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rdmoore2003:
generally, the subpeona's are from the court or attorney.   they subpeona him for expert testimony and sometimes like last week, he was subpeonad by court on a murder case and he had to do full eval on the accused.     I agree that you never bill the patient.

PMRNC:
Expert testimony is not same as testimony based on his eval.  If he evaluated the patient, the provider should have been compensated by either the patient, insurance or the attorney (usually they deduct the fees / expenses from their legal fees to their client)  That would be the only fee collectible ..  having agreed to the evaluation is indeed inclusive and expecting of court testimony.   EXPERT testimony is for example when a physician is called to provide THEIR expertise on a particular CASE, it is not personal nor has the provider evaluated the patient or that testimony would be for the defense. See what I mean?

When my mental health provider sees a patient for a court appointed evaluation for example: We send out a request for a LOP (Letter of protection) which basically states that the attorney will compensate my provider for this evaluation and anything included either upon case resolution or before. It's a promise of payment. I have one who actually used to be a professional forensic psychiatrist, he actually now has his own private practice and though he still does testimony, he will request the promise of payment from the attorney in writing.

Don't confuse expert testimony with actual testimony, they are different. A provider called to give "expert" testimony will have a heads up a subpeona is coming and they have already agreed to it.

rdmoore2003:
thanks so much for the info.

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