will opine.
Physician-Signed & Deposition-Safe
Every opinion is signed by a specialty-matched physician and written in sober, defensible language. No outcome promises, no superlatives — each line is built to hold up under cross-examination.
Neutral Method, Conflict Discipline
Our method is the same whichever side commissions it. We run a conflict check before any case detail is shared, and we never work both sides of the same matter.
Depth Over Breadth
A small, specialty-matched physician panel under a medical-director gate — expanded only to demonstrated demand. We out-credential the field rather than out-count it.
A Small, Specialty-Matched Panel — Nationwide
We don’t out-count the field; we out-credential it. A focused physician panel, expanded only to demonstrated demand, with coverage in all 50 states because a physician’s opinion travels with their credentials, not their zip code.
- A specialty-matched physician for the medicine at issue
- Venue-neutral coverage in all 50 states
- A signature on every written opinion
From Brain Injuries to Missed Cancers
Every matter turns on specific medicine. Car-accident injuries, medical malpractice, disability — there is a specialty-matched physician for it. A few of the matters we screen:
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Traumatic brain injury, including severity, cognitive deficits, and long-term prognosis.
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Whiplash, cervical strain, and soft-tissue neck injury.
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Spinal cord injury, paralysis, and the lifetime care it demands.
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Missed or delayed cancer diagnosis and the resulting loss of treatment options or survival.
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Surgical mistakes, retained objects, and intra-operative negligence.
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Birth injury, cerebral palsy, and obstetric standard-of-care failures.
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A single screen, volume tiers for firms that run them routinely, and individual quotes for complex matters. No hourly surprises.
A Specialty-Matched Physician for Your Matter
Whatever the medicine at the center of your case, we assign a physician whose specialty matches the care at issue — to review it, examine the claimant, and, if it advances, testify to it.
Surgical Specialties
Medical Specialties
Diagnostic & Hospital-Based
Physician-Led, Under a Medical-Director Gate
- Specialty-matched physician on every matter
- A signature on every written opinion
- Medical-director review of each assignment
- Deposition-safe standard, enforced
Physician-Led, Under a Medical-Director Gate
CauseMD is built around a single discipline: no opinion leaves the firm without a specialty-matched physician’s signature on it. The medical-director gate is the structure that guarantees it.
Every matter is assigned to a physician whose specialty matches the care at issue, and every written opinion carries that physician’s signature. The medical director reviews assignments to confirm the match and to hold every opinion to the same deposition-safe standard — sober language, stated limits, no promise of outcome.
How We Gate Every OpinionCommon Questions
What exactly is a Causation & Merit Review?
How is CauseMD different from an expert-witness network?
What does it cost?
Run the Causation Screen Before You Commit
Scope and price are agreed before any work begins. Tell us the matter type, jurisdiction, and timeline — no records until a conflict check clears.