Frequently Asked Questions

It is a defined-scope, fixed-price, physician-signed assessment of whether the medicine supports the claim — causation, standard of care, and the strength of the merits. You commission it before retaining a full testifying expert, so you know what a specialty-matched physician thinks the records actually show.

A network sells access to an expert who will eventually opine. CauseMD sells the opinion itself, as a product. The causation and merit screen is the deliverable; expert reports, examinations, and testimony are downstream extensions of it when a matter advances.

Scope and price are agreed before any work begins. Standard reviews are offered at transparent, volume-tiered rates; complex or multi-specialty matters are quoted per matter. See our pricing page for the current tiers.

Turnaround is quoted for your specific matter at intake and confirmed in the engagement scope. We commit to a date in writing rather than publish a blanket promise we may not be able to honor on every case.

Our method is identical whichever side commissions the review. 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.

Intake stage one collects only qualifying metadata — no PHI. Records are shared only after a conflict check clears, through a secure, HIPAA-aware upload link, under a Business Associate Agreement where appropriate.